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Friday, March 24th, 2006
Gakked from a writer on my flist:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.
The interesting thing about this book is I haven't picked it up in ages, but it's been waiting patiently for my return.
Emotional Alchemy - How the Mind can Heal the Heart by Tara Bennett-Goleman
If she starts to get lost in the reason she is angry -- thoughts like "I can't stand it when he does that to me!" -- then she is no longer being mindful; she has identified with the anger rather than simply noticing it.
The author is the wife of Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence. They offer workshops on the sythesis of Buddhism and psychotherapy. I'm particularly drawn to the combination of spirituality and science, so this seems like a natural for me. I think the book has been languishing because I wasn't actually ready to let go of some bad habits. The devil you know, ya know?
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.
The interesting thing about this book is I haven't picked it up in ages, but it's been waiting patiently for my return.
Emotional Alchemy - How the Mind can Heal the Heart by Tara Bennett-Goleman
If she starts to get lost in the reason she is angry -- thoughts like "I can't stand it when he does that to me!" -- then she is no longer being mindful; she has identified with the anger rather than simply noticing it.
The author is the wife of Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence. They offer workshops on the sythesis of Buddhism and psychotherapy. I'm particularly drawn to the combination of spirituality and science, so this seems like a natural for me. I think the book has been languishing because I wasn't actually ready to let go of some bad habits. The devil you know, ya know?