Re: [Zen] Re: Depression/Susan/D

2006-05-07 Thread Zen Warrior
I thought it just might be me. I am reading posts, that are referencing contents of other posts, that I don't remember reading. Alan --- kahtychen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if the site is having technical problems, for the last week, I've received less than half of the posts.

Re: [Zen] Re: Depression/Susan/D

2006-05-07 Thread Jarvis Stamply
From: Zen Warrior I thought it just might be me. I am reading posts, that are referencing contents of other posts, that I don't remember reading. Perhaps you have been multi-tasking? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Home is just a click away.  Make

Re: [Zen] Re: Depression/Susan/D

2006-05-07 Thread Zen Warrior
Could be. We know where that thread led to. :) --- Jarvis Stamply [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Zen Warrior I thought it just might be me. I am reading posts, that are referencing contents of other posts, that I don't remember reading. Perhaps you have been multi-tasking?

[Zen] Re: Depression/Susan/D

2006-05-06 Thread dkotschessa
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, kahtychen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if the site is having technical problems, for the last week, I've received less than half of the posts. Seems that way.. I don't think that it's a moderated or somewhat moderated group. The messages I wrote aren't

[Zen] Re: Depression

2006-05-02 Thread dkotschessa
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Rodney Yasushi Horikawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Susan, thanks for a great thought provoking post... You know, I get that in modern Western psychology depression is viewed as a dysfunctional mental state... And I get that the state of ³depression²

Re: [Zen] Re: Depression

2006-05-02 Thread kahtychen
Here's some writing that supports what you're saying, Dave. I find this explanation of how thought corrupts pure feelings into an emotional state to be really helpful in establishing equanimity with my feelings: Feelings are reactions of the heart. They are spontaneous and pass over us like a

[Zen] Re: Depression

2006-05-02 Thread Susan
I agree, and I like the term you've coined emotional (or mental) metabolism. And I agree, meditation is the best tool, although for some, they come to it via the therapist's couch first. For anyone who is truly disabled by depression, I think that's the way to begin, as some pretty tough

[Zen] Re: Depression

2006-05-01 Thread Susan
There are a number of groups around that teach mindfulness meditation for people with depression and other types of mental problems - but they are not limited to these types of people as this is how I first learned how to meditate, and I don't suffer from any of these problems, I just wanted