Posted by dj on January 9, 2000, at 1:22:14
In reply to Anger...and other Emotions that take over you., posted by Janice on January 9, 2000, at 0:48:50
Janice,
Sorry to hear that u lost your Calgary job & may be returning to T.O. Bummer!
What you describe some would characterize as obsessising. It's a label (like depression) which I hate (like most labels) however when I'm honest with myself I know I do it, both on good things and bad. The challenge is to find healthy things to obsess about and do something about it. Doubtless Bill Gates obsesses about Microsoft and it has made him a lot of $ as well as grief.
Practicing vispassana (insight) meditation is one way to attempt to deal with it. There are Shambalha centres across North America where you can get some training in this simple technique for free, in a matter of minutes.
The basics are about noticing when you are obsessing about whatever, letting it go, and then going back to concentrating on your breath, a word count or whatever...
Wearing a rubber band and snapping it against your wrist when you note yourself obsessing is also supposed to be way to retrain yourself or by saying STOP firmly to yourself when you note the same. Lots of info. on all of this out there. The challenge is to go beyond the intellectual knowledge to the practice.
A couple of well written books on Vispassana meditation and life in general are *Full Catastrophe Living* by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Mindfullness in Plain English by Venerable Henepola Gunaratana.
Cheers!
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