--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > So I'm sitting there not appreciating the Now, > and I say to myself, "I'd rather be appreciating > the Now." > > My point is that you've gotten yourself into > yet another infinite regress when you "prescribe" > appreciating the Now.
Some Suggestions on How to Appreciate the Now: 1) Pay attention to whatever is in front of us. How are we feeling? If we feel good, the exercise is done. If not, try step 2. 2) If we don't feel completely satisfied, and we wish to clarify our thinking patterns, we can do a little inquiry into the nature of the thought that is causing the pain. Practice the Byron Katie work. And/or, if preferred, see step 3. 3) If we don't feel completely satisfied, and we wish to clarify our emotional-physiological patterns, we can do a little rebirthing/pranayamic inquiry into the visceral discomfort itself: What are we feeling, and where in the body is that feeling in this moment? Pay attention to the feeling in the body. Breathe into it; relax into it; allow ourselves to integrate it, allowing it to breathe and to feel. Contrary to what we may have been taught, this feeling too is OK; it is an aspect of Wholeness. We remind ourself (if necessary) that "It is easy and safe for me to allow this feeling now." We continue attending to it and allowing it to breathe until we have integrated it fully. If we have problems doing this on our own, see step 4. 4) Get some help -- many times, it is easier to move through this material if we are accompanied by a guide. If we don't wish to engage a guide, see step 5. 5) You're on your own here -- I have run out of ideas :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
