One of the greatest things you will ever realize is that the moment in front of you is not bothering you-you are bothering yourself about the moment in front of you.
Michael Singer, Living Untethered, page 25
According to Tara Brach there are three core reminders for our spiritual practice. This is the essence for being mindful of the mind or metacognition.
- Wake up from thinking: Become the witness to your thoughts. We all have the capacity to observe and monitor our thoughts and doing so is a way to free us from much of our suffering. We can see, if we are observing, that we are not that which we observe. We are not that which we think about. We can say , "It is just a thought," and we do not need to believe the story the mind is telling us.
- Feel the feelings. We need to allow our feelings instead of giving into the tendency we have to push the uncomfortable away or down within us. The more willing we are to be "vulnerable, uncomfortable, afraid" the more we are freer in the long run. We can create space for these feelings, whatever they are, and in so doing we become more present and more spacious,
- "Remember Love". Tara Brach reminds us that we need to "express care and receive care". We need to keep our hearts open.
Some wonderful food for thought. Will get back to this but for now I a need to prepare my house for teh arrival of my grandchildren. Need to clean and tidy so they can destroy it lol.
All is well!
Tara Brach (July, 2021) Three Core Reminders. https://www.tarabrach.com/three-core-reminders/
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