Are you a worrier?

[kenvj]

Years ago I saw a phsycologist about my abnormal anxiety. I confided to him that I often felt my mind was hunting for something, I couldn't achieve a quiet mind. He told me that I was one of those people who if I didn't have something to worry about I would search until I did find something to worry about. I once asked my wife what she was thinking about and she said "nothing, nothing at all". I couldn't believe it but she said that she often would sit quietly thinking about nothing. If only I could do that!! One of the things that meditation does is to quiet the mind and I think that observing one's breathing, whether actively meditating or not, can also help. I am working on observing my breathing as often as I can during the day - when reading a book, watching TV, working on the puter or just plain sitting. I do feel that I am calmer because of this practise and that I am not worrying so much.

[Chronicfatiguetreatments]

the gupta prgram is good for this. It was hard to fully relax at first, but after you do it for a while, you actually get better at it and it is easier to get in that relaxed state.
When i first started doing it, i would do the 20 min. soften and flow exercise and it seemed like the 20 minutes would last forever. But, after doing it a while, i could just space out and not really think about anything, and the 20 minutes really flew by. And it definately carried over into everyday thinking patterns

[billoddie]

Hi Ken. Bill here. Totally relate to the "hunting mind". Give you a quick example. Been doing Gupta with great results. Then read on a post here how someone recovered with Gupta AND core issue work...that was enough to put the mind into a tailspin. "Told you so...Gupta isnt the answer. Theres more...more...more. Blah blah blah". pesky little thing that overactive "hunting" mind. Derails at every opportunity