From Philippe Goldin's presentation this weekend at El Camino Hospital (an event benefitting Bob Stahl's MBSR scholarship program), I found the following slide on 'Self-Focused Processing' particularly useful:
Conceptual or narrative self:
- past-future
- fixed self-concept
- rumination
Experiential or embodied self:
- present-moment focused
- continuously changing experience of self
- reduced problems with depression, anxiety, etc . . .
A 21st century version of the teachings on anatta . . . with a focus on the health benefits of an experiential view of the self.
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I watched a TED video on a similar topic. I wonder if this corresponds to the left and right hemispheres. For me, meditation is very right-brained.
ReplyDeleteInteresting how we each have different associations to various concepts. For me, it is more a matter of expanding notion of self beyond narrow habitual 'thought' world, to more fluid experience of larger self in the slice of each moment. I am very fond of Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle's talk about horizontal (conceptual view) vs. vertical notion of time (present-moment). I am so floored by the fabrications of mind and the power we let them have over our very life.
ReplyDeleteThank your for sharing, Marguerite. I read your site regularly and appreciate your authenticity and humility. Could you please point me to a link so that I can listen to Olivia Ames Hoblizelle's talk that you referenced? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIt is not a talk, only a mention in her book, '10,000 Joys and 10,000 Sorrows', on her journey down the path of Alzheimer's with her husband Hob.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566754/
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am currently reading 10,000 Joys 10,000 Sorrows. It is truly awe inspiring.
ReplyDeleteOh! good. :)
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