writing about myself to remind myself

[Beany Boo]

These guys co-run a free international MOOC out of a prominent university in Melbourne. It’s free and I’m not being paid, but I would certainly give it a good review. It’s a free 4 week course, with short lectures and activities each day; just a deepening of the science and practice of mindfulness. The younger guy on the right, Richard Chambers is a psychologist and a mindfulness consultant and has a Tedx talk on YouTube.

If all that’s your type of thing, naturally. I apologize if I am crossing a line by suggesting it.

[manuel_moe_g]

These guys co-run a free international MOOC out of a prominent university in Melbourne.

Whoa, cool! Definitely interesting, will research it right now, thanks Beany!

[manuel_moe_g]

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this is what i worked on in session today, don't know if it makes sense to anyone

[manuel_moe_g]

Thinking of my wandering attention like a little wandering puppy, per the advice of Beany (thanks Beany!)

Sometimes that wandering puppy is attracted to a cat turd in the litterbox, the same way my attention is attracted to mindless doom-scrolling on my smartphone. The task is to gently, lovingly get the little puppy out of the litterbox.

That is what I am working on, right now

[oak]

That is what I am working on, right now

Keep it up, Manuel Moe!

[Beany Boo]

I’m doing much the same thing.

Doomscrolling feeds a fertile imagination. It takes (a) practice to short circuit that.

‘Wandering mind’ is actually a hot search topic.

[manuel_moe_g]

Again, thinking of my wandering attention like a little wandering puppy.

Sometimes that wandering puppy is attracted to a cat turd in the litterbox, the same way my attention is attracted to mindless doom-scrolling on my smartphone. The task is to gently, lovingly get the little puppy out of the litterbox. This will happen again and again, it will never completely stop. And I will always try to be compassionate, gentle, self-loving. Sense of mindful non-judgemental acceptance in my noticing, and my noticing of my response (and my noticing of my noticing! Ha!)

Working, working, working. Always working.

[Beany Boo]

I like it