| Keynes 2006-10-11, 4:28 pm |
| On 10 Oct 2006 11:45:56 -0700, "Dave K" <dkotschess@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Robert Epstein wrote:
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>I'm pretty sure that's from "Mindfulness in Plain English" which can be
>found many places online. Everybody should read it. Everybody!! 
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>-DaveK
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Good advice, Dave.
"There is a difference between being aware of a thought and thinking a thought.
That difference is very subtle. It is primarily a matter of feeling or texture.
A thought you are simply aware of with bare attention feels light in texture;
there is a sense of distance between that thought and the awareness viewing it.
It arises lightly like a bubble, and it passes away without necessarily giving
rise to the next thought in that chain. Normal conscious thought is much heavier
in texture. It is ponderous, commanding, and compulsive. It sucks you in and
grabs control of consciousness. By its very nature it is obsessional, and it
leads straight to the next thought in the chain, apparently with no gap between
them. "
(CHAPTER 7 What To Do With Your Mind)
Mindfulness in Plain English By the Venerable Henepola Gunaratana
http://www.realization.org/page/nam...mipe/mipe_0.htm
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