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ellenrr

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2. interesting. I am reading Jon Kabat Zinn's Wherever you go, there you are,
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 12:24 PM
Jan 2016

and what you say, Glider, makes me think of something he says- which very much applies to me.

He cites a person who is always dropping "I am meditating," or "when I was meditating" into the conversation.

and suggests that person is too caught up in the "image" of being a meditator - they have stopped experiencing it.

yep. that is me.
I was (and am) so thrilled with the results of meditation in MY life, that every time anyone said to me - that they were stressed or sad or whatever-
I would think to myself "You should meditate".
I didn't say it outloud, I thought it, but still there is that tendency (I have) to feel like I have discovered the secret, the answer to everything.

Part of the ego raising its head.

really I know nothing. all I know is to meditate.

thanks for your post.

Peace of Mind [View all] GliderGuider Jan 2016 OP
Thank you for posting this Rebkeh Jan 2016 #1
interesting. I am reading Jon Kabat Zinn's Wherever you go, there you are, ellenrr Jan 2016 #2
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