David: I´m not in my computer and don´t know how it works in this one sending a link. But if you google in videos: Thich Nhat Hanh, Simple Mindfulness, then you will be having a very basic teaching of minfulness explained in great simplicity. Thich Nhat Hanh is the Master of mindfulness per excellence and strongly reccomend you to get the teaching directly from him ideally by participating in a retreat where you would alsi have the chance to put straight away into practice and having in that way the direct experience of what is first glimpse experience in mindfulness. But if you can.t attend a retreat then try to listen the video in the awareness of the in and out breathing allowing the dharma rain penetrate into you. By listening in this way you will be preventing discursive thought, distractions.....and all the rest is practice and practice....
Best Mayka --- On Thu, 30/12/10, Dave P <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dave P <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Not understanding mindfulness To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 30 December, 2010, 23:55 I haven't been on here for a long time, and I apologize for just barging in with a new topic, but I'm having a hard time with the concept of mindfulness. I have been suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for a long time, and lately it has gotten worse. I don't want to get into details here, but it revolves around both ethical and health choices in diet and just living. What I don't understand is how mindfulness can help, because to my mind (pardon the pun) mindfulness means paying attention to everything, and if anything OCD people pay too much attention. I worry about everything, and intellectually I can understand just observing my emotions, but there is the constant feeling that I MUST DO SOMETHING, that if I don't do things right I will die. Hence I'm much more vigilant. Am I getting the whole concept of mindfulness wrong? Is there anything I can read that could help me with this?
