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I agree that in a larger sense, there are often greater problems at work than the internal regulation of attention and stress. From working with clients howeve
by anbende 7y ago
I agree that in a larger sense, there are often greater problems at work than the internal regulation of attention and stress.
From working with clients however, you might be surprised just how often people come in not realizing that they have what is essentially a giant thorn sticking out of their foot! Usually this looks more like chronic lack of sleep, a bad relationship with their spouse or even a toxic work environment, but shut inside their ball of stress and the narrow anxious attention that accompanies it, they miss the forest of causes for the more immediate trees of anxiety, tension and panic.
You might be surprised how often a person says “oh my god I’m tired and stressed because I haven’t gotten a good nights sleep in 10 years!” after a little awareness training.
- gerbilly 7y agoWhat we're all really looking for in most workplaces is love and attention [edit: acceptance], but we express that by working harder and harder in order to 'earn' it. In my opinion this is the most beneficial buddhist 'practise' for western society: "You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere." If that were taken to heart, believed and practised, you would get rid of 80% of most people's suffering.
- gmfawcett 7y agoI am definitely not an expert on Buddhism, but "nobody in the universe deserves your love more than yourself" doesn't sound like Buddhism to me. Is that an actual classical teaching?
- gerbilly 7y agoIt is a direct quote from the buddha. The point of it that some people don't start practise because they don't believe they deserve to be happy.
- praptak 7y agoI believe it is at best misquoted from the actual canon: https://tricycle.org/magazine/you-deserve-your-love-and-affection/ https://tricycle.org/magazine/you-deserve-your-love-and-affe... The quote from the canon: Searching in all directions With your awareness, you find no one dearer than yourself. In the same way, others are thickly dear to themselves. So you shouldn’t hurt others if you love yourself.
- gerbilly 7y agoNow that is interesting. I heard that quote from a respected Zen master! This is why I love HN. Thanks for the correction.
- vidarh 7y agoIt appears it's not: https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/you-yourself-as-much-as-anybody-in-the-entire-universe-deserve-your-love-and-affection/ https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/you-yourself-as-much-as-anybody...