Thoughts on Mindfulness

I would like to share my thoughts on Mindfulness basis my ideas which have developed in the last few years partly based on my study of Chinese Medicine.

I believe there is something between the life force energy that connects everything to the leadership of the Mind, Body and Intellect. That something is intention, which is part of the self. The self is the amassing of life force energy into a being when we incarnate. The life force energy becomes the mass (E = Mc2) of the body, with emotions and an intelligent brain. Intention is what allows the self to lead the Body, Mind and Intellect. Thus an important step in living a mindful life is having and using one’s intention.

Eating and drinking in the right way includes eating slowly, regularly, without arguing or watching TV, and with a thankful attitude to the plants and/or animals that sacrificed their life force energy for our benefit.

Mind, Body and Intellect are part of the same whole and affect each other in profound ways. Thus negative emotions can lead to negative thoughts and to disease in the body. Besides good decision making, leadership of the intellect also involves eliminating what Daniel Amen (famous brain researcher) calls ANTS (automatic negative thoughts) and using affirmations to reinforce positive thinking.

Cleansing of negative emotions is vitally important, as repressed emotions are the cause of much, if not most, disease. Sharing negative emotions can help release them, but one can also become addicted to empowering emotional wounds. If one shares pain in order to receive love, then when the sharing fails to elicit the desired response, a new wounding is experienced.

There are many ways to cleanse negative emotions, including spiritual practices (eg meditation); counselling; healing by others; nutrition, rest, and exercise. Personally, I have found QiGong* meditation, acupuncture (which balances Qi), homeopathy and ayurvedic medicine, medical QiGong (healing by a practitioner who balances Qi), and TaiQi (which moves and balances Qi) extremely helpful in releasing and resolving emotions.

*”Qi” is life force energy and “Gong” is “skill” so QiGong means skill in gathering, circulating and applying life force energy.

Contributed by - Patricia Evans, Faculty, SOIL