Posted by floatingbridge on May 15, 2011, at 10:20:24
In reply to Re: one week in, posted by henryo on May 15, 2011, at 0:14:43
> Reset is up and down but my mood or more precisely "mental anguish" is very good so the sleep schedule is not a big concern at the moment. It becomes one when painful emotions are overwhelming and weeks slip by- but I don't think about that lately, cause I don't need to.
That's good to hear! You have bouts of mental anguish? Like existential despair? That term makes me sound way more intellectual than I am, but I do know that type of despair. I hope your reset strategy works because good sleep is a wonderful ally.
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> So, are you into Eckhart Tolle at all? I
am.Not really. I read one of his books, I think The Power of Now, but there was something, I can't recall, that I finally rejected. Maybe that it expected I should be all-powerful for my life, and yet I was suffering. I went back to my on and off again Buddhist reading. I like
Pema Chondron and Sharon Salzburg. I
am less utopian and more like 'sh*t happens so let's be good to each other.' It's better for my mental health :PWhat resonates for you with Tolle's writings? It's not that I absolutely disagree with him....
* and whoever gazes at the stars will never again be quite alone...
c-ptsd & attendant health concerns
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