Welcome To Those Who Joined Mindfulness Community In August 2018
Hello and welcome to the Mindfulness Forums Community
I'd like you all to come with me and take a mindful walk with me through this area. Now please get comfortable, don't feel bad putting your feet up on that coffee table- take a deep breath and enjoy this short walk with us
I'd like you to meet the Mindfulness Team:
Support Team (Room)Leader-Support Team Teen Star- Soulsings Nada
Forum Mentor/Teen Forum Star- Forum Leader RumpleSteeleSkin ASilentObserver PeppermintLove
Jr. Community Mentor- Peppermintlove
Forum Supporter- MistyMagic SaimaK
Support Seassion Leader- Emunah KatMae MissMeghan
Please introduce yourself, share on anything you like to learn from mindfulness or any questions you might have!
Again WELCOME to each and everyone of you
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Hi everyone! I think I have met most of you from discussions. Its so nice to be part of this community. Thanks for having me. :)
@Chocolateandcakes
HIya Choco so glad you stopped inYes our mindfulness discussions are awesome and such a varity too
Hi forum leaders..
Thanks for your work.
I wonder through mindfulness forum...often as a tumbleweed. I haven't been around much lately but maybe after things straighten out you'll see my typical rambly post again. Or not...who knows.
@diplomaticconfucious
HI Diplomatic good to see youOur forum people on this team work very hard to support the communityaawww I as many enjoy your posts here. When the time is right- you come on back here and share.
Greetings from Mindfulness Community
I am Obs, Forum Mentor of Mindfulness Community. We are glad to see you joined us. Yayy!! Welcome!!
Here are some FAQs about Mindfulness. I hope you find them helpful to learn more about mindfulness.
If you have any questions, please contact the leaders and if you have any suggestions about forums, please drop a message to forum leader- @rumplesteeleskin.
Please introduce yourself and let us know a bit about you. Thank you!!
@GusteeMoon123 @saranova @EllisRose @Serenorae @Ohemdieldi @laundromat @Waves53 @StupidClown @renotherednosed @LiteViWanda @NevaehRose @Thewayofimagination @AuraAurora @hopefully0 @SunshineNRage @ashWind @Talking28 @Katiets @AmethystUnicorn @pioneeringBlueberry9556
@ASilentObserver thanks
@ASilentObserver Hello, thank you so much! Im Hope and I joined this community because I wanted to be more mindful and present in my daily life😊
@hopefully0
HI Hopefully it is really good to see you joining this awesome community. Those are very good reasons you have there. Please ask anything or pm anyone, browse around the forums and see if there is anything that you are interested in
13 years ago (this month~!), i went to an acupuncturist to stop smoking. i stopped in 2 days, and i had paid for 7 visits, so i kept going. my fear of walking in the open stopped, many other 'psychiatric' troubles stopped. i began walking farther and farther, finally 2 miles at a time, often twice a day, 2 days a week. i lost weight. i walked the soles off my shoes~! 
it was he who suggested that i start meditating and using the Binaural Beats to help my brain heal faster. i bought a 'Therapeutic' program of increasingly strong sessions, 6 months at a time, and used that and meditation together for 7 years... eventually spending 2 hrs twice a day meditating... i regained about 15 IQ points from this, and put at least 4 psychiatric diagnoses "In Remission" (for more than 5 yrs now).
i still meditate daily, when ever and where ever i feel the inclination. i am sure that the beneficial effects on the brain are permanent, and have enhanced my quality of life immeasurably~!
@GusteeMoon123
HI Moon good to see youoh wow thank I thank you for meeting that person. And good job for stop smoking!! I will say it again WOW what a story you shared here. I am so so happy that you found this person and learned on meditation then mindfulness. I would't mind talking to you and kinda "buttering" you up and maybe joining the team
@RumpleSteeleSkin
any time, Rumple,, but you lead the way to a chat space, cause i'm still learning my way around ~ 
@GusteeMoon123
Moon any time you have free and like to learn on whats going on with the team and maybe getting mentored some, just pm meI support anyone who like to join the team!
here is a place to 'check out' the Binaural Beats, if you're interested.... BE SURE to always wear stereo headphones when you listen, as the way it works is to put a different beat (hidden under various sound tracks) into each ear.
Hello. I'm Waves. I'm a quiet type, but it is nice to meet you all.
@Waves53
HI Waves good to see you hereIf you want to be quiet that is good-hugsMany in Mindfulness SC are quiet then one day you start seeing them support others and even share on mindfulness. We are here for you.
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We are pleased to see you joined Mindfulness community. Welcome aboard!!
Here are some FAQs about Mindfulness. I hope you find them helpful to learn more about mindfulness.
If you have any questions, please contact the leaders and if you have any suggestions about forums, please drop a message to community mentor leader- @rumplesteeleskin.
Please introduce yourself and let us know a bit about you. Thank you!!
@ASilentObserver
Welcome to you all to this wonderful community. Please ask any questions you may have or pm usCan't wait to see you all in the forums and the discussions!
@RumpleSteeleSkin
hello, again, Rumple~ :) i thought i joined this forum on the 13th (of August), but my name never appears on the Subscription List, nor the Welcome List. at the top of this thread it says "Unsubscribe", i'm sure that means i have Subscribed already. can you check on that for me? or tell me how to ? i did, just now, follow the link and Subscribe, again.
@GusteeMoon123
Moon I sure will look at the tag list dashboardCuz we so gotta have you too with us
posts that i read about meditation and mindfulness often seem to neglect one of the wonderful aspects of the process: CONTEMPLATION.
this is a method of allowing thoughts about a particular interest (personal, social, functional, etc) to just rise up and pass thru the consciousness without reaction or grasping. it is a way of gaining INSIGHT into oneself, events, interactions with others, and life in general.
it is one of the two principles of meditation: Calm Abiding and Contemplation.
to properly, effectively, access this function of the mind, it is necessary to develop the ability to maintain focus and be able to allow thoughts to pass without affect (causing a response). so it might be said to be an advanced form of meditation, but that is not actually true. the brain generates thoughts; that is it's main function and purpose: to assess and evaluate and assign value and potentials to sensory input. learning to allow the brain to do that without grasping onto its 'output' can be a very useful way of clarification and understanding.
i hope we can spend some time on that when folks are ready~
Really excited to be a part of something so positive! :)
Hi! I'm new to 7 Cups and this is the first group I've joined. I've tried to practice mindfulness through the past several years. I've read several of Pema Chodron's works, and I try to be present and let go. I find that every day I struggle to do both.
@professionalRainfall26
have you tried using Pema's interpretations of the 59 steps of Mind Training (Lojong) ? you can download it free offline (i printed it out) at:
https://www.lionsroar.com/dont-give-up/
i think of it as the buddhist version of CBT