Source of inspiration: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Sensory input triggers a break in the habitual stream of thinking. The idea is that when you hear a sound, for example, there is a moment when your attention is on the sound and your mind has stopped chattering. As Tolle puts it, “Consciousness is diverted away from thought because it is required for sense perception.”
For the rest of the day, I’m going to look for the gaps in my thinking that are triggered by sensory inputs. I’m going to make some dinner now and focus on smell and taste. Then I’m going to go to yoga tonight and focus on sight and sound.
Dinner before yoga. Surprising.
You are yourself….I have abusive parents. My father would make me stand on one leg and hit me with a hanger or belt on the leg I was standing on. But I am still the man I am because of that….
Either way I benefited because now I have the ability to take huge amounts of pain.
I will keep checking out your journey to find yourself
…Its cool.
100 days of peace
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(I think the previous comment was intended for Day 4.)
Yes, I understand what you mean. You are right, everything we go through makes us who we are. I think it’s a question of awareness. How often do we even think to ask, “Who am I?” In any given moment, am I aware of why I’m doing or thinking what I am?
It’s also a question of choice, I think. Am I doing something because I’ve consciously chosen it as an expression of who I know I am, or am I responding robot-like based on unconscious conditioning?
Powerful questions to ask oneself.
Yes it was intended for Day 4 but somehow when I try posting there it bounces off to this page…:)..
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