Comments on: Are you hurting yourself more than your enemy?

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:33:18 +0000

Thanks Sandra, don't go and book that head examination… you are NOT alone. I agree we are all guilty of this at some point or another and the trick is to learn the skills to get out of it as soon as possible.

By: Sandra Hendricks

Sandra Hendricks — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:37:02 +0000

Mick, this post is one I imagine we can all relate to on a personal level. When my mind does what you described and takes off on a negative trail, I call it putting myself in a box. It is like I become surrounded and begin boxing myself in with inner-dialog. The method I utilize to get out of this “box” is to pay attention to my conceptions. Eventually, I find my voice of reason, and it is, as if I am magically back onto a positive line of thinking. It is not any easy thing to do, to get back on track, but with practice you can get out quicker.

I am anticipating, that I am not the only person who does this. If I am I could probably use a check-up from the neck-up!

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0000

So true Walter, staying mindful is a VERY difficult task, but when practiced it does provide some amazing insights into patterns of thought and behaviour.

By: Walter

Walter — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:03:52 +0000

What you have stated here is an important wisdom everyone should know. I do believe that we are slaves of our minds, we unknowingly abide to its whims and reactions. The only way we can intercept the will of our minds is to be aware of it–as you have said, to watch our thoughts. I know this is not an easy task to master, but I don’t want to live my life under the false influence of my mind.

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:29:47 +0000

Yeah, I guess it comes back to the “walk a mile in someone elses shoes” analogy… until we get there we don’t know what it will be like.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:34:53 +0000

Whoops, must have skipped over that word. Makes a bit more sense now though to tell the truth (that said, still too much worrying about other people).

After a point I fully expect that a site will have to cut down a bit; it just gets to the point where theres too much going on and in order to keep succeeding and writing posts they have to communicate less. Or in a different way, in some cases. It’ll be interesting to see what happens at that point.

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:38:12 +0000

Thanks Lees,

I also love the hamster analogy (in buddhist practice they call it monkey mind…)

Isn’t it amazing what a short period of meditation like 5 or 10 minutes can do for your mental state….. in fact it is amazing what even 30 seconds and a few deep breaths can do to completely alter your mental and physical state.

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:35:51 +0000

Thanks Paul, it is easy to get angry (I know that the angry man definitely lives inside my head… he just doesn’t have as much control over my actions as he once did!)

Glad you have found a different approach and made your life more enjoyable.

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:34:11 +0000

I love the alternative way you describe this phenomenon… a freeze…deer in the headlights. I also love the pro-active and positive approach to dealing with the freeze.

It is an interesting challenge to conquer the ones living inside your head!

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:31:36 +0000

Thanks Karen… it would be interesting to know what interupted that flow…. and now that you are thinking about it how many negative thoughts keep popping into your head about why it is so difficult to re-attain that flow?