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Interesting. I am definitely not a doctor. If you have medical advice to practice this technique, I would follow it. I will say that I have been practicing min
by ZitchDog 4y ago
Interesting. I am definitely not a doctor. If you have medical advice to practice this technique, I would follow it.
I will say that I have been practicing mindfulness meditation for 7 years in various traditions and have never come across this technique. It also goes against the definition of mindfulness (paying attention to the present moment without judgement) as it is applying judgement to your thoughts.
I have experienced very difficult and dark periods of meditation when I was hard on myself for thinking, and learning to be very kind to myself in meditation was a huge step forward in my practice. Rather than “stop”, I say “thinking” to myself in a kind way.
- Timon3 4y agoI think I wrote my initial comment from a very different perspective, but we know how difficult it is to bring all this across in text :) None of the techniques I described are meant to be judgemental. It's only about helping yourself passively recognize rumination. While it did them I never once felt I was being unkind to myself, since it's neither meant to hurt nor negatively judge. The "STOP" example is literally about picturing something, not about "screaming at yourself". To get back to your initial points - you are definitely correct that you have to approach yourself with kindness, and if you feel that anything I described is unkind, you should find a way that works for you!