Posted by habbyshabit on June 9, 2003, at 13:09:19
In reply to Re: Accepting intrusive thinking » habbyshabit, posted by Larry Hoover on June 9, 2003, at 12:34:37
Larry,
It gave me a chuckle when you referred to the witness as the chairperson, a quietly speaking one at that! It also reminded me of the phrase, 'the still small voice within' as a way of talking about the voice of spirit. However, I have found, over time, that that small voice is not only not small, but neither is it still - indeed it's a rather large part of my consciousness - if quiet indeed.
I find the voice of my spirit/soul to be soft and really have no sound as I usually think of it. Like recalling the voice of a person one knows well, you can actually hear the tone and inflections and resonance of that remembered voice. The sound of my 'witness' has no such human quality. I guess it's monotone with out being monotonous!
I too have done recovery/12 step work. One of the aspects of the 12 Step Program that drew me to it was that it recognized the spiritual nature underlying dis-ease, to use a new-age version of the word.
Also, we are in complete agreement regarding the nature of mindfulness practice. If one is judging oneself and accepting and aggrandizing what one finds is good about oneself while avoiding and denigrating that which is personally felt to be negative, then that is not true mindfulness practice. That is common thinking running amok as is the nature of thoughts themselves.
Thanks for the enjoyable conversation. I guess it’s always nice to find someone who relates to themselves and the world in a similar fashion, unfettered by religious trappings.
Habby
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