Practicing Mindfulness in Daily Life

[@SphericalShades]

Hey nada, thanks, for quite a while ive been wasting my time in distraction without being present or aware, sometimes when u feel sad or had some bad event, you keep trying to distract yourself with something while your true feeling of dissapointment and sadness is postponed,

[@Aroha016]

Thank you ❤ The mindfulness of the present moment and all that is in it is a wonderful thing and life saving 💕🍁 Love and blessings

[@MyNameThe1st]

I agree the moment I started to live in the moment instead of dream of the future or allow my past to haunt me, I gained more clarity and appreciation for the now. No matter what life throws at me, I can often find something nice in the moment. This has made me more appreciative and grateful for the small things. Which in turn deepened my capacity to love and give. All in all, I lost my depression, gaind a will to live, can manage my burnout recovery, have less migraines and less overall psychosomatic pains. Being mindful in the present moment is incredibly valuable. However, it can be very hard to stay in the present if life throws moments of stress and pain at me. I find my energy levels dropping fast and find I harder to remain as balanced. My desire to recharge and to be alone will rise immensely. In those moments, I find it hard not to reach for a distraction, like playing a video game or a tv series or endless doom scrolling online. I am slowly building on my rather new habit to be mindful first and sit with the negative feelings until I feel some relief before I go for the 'easy fun'.

[@howardcohen6817]

Sometimes, in choosing stress, I begin to laugh at the irony of my decision. Much like the tenor singing beautifully and lyrically of the pain and suffering of a lost love, the irony of my (self-created) stress and its inhibiting or at least complicating dictates make situations funny and, well, ridiculous. Noticing the pain which is disappearing is much more interesting than trying to remember how painful something had been or will probably be when the punch actually reaches my face. Recently, I felt stress in the train as I had to go to the loo, but all the toilets on the train were broken. Enjoying the moment would have created an unacceptable future for the other passengers and for me. Nevertheless, this was a stress which I and not life created. This knowledge doesn't change much in the outcome (no pun intended) but does allow me to enjoy and not dis-enjoy my life.

[@mindfulkayaker7737]

Thank you We have many things in common

[@IMadeThis123]

Thank you, as always. You are one of my favorite advisors, right up there with Thich Nhat Hahn. I love your delivery and your message. That being said, I was noticing my surroundings, and found my tape measure. I’ve been looking for it forever!! Obviously, I set it down in a moment where I was focused on something else thereby losing it. Another reason to be mindful and in the moment.

[@caty9995]

Listening to you again today Nada. It really helps to hear this as I've been in grief since last year. Grief is very tricky on the mind. It too can cause a person to go on autopilot for a long time. It causes fear and anxiety that I thought I had dealt with a long time ago but grief brought it all back up again. Life just doesn't feel the same when you lose your loved ones . It doesn't even have to be by death. It could be the break up of a relationship, loss of a job or even losing a precious souvenir and so on. For me it was the loss of my 3 cats. They were my life for 19 beautiful years. I loved them more than the people that I have in my life and they gave me years of unconditional love. I just felt so lost and I miss them so much. I believe now I'm mourning more than I am grieving because now I'm expressing it outward on here. I know some people will have the reaction of " well, they're just cats" and some people will understand. Either way I've learned not to care about the ones who don't understand the bond between animal and human. It's not like I have people who care about me, those cats were my family. Thanks again Nada. I keep coming back to this video because it helps me to remember to take care of myself and to live in the now. Love , peace and joy to you Nada and everyone on here.

[@AwakenInsight]

I'm glad you found this helpful. While it's important to allow ourselves time to grieve, it's also important not to get so lost in our grief that we lose sight of what's right in front of us. I've also had (and lost) quite a few cat companions in my life, so I can relate. When you have a connection with another living being, it's not so important what form they're in (cat, dog, human, etc). For me, grieving is a process of letting go, and what I often find helpful is to appreciate the time I had with that cat or person or whatever it happens to be... to appreciate, while at the same time accepting their absence, and being attentive to life in the present. And how long that process takes is different for everyone. Sometimes it seems to be behind us, and then it comes back up because it wasn't fully processed the first time. And that's okay. We just allow ourselves to grieve some more. Sometimes grief comes in waves. Sometimes it stays with us forever. And that's okay too. So it's important to allow yourself to grieve as much as you need to. And even with our grief we can be present. We can create enough space for there to be grief, along with everything else that's going on in the moment.

[@caty9995]

@@AwakenInsight thanks so much for your comment Nada I really appreciate it and I agree with you about moving forward with the grief. I will always carry them in my heart and cherish the memories. I was fortunate to have had them for the time that I had them which was many years. Thanks again Nada I'm looking forward to your next video. Have a nice weekend. Love , peace and happiness to you.

[@howardcohen6817]

Often the present - especially when doing complicated things requiring many different and simultaneous processes - is too involved for unfiltered/unhindered present-awareness. Also very often this awareness "interferes" with that which I'm doing. So there is a sort of "selective" awareness to practise while doing stuff. Then, when not doing stuff, I can let go of this"selective" or practised-awareness and be aware without restricting - or forbidding - the mind and the senses. Love.

[@suzannecarter445]

I loved your story about the owl sound.

[@arrowfar920]

Thanks for the lecture video Nada. It's helpful.

[@marcosantagata5847]

I have a very hard time doing this with my severe anxiety. I always find myself ruminating on my regrets and failures and the future pain to come. This palpable feeling of dread emerges within me and my ability to be mindful of various sounds and tastes is greatly diminished. Is it possible if I keep practicing mindfulness this pernicious tendency will be eliminated once and for all? Many thanks for another insightful video, your words always bring peace, comfort and astute advice.

[@putyograsseson]

This might be your best one yet, Nada!

[@caty9995]

Thanks Nada I needed this reminder. Love and peace to you.

[@namasteyall1468]

Namaste ❤

[@AustraliaUnmasked1984]

Thanks Shaman

[@SphericalShades]

Hey nada, do you think your methods d way of slowpaced, wise building enlightenment is the same of other traditional like Japanese buddhist zen, I ised to be watching u a lot but lately ive been watching alan watts, i observed that his mathod is more of a straightforward awareness, just see the reality without making a lot of theory because reality is not a concept But you is telling us by your experience the wisdom of life, and by sll those wisdom of your realization we starts to awakened bit by bit Its a different method, a snap realization awakening and a slow paced wise awakening

[@howaboutno2023]

🙏🏾❤️

[@RobinHartJones]

One thing bothers me. All the lessons on mindfulness seem to say that 'daydreaming' must be avoided at all times. I meditate a lot and find it easy but I also daydream a lot and find it relaxing and sometimes useful. I agree that thinking about stressful things should be avoided and that mindfulness during routine chores can be beneficial but I don't agree that daydreaming about how much you love your wife or what a nice day you have had is a bad thing. I suppose what I am saying is that we should be teaching more along the lines of 'If you find you are thinking about unhelpful things then practice mindfulness but otherwise allow yourself to think about things you are grateful for.'

[@bcvc3365]

Daydreaming is beneficial because you create your reality with your beliefs thoughts and feelings. So a happy daydream is actually helping you to manifest more of what you love!

[@yappysgirl5573]

It sounds like what you are calling daydreaming is really more of a waking gratitude meditation! I'm going to guess that daydreaming is a problem if it is excessive or a way to escape or avoid the " real world". I gave up on the idea that I had to walk the exact spiritual path as anyone else. For example, I personally cannot focus on my breath during meditation -I find it distracting and anxiety producing. I just meditate in my own way, and it works for me. Consider if your daydreaming interferes with your ability to experience presence. If not, go with your intuition, and enjoy your uplifting thoughts of appreciation of the good things in your life😊.

[@AwakenInsight]

Thanks for sharing your perspective. I've never heard anyone say that daydreaming must be avoided at all times, but I would agree that thinking about the things we're grateful for is certainly not a bad thing. In fact, I highly recommend it. Thinking in general (imagining, planning, analyzing, etc.) has it's usefulness. And certainly, as you pointed out, it's important to discern between useful and useless thinking.