Exploring Mindfulness and Emotional Self-Control
Dive into the world of mindfulness, meditation, and emotional self-control with insights from John Shinner and quotes from Victor Frankl, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Daniel Goleman. Learn how creating space between stimulus and response can lead to growth and freedom, and why meditation is about realizing where you are rather than self-improvement. Discover the power of emotional self-control in achieving various accomplishments, and reflect on the importance of managing reactions and impulses.
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Creating Space Through Mindfulness and Meditation Confessions of an Overreactor John Shinner November 17, 2015
Overreact verb Respond more emotionally or forcibly than is justified http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Victor Frankl , Man s Search for Meaning
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Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are
Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore. The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure. For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells.
In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert s there are few. The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner s mind. Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
