Yes, Glad to get it clearly. I did make that mistake recently and that was the effect for the person relating his experience to me. He fell and cracked his...
I like this: they say in Zen, this task of capturing experience by words "is like trying to stake a peg into sky." you are zen. linda ... I like this: they say...
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Brillant it is but what is the purpose behind it? hmmmmm????? Linda ... Brillant it is but what is the purpose behind it? hmmmmm????? Linda On Fri, Oct 31,...
I began therapy with a patient of mine (middle aged man, computer field) who is chronically depressed. I do relational psychoanalysis (See Jeremy Safran) and...
Dear ACT-ers, I would really appreciate anyone's help or advice with this one. I have a client at the moment who is quite complex; although a nice guy he has...
I can't think of a point to doing anything unless there's a point to doing it. So, if there's no point to bringing someone, including yourself, into the moment...
This may seem a bit of the ACT reservation, but (oops I didn't use and) I think there is a key when you used the word "indulge." It is one thing to have...
This reminds me of what I think is a good story about a "face off" of two great Zen philosophers. They had been invited from great distances, and the first...
APOLOGIES AND WARNING: EXPLICIT MATERIAL CONTAINED HERE Don't know if ANYONE'S using ACT with paraphilias, but ... Firstly, I'd encourage you to make sure you...
I think Kelly and Marco raise interesting points and John has some of what might have been my better responses. However, my concern turns on how far the...
Dear Russell and Hank, Thanks alot for the response guys. In terms of my emotions around these issues, well, I don't have especially pleasant ones, but I do ...
I'm not 100% sure that this reasoning is the same in ACT as it is in learning Vipassana meditation but I've (very) often had students say something like, "Why...
Agree, Susi, had the experience last week of encouraging clients I was then with of being mindful of just about ANYthing, since I personally was aware of...
why present moment? all learning happens in this moment....and now....and now. But humans spend a lot of time elsewhere. Well, not really physically elsewhere,...
Hi John and Hank, I agree with you that there is something like a pre-reflective experience of the world that can "speak to us" immediately and spontaneously...
Present... Spent the morning in the tent watching the birds in flight, finally the much awaited Cardinal...all the while practicing, I am having a thought...
Susi, I guess I have something in common with your clients. I find when I meditate; it is hard to be in the present moment of sensory experiences including...
I find this discussion extremely interesting. Increasingly, I invite clients to explore for themselves the different ways they can connect to the present...
Yes, Benji you are so right here: It pays to meet clients exactly where they are and gently, through successive approximations and multiple exemplar training,...
This was a pretty exciting thing to read about in our local daily. Especially in view of the discussion we¹ve been having on the ANZO listserve about how...
It seems that to intentionally move our attention away from whatever experience has come up for us is the opposite of acceptance of naturally occurring...
Nico, I don't know about others but I'm sure not put off by talk about philosophy because, as far as I can determine, "science" in its various forms is just...
I've been following this thread with interest. Trying to understand or make sense of an experience of awe might diminish it in the moment...and I doubt that...
And if you add the Buddhist meditation perspective to "Holding thoughts lightly", it is about, watching thoughts dispassionately, do not react to them by...
Hi, On Jim's comment about needing 10 - 15 min. to "clear the circuits" - absolutely! (After practicing for many years, I think I've cut my "monkey mind" down...
Ahh...I had not seen your message prior to posting my last one. You stated it so much more succinctly and gracefully than I. (But that's what I was going for.)...
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