A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment
Dealing with negative self-image
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Feb
2024
About Self-acceptance
Self-acceptance is acceptance of self and can be defined as the awareness of one's strengths and weaknesses.
Also it refers to the realistic (yet subjective) appraisal of one's talents, capabilities, and general worth, or the feelings of satisfaction with one's self despite deficiencies and regardless of past behaviors and choices.
Venerable Thubten Chodron
The Mindfulness Movement – Rooted in the core practice of the Buddha
Mindfulness is gaining a growing popularity as a practice in daily life, apart from Buddhist insight meditation and its application in clinical psychology.
Definition of the Movement
In this context mindfulness is defined as moment-by-moment awareness of thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, characterized mainly by "acceptance"—attention to thoughts and feelings without judging whether they are right or wrong.
Mindfulness focuses the human brain on what is being sensed at each moment, instead of on its .
What Meditation Is and Isn’t
In This topic we will learn about the following topics:
Climbing the mountain of meditation
Finding picnic spots and lesser peaks along the way
Checking out the major meditation techniques
Knowing what you’ll see when you get to the top
Developing concentration, receptive awareness, contemplation, and cultivation
The great thing about meditation is that it’s actually quite simple. Just sit down, be quiet, turn your attention inward, and focus your mind. That’s all there is .