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10-10-2021 01:57 PM - edited 11-10-2021 08:26 AM
10-10-2021 01:57 PM - edited 11-10-2021 08:26 AM
The Way Out Is In
Hello Formites,
Welcome to my home thread. In my short time here on the forums I have been amazed by the compassion, kindness, decency, love and support members on these forums show. I have also realised just how profoundly blessed I have been in my life, and how deeply ignorant I am in the ways of MH care, comfort and support.
So, in an effort not to be a bull in a china-shop, I am starting my own thread where I will mostly hang. I think I will use it for accountability as I return to self-care. I think I will post about the things I like and that I think help. And I think I am also going to post a lot about Buddhism. Not the religion, but the philosophy of mind. How Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche expresses it at the start of The Joy Of Living:
"WHEN YOU’RE TRAINED as a Buddhist, you don’t think of Buddhism as a religion. You think of it as a type of science, a method of exploring your own experience through techniques that enable you to examine your actions and reactions in a nonjudgmental way, with the view toward recognizing, “Oh, this is how my mind works. This is what I need to do to experience happiness. This is what I should avoid to avoid unhappiness.”
If I post on this subject, it will be the concepts as I understand them and how they relate to my mental health. I think expressing them will help to clarify for me. But I am no expert, and I am not here to preach or convert. I respect all faiths, races, cultures and creeds.
I am also by nature very (very) structured in thought and deed. A lot of my posts are likely to be long. I don’t presume to think that anything I post will be helpful. Indeed for some it may be overwhelming or unhelpful. Others may vehemently disagree.
In all cases, if anything I am posting is making you feel worse, please do what is right for yourself, don't reply and click off this thread. But for anybody else - whether you have thoughts, questions, insights or experiences – or you just want to pop in and say hi - you are very welcome!
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10-10-2021 01:58 PM - edited 11-10-2021 09:11 PM
10-10-2021 01:58 PM - edited 11-10-2021 09:11 PM
Re: The Way Out Is In.
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10-10-2021 04:12 PM
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Re: The Way Out Is In.
Hello @Maelstrom1
I love your thoughtful opening post.
Welcome and I hope you make the forum work well for you.
I, too found the practical aspects of Buddhism very helpful.. I would not be here if I had not used various mediatation techniques.
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10-10-2021 05:20 PM - edited 11-10-2021 08:32 PM
10-10-2021 05:20 PM - edited 11-10-2021 08:32 PM
Re: The Way Out Is In.
Hello @Appleblossom, and @Emelia8
Addition - Hi @Clawde , @BPDSurvivor , @greenpea , @wellwellwellnez , @frog , @ArtistZ
Thank-you for your kind words and nice to (virtually) meet you
Yes, I hope the forums will be the 'secret sauce' for me in staying on the path this time.
Look forward to talking more soon
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10-10-2021 05:26 PM
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Re: The Way Out Is In.
Really good to have you here. 💗
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10-10-2021 06:12 PM - edited 10-10-2021 06:12 PM
10-10-2021 06:12 PM - edited 10-10-2021 06:12 PM
Re: The Way Out Is In
Day One Of Self Care Starts Tomorrow
When I am practicing self care, every morning I wake up and go for a walk before I do anything else. On that walk I practice what I call Mental Rehearsal - which is really a philosophy of how I want to live each day to best support my mental health.
My life goal is very simple. I want to string together as many of these days-lived-well as I can. I won’t go into all the detail now (it has several layers – my mind does love complexity) but at the top level it goes like this:
- To ever-more fully unveil my true Buddha nature,
- I condition a stable, spacious and harmonious mind,
- Through not breaking the chain of renunciation, positive action and resilience.
I thought I would share for accountability.
- Positive action for tonight – I will go to bed on time.
- Positive action for tomorrow morning - I will wake up and go for my walk.
Anybody else rehearse actions, ways of feeling, affirmations?
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10-10-2021 06:15 PM
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Hi @Maelstrom1 !
I see you have some great thoughts and ideas posted here. A very interesting read indeed!
I'm so glad you can join us on the forums. Nice to meet you too 🙂
BPDSurvivor
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10-10-2021 08:06 PM
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I'm keen to follow along as I have seen you about here
Nice to meet you
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10-10-2021 09:01 PM
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Hey @MDT,
Good to meet you too. FYI, I am going by the handle Maelstrom1 now.
Did I mention I like to make things complicated?
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10-10-2021 09:06 PM
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I have had many changes to my name lol
@Hamsolo01 was my original and then went to @Hamsolo