Alive session 2

Session 2
The healing power of
awareness

The healing power of awareness

Our mind has two ways of working:-
• The Doing Mode
• The Being Mode

Our mind has two ways of working:-
• The Doing Mode
• The Being Mode
Remember:
Sad emotions are not the problem.
They are normal and natural
BUT they are meant to be temporary.

So if we find that they linger, get worse, drag us down then
there is something else going on….

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 next…….

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 next…….
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.

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.

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.

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 “internal world” it’s a disaster!!!
We can’t “problem solve” out of a sad mood. It gets worse. Because we can’t
“problem solve” out of it, we have just made the gap between the way things
are and the way we think they should be, even BIGGER…

The DOING MODE’ is actually making the problem worse. So we put more
energy into problem solving……

Because, despite our efforts, the problem gets worse instead of better, we
start to ruminate

Because, despite our efforts, the problem gets worse instead of better, we
start to ruminate
Rumination
Self –focused, 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.

We think it will help BUT Rumination is part of the problem, not
part of the solution

We think it will help BUT Rumination is part of the problem, not
part of the solution
It’s like trying to make a wound better by rubbing it with a sharp knife!!
We are just using the wrong tool.

GREAT NEWS: There is an alternative.

The “BEING MODE”. AWARENESS.

Remember we don’t just think about things, we also experience them directly
through our senses.

Remember we don’t 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.

Mindfulness will allow us to:-

• Get out of our heads and learn to experience the world directly,
experientially, without the relentless commentary of our thoughts

• See our thoughts as mental events that come and go, instead of treating
them as facts

them as facts
• Start living right here in each present moment

them as facts
• Disengage the autopilot in our heads

them as facts
• Sidestep the cascade of mental events that draws us down into depression

them as facts
• Sidestep the cascade of mental events that draws us down into depression
• Stop trying to force life to be a certain way because we’re uncomfortable
right now

The rest of this program helps us learn how to cultivate mindfulness.

• It is a skill.

• It is a skill.
• It can be learned and practiced.

• It is a skill.
• It can be learned and practiced.
• It can profoundly change your life……

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