Alive session 2
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The document discusses two modes of the mind: the doing mode and the being mode. The doing mode involves problem-solving, rumination, and making things the way we think they should be, which can worsen negative emotions. The being mode is awareness and mindfulness - paying attention to the present moment without judgment. Mindfulness can help disengage thoughts, live in the present, and stop negative mental patterns that lead to depression. The rest of the program teaches how to cultivate mindfulness as a skill to change one's life.
Alive session 2
- 1. Session 2 The healing power of awareness
- 2. The healing power of awareness
- 3. The healing power of awareness Our mind has two ways of working:- тАв The Doing Mode тАв The Being Mode
- 4. The healing power of awareness Our mind has two ways of working:- тАв The Doing Mode тАв The Being Mode Remember: Sad emotions are not the problem. They are normal and natural BUT they are meant to be temporary.
- 5. The healing power of awareness So if we find that they linger, get worse, drag us down then there is something else going onтАж.
- 6. The healing power of awareness So if we find that they linger, get worse, drag us down then there is something else going on. The problem is not the initial emotion of sadness. The problem is what happens nextтАжтАж.
- 7. The healing power of awareness So if we find that they linger, get worse, drag us down then there is something else going on. The problem is not the initial emotion of sadness. The problem is what happens nextтАжтАж. Negative emotions are signals to our mind that something is wrong. The mind then tries to solve the problem. To avoid or eliminate it. The process shuts off when the situation ends. This is called aversion.
- 8. The healing power of awareness This is the Doing mode of mind - Analysis, problem solving, judgment, comparison. We want to close the gap between the way things are and the way we think they should be.
- 9. The healing power of awareness This is the Doing mode of mind - Analysis, problem solving, judgment, comparison. We want to close the gap between the way things are and the way we think they should be. This usually works very well in helping us to achieve our goals in everyday situations and in solving work-related technical problems.
- 10. The healing power of awareness This is the Doing mode of mind - Analysis, problem solving, judgment, comparison. We want to close the gap between the way things are and the way we think they should be. This usually works very well in helping us to achieve our goals in everyday situations and in solving work-related technical problems. When we use it in our тАЬinternal worldтАЭ itтАЩs a disaster!!! We canтАЩt тАЬproblem solveтАЭ out of a sad mood. It gets worse. Because we canтАЩt тАЬproblem solveтАЭ out of it, we have just made the gap between the way things are and the way we think they should be, even BIGGERтАж
- 11. The healing power of awareness The DOING MODEтАЩ is actually making the problem worse. So we put more energy into problem solvingтАжтАж
- 12. The healing power of awareness The DOING MODEтАЩ is actually making the problem worse. So we put more energy into problem solvingтАжтАж Because, despite our efforts, the problem gets worse instead of better, we start to ruminate
- 13. The healing power of awareness The DOING MODEтАЩ is actually making the problem worse. So we put more energy into problem solvingтАжтАж Because, despite our efforts, the problem gets worse instead of better, we start to ruminate Rumination Self тАУfocused, self-critical, frame of mind, where we become fruitlessly preoccupied with the fact that we are unhappy and with the causes, meanings and consequences of our unhappiness.
- 14. The healing power of awareness We think it will help BUT Rumination is part of the problem, not part of the solution
- 15. The healing power of awareness We think it will help BUT Rumination is part of the problem, not part of the solution ItтАЩs like trying to make a wound better by rubbing it with a sharp knife!! We are just using the wrong tool.
- 16. The healing power of awareness GREAT NEWS: There is an alternative.
- 17. The healing power of awareness GREAT NEWS: There is an alternative. The тАЬBEING MODEтАЭ. AWARENESS.
- 18. The healing power of awareness GREAT NEWS: There is an alternative. The тАЬBEING MODEтАЭ. AWARENESS. Remember we donтАЩt just think about things, we also experience them directly through our senses.
- 19. The healing power of awareness GREAT NEWS: There is an alternative. The тАЬBEING MODEтАЭ. AWARENESS. Remember we donтАЩt just think about things, we also experience them directly through our senses. MINDFULLNESS: is the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally to things as they are.
- 20. The healing power of awareness Mindfulness will allow us to:-
- 21. The healing power of awareness Mindfulness will allow us to:- тАв Get out of our heads and learn to experience the world directly, experientially, without the relentless commentary of our thoughts
- 22. The healing power of awareness Mindfulness will allow us to:- тАв Get out of our heads and learn to experience the world directly, experientially, without the relentless commentary of our thoughts тАв See our thoughts as mental events that come and go, instead of treating them as facts
- 23. The healing power of awareness Mindfulness will allow us to:- тАв Get out of our heads and learn to experience the world directly, experientially, without the relentless commentary of our thoughts тАв See our thoughts as mental events that come and go, instead of treating them as facts тАв Start living right here in each present moment
- 24. The healing power of awareness Mindfulness will allow us to:- тАв Get out of our heads and learn to experience the world directly, experientially, without the relentless commentary of our thoughts тАв See our thoughts as mental events that come and go, instead of treating them as facts тАв Start living right here in each present moment тАв Disengage the autopilot in our heads
- 25. The healing power of awareness Mindfulness will allow us to:- тАв Get out of our heads and learn to experience the world directly, experientially, without the relentless commentary of our thoughts тАв See our thoughts as mental events that come and go, instead of treating them as facts тАв Start living right here in each present moment тАв Disengage the autopilot in our heads тАв Sidestep the cascade of mental events that draws us down into depression
- 26. The healing power of awareness Mindfulness will allow us to:- тАв Get out of our heads and learn to experience the world directly, experientially, without the relentless commentary of our thoughts тАв See our thoughts as mental events that come and go, instead of treating them as facts тАв Start living right here in each present moment тАв Disengage the autopilot in our heads тАв Sidestep the cascade of mental events that draws us down into depression тАв Stop trying to force life to be a certain way because weтАЩre uncomfortable right now
- 27. The healing power of awareness The rest of this program helps us learn how to cultivate mindfulness.
- 28. The healing power of awareness The rest of this program helps us learn how to cultivate mindfulness. тАв It is a skill.
- 29. The healing power of awareness The rest of this program helps us learn how to cultivate mindfulness. тАв It is a skill. тАв It can be learned and practiced.
- 30. The healing power of awareness The rest of this program helps us learn how to cultivate mindfulness. тАв It is a skill. тАв It can be learned and practiced. тАв It can profoundly change your lifeтАжтАж