Fully Engaged: Using the Practicing Mind in Daily Life

The mind doesn’t like the present moment — or at least it doesn’t like being instructed to be in the present moment. It thinks there’s nothing for it to do there. It loves to problem solve. And if you don’t give it a problem to solve, it will go looking for one. That is its nature, and it’s not always a bad thing.

observer, we are growing our thought awareness, our ability to watch our thoughts instead of simply being immersed in them and reacting to whatever emotion or sensation they elicit.

As we become more connected with this

When something feels difficult it is because you are up against the threshold of your

When you

Judgments happen outside the process.

you use the DOC principle: you Do, you Observe, and you Correct over and over again, constantly refining your actions.

Our mind tends to run around all day long, either visiting circumstances that have already happened or anticipating circumstances that may or may not happen in the future, even if that future is only moments away. It also operates in a constant state of judgment (which of course is a thought), and we experience the emotional content, which is the r

As you work on this empowering change, remember that the practicing mind does not judge your effort in cultivating a new response. It sees only awareness and repetition with the intention toward a specific goal. As long as we are executing