Tag: Wildmind
“Unyoking” ourselves from feelings – Wildmind
Feelings are a very ancient part of us. They are evolution’s first attempt at thought. While conceptual thought takes place in the mind, feelings take place in the body. While thoughts are in general mainly visual and auditory representations of external events, feelings are kinesthetic representations of sensations. So we talk about having a heavy…
Four spiritual love languages – Wildmind
Yesterday on Mastodon, which is the only social media site I use at the moment besides the private online community space I host for Wildmind’s sponsors, someone shared a link to a “love languages” quiz. I’d heard of this concept of love languages before. The blurb on the official website, based on the best-selling book…
“Soft eyes, kind eyes” – Wildmind
The Buddha said that it was possible to dislodge unhelpful thoughts (those that make us suffer unnecessarily) with the use of more helpful thoughts. He compared this to the way a carpenter could dislodge wooden peg out of a hole by hammering a smaller peg against it. This principle is incredibly useful in meditation, and…