Thursday
Dec102009
Mindfulness Quote
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 04:05PM
Submitted by Irene Javors, LMHC
"There are many ways to discuss ego, but in essence... ... it is the experience of never being present. There is a deep seated tendency, it's almost a compulsion, to distract ourselves, even when we're not feeling uncomfortable. Everybody feels a little bit of an itch all the time. There's a background hum of edginess, boredom, restlessness."
From Taking The Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chodron, Shambhala Press. 2009, p.17.
How well I know these feelings! I am in the middle of something and then my monkey mind takes me somewhere else, making shopping lists or going over all the things I haven't done or I just zone out. Remembering that where you are is exactly where you need to be - such an easy thought, so difficult to live.
"There are many ways to discuss ego, but in essence... ... it is the experience of never being present. There is a deep seated tendency, it's almost a compulsion, to distract ourselves, even when we're not feeling uncomfortable. Everybody feels a little bit of an itch all the time. There's a background hum of edginess, boredom, restlessness."
From Taking The Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chodron, Shambhala Press. 2009, p.17.
How well I know these feelings! I am in the middle of something and then my monkey mind takes me somewhere else, making shopping lists or going over all the things I haven't done or I just zone out. Remembering that where you are is exactly where you need to be - such an easy thought, so difficult to live.
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