17 May

Wasting life and time is what PTSD does to us.

Posted by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: , , , , .


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The present moment, the only moment we have to feel or to think, is a hidden dimension for most of us. We are so absorbed with planning for the future or blaming people for what is over and done with that we lose the lives we are living. We die a thousand deaths wasting our energy on what was or what will be. We need to wake up a little more and liberate ourselves from our self-destructive habits — greed, hatred, racism and selfishness. There is no reason to starve for well-being.

Jon Kabat Zinn
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Time and again the answer is in this moment with dissociation a waste of time and life.
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Be here without doubt or worry dominating our consciousness.
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Will you practice and heal or just read?
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16 May

Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. Benjamin Franklin!!

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Discontent bubbles up from the ego, a true meditator accepts life as it is without discontent.
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Content may be numerous things, awareness of this moment, acceptance of life as it is, or maybe a calm that we are exactly where we need to be.
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Search no more externally, focus internally and become familiar with the perfect you, true self.
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It is so present moment it has no concept of past or future.
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Happiness abounds in this space.
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Real life opens up with opportunity, intrigue and excitement.
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Practice and unleash the power of mindfulness on life, on thoughts, on fear, on panic, on running away and especially on feeling inferior.
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Life changes when we stay present, trauma integrates and heals as we observe fear without grasping.
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Rejoice and know the power of healing is only a breath away, literally!!!!!!!!!
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16 May

Let go of worry:…. Yes it is a choice!!!!!!!L

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Vladimir Kush. Vladimir Kush Paintings:
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Whatever assumptions you have about yourself, no matter how reasonable they might be, they are still a creation in the present. By believing in them, by thinking and holding to them, you’re continually creating yourself as a personality. Awakeness is not a creation

Ajahn Sumedh.
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Quit worrying about oneself and live freely.
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Let concern about oneself fade, opening up the world, healing and bringing happiness to life.
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Let go, surrender to fear, the story, the panic and the desire to escape.
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Healing is right in front of you, inside you not externally located.
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15 May

A Quote for today!

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Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand – and melting like a snow flake
— M.B. Ray
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We put off living when PTSD is active.
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We avoid and dissociate into the story line.
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Whether it is beauty or calamity stay here, now.
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15 May

Happiness: Not what you think

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Your notions of happiness may be very dangerous. Happiness can only be possible in the here and now. Go back and examine deeply your notions and ideas of happiness. So let go of what you believed yesterday. Let go of what you thought last week you needed to be happy. The conditions of happiness that are in your life now are enough.

Thich Nhat Hahn
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Our daily mindfulness practice allows us to be present for happiness and life.
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Happiness can be brought with us from one moment to the next.
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Search what you thought was happiness and adjust.
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15 May

The River of life has rapids, dangers, eventually death!!!!!

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Somedays, we need to navigate the rapids, the hard knocks of life, which can be unpleasant to heart breaking.
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We need to tread water and stay afloat, being aware of now, letting the fear of thought fade downstream.
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It may feel scary, anxious or horrible or any combination of these emotions.
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Maybe we are triggered, jolted by the cortisol dumping and body reacting to a supposed lethal threat.
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All the more reason to be aware, staying present, resisting with each breath.
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It is like an attack of the mind. Tragedy hits home and thoughts, stories, invade our consciousness.
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This is the moment of truth for healing or powering PTSD.
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Resist leaving during these frightening times, staying present, and healing happens.
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PTSD has lost some power and we have reinforced our daily practice with success.
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14 May

Anxious again and again; Buddha’s Brain: …Updated!!

Posted by Marty in Rick Hanson(Buddhas Brain). Tagged: , , , , , , , .

Repeated SNS/HPAA  (sympathetic nervous system/hypothalmic-pituitary-adrenal axis) makes the amygdala more reactive to apparent threats, which in turn increases SNS/HPAA activation, which sensitizes the amygdala further.

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The mental correlate of this physical process is an increasingly rapid arousal of state anxiety (anxiety based on specific situations).

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Additionally, the amygdala helps form implicit memories (traces of past experiences that exist beneath conscious awareness); as it becomes more sensitized, it increasingly shades those residues with fear, thus intensifying trait anxiety (ongoing anxiety regardless of the situation).

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