Archive for April, 2009

“Past and Future are illusions of the mind.
Wake up and look at what is real and true.
We can live with joy this Everchanging Eternal Present.”
Dino Olivieri

“We suffer not for what happens to us, but we suffer depending how we place ourselves in relation to what happens.”
Dino Olivieri

“All that exists is this unique everchanging eternal present.”
Dino Olivieri

Bodhidharma, by Yoshitoshi, 1887.

Who is so lucky to be never particularly agitated or anxious?
Sometimes, unfortunately, we happen to face even more critical situations, such as panic attacks, anger, or emotional states characteristic of depression.

If we are able to recognize the occurrence of certain body-mind situations we are already well advanced.
The second step is to try to control these negative emotions positively with, for example, a simple breathing exercise:

1. inhale slowly with the nose counting (within our mind) to 5 and focusing on breath and numbers
2. hold the breath by counting to 5 and focusing on the numbers and the beat of our heart (which soon will be felt calm and deep)
3. exhale slowly through the lips just opened up and counting up to 5 with the mind
4. withhold the emptiness of our lungs again counting to 5
5. repeat to 1 up to a full and satisfactory calm

It’s important that we focus on the numbers, the breath and the heartbeat. In doing so we prevent our minds to think otherwise. This is because it is already hard enough to count, to feel your heart and control your breathing.

When your mind will continue to think of others and especially to thoughts that trigger negative emotions do not be discouraged. View by posting these thoughts pass and deflect attention firmly taking to control the breath, counting and feel your heart.

In repeating the exercise we can lengthen each phase counting slowly or counting up to 6, 7, and how far we want.

External links

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditazione
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation

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