RE: Anchored to Breath - A Path back to Creativity
Such a powerful story @raj808! Such practical knowledge to have - thanks for sharing this!
I had an experience once in my later teens when I had all these negative, evil thoughts coming into my head that were preturbing and I felt like I was losing control. I was hospitalized when I told my mom I was halucinating. The phyciatric care did nothing for me but I did have a piano to play there. Which broke me out of the dark space I was in for when I my mind was concentrated on playing I realized that where you put your focus gives that power. If I focused on the negative thoughts it gave them power if I focused elsewhere, like meditating on breath, I gave them no power and they soon became irrelevent. Soon after that I bought a meditation practise into my life that continues to keep me more focused and keeps me on the path I want to be on.
It so wonderful to have these insightful post and thanks @riverflows, on behalf of the
@naturalmedicine community, for pulling them all together and including mine!
That's so interesting @porters. The piano playing especially, as I always find that if my thoughts become really anxious and take me over I can bring them under control by playing my guitar. There is so much we can learn from each other through sharing our experiences, and often it's finding that there has been a similarity in struggles that can remind you that we're all connected in this strange journey of existence.
What you say about power is so true. I identify with my thoughts, and particularly injustices I see in the world, far too much even to this day. Also my health problems take me over in thought sometimes. It's a weird dichotomy as it's the identification that's the problem. If you can simply observe, even external injustices, then you've much more chance to actually change things.
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Yes that's a big lesson to learn to just observe and move more towards equanimity. Trying not to get too caught up in our thoughts and all the exterior distractions. So glad we have the #mindfullife group to support each other trying to live a more conscious life!