Skip to main content
Top
Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness 4/2017

14-06-2017 | ORTHOGONAL ROTATION IN CONSCIOUSNESS

Am I Doing It Right?

Auteur: Jon Kabat-Zinn

Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 4/2017

Log in om toegang te krijgen
share
DELEN

Deel dit onderdeel of sectie (kopieer de link)

  • Optie A:
    Klik op de rechtermuisknop op de link en selecteer de optie “linkadres kopiëren”
  • Optie B:
    Deel de link per e-mail

Excerpt

It is only natural to ask such a question whenever we take on a new endeavor that involves progressing along a learning curve. Of course, we want to check and see if we are doing it correctly, whatever the “it” is, and what the signposts and benchmarks are along the way to let us know that indeed, we are making headway, not stewing in some backwater, or circling endlessly in some Sargasso Sea of the mind, that we are making progress, that we are getting somewhere and a desirable somewhere at that, at the very least, that we are becoming more loving, more kind, more calm, more mindful. And of course, we also want assurance and reassurance along the way that what we are feeling is what we are supposed to be feeling, what is happening is what is supposed to be happening, that it is “normal,” and not a sign of being incompetent or of heading in the wrong direction and perhaps unwittingly picking up a string of bad habits along the way. …
Metagegevens
Titel
Am I Doing It Right?
Auteur
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Publicatiedatum
14-06-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Mindfulness / Uitgave 4/2017
Print ISSN: 1868-8527
Elektronisch ISSN: 1868-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0756-4

Andere artikelen Uitgave 4/2017

Mindfulness 4/2017 Naar de uitgave

ORTHOGONAL ROTATION IN CONSCIOUSNESS

Lovingkindness Meditation