Mindfulness

Mental discipline, persistent thinking

... I was getting better at mental discipline, and I no longer found it at all hard to work. After many years of practice I could set myself to thinking out a given problem and keep at it for a considerable time. It was part of the same skill that is trained in meditation, that made it possible to sit and not to let stray thoughts drag my awareness to and fro. The same discipline helped in "just sitting," in in controlled imagery, or in thinking persistently. Lying there in the hospital, I thought. I tackled these questions, one by one, again and again, pinning my awareness on a rambling crackin the pale green ceiling. 

Blackmore, In Search of the Light (selvbiografi), 155.

Be grateful for whoever comes

This being human is a guest house. 
Every morning a new arrival. 
A joy, a depression, a meanness, 
some momentary awareness comes 
as an unexpected visitor.

Be grateful for whoever comes, 
because each has been sent 
as a guide from beyond.

~Rumi ~

(via Shamash Alidina)

To forelesninger med psykolog Svein Gran tirsdag 15. november

Gjesteforelesning kl. 14.15-15.00, UiA, Gimlemoen, rom B3-001

"Mindfulness - teknikk eller livssyn? Om hvordan en slags religiøs praksis har funnet veien inn det norske helsevesenet"

 Åpent foredrag Sørlandets kunstmuseum, kl. 18.00-19.30

"Oppmerksomhetstrening - en åndelig praksis uten en religion. En vei til mindre stress og mer tilstedeværelse"

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Årstein Justnes

Arr. Institutt for religion, filosofi og historie, UiA