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Dharma · 04-24-2008, 05:58 AM

I guess, as Morpheus said in the Matrix, "welcome to the real world".

Hopefully you allowed yourself a blast of joy for your realization and did not continually berate yourself for your lack of consciousness. Unconsciousness is a habit. And it takes time to break it.

Just practice being present and be easy on yourself when you discover you're not. Getting upset or angry at yourself will just add more denial to the moment. It's going to seem like you spend 99% of your day in your mind and 1% present in the moment. It will take practice and in a little while you'll be 2% conscious, and so on.

Keep working at it, you will see improvement.

04-24-2008, 05:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dharma Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NM, USA Posts: 986	I guess, as Morpheus said in the Matrix, "welcome to the real world". Hopefully you allowed yourself a blast of joy for your realization and did not continually berate yourself for your lack of consciousness. Unconsciousness is a habit. And it takes time to break it. Just practice being present and be easy on yourself when you discover you're not. Getting upset or angry at yourself will just add more denial to the moment. It's going to seem like you spend 99% of your day in your mind and 1% present in the moment. It will take practice and in a little while you'll be 2% conscious, and so on. Keep working at it, you will see improvement. __________________ --There's nowhere to go, nothing to do. My blog -- New content coming soon.