Comments on: Mindless vs. Mindful http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/ Evoking Insight, Clarity and New Perspectives to Energize, Empower and Inspire Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Deb http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Deb Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:16:53 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-1044 Robin, Great to hear from you. Sometimes we need to just sit with our bittersweet moments and allow them to flow through us. That's what gives life meaning and joy. Robin,

Great to hear from you. Sometimes we need to just sit with our bittersweet moments and allow them to flow through us. That’s what gives life meaning and joy.

]]> By: Robin Reid http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Robin Reid Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:39:37 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-1043 Flying back from NOLA I received a chain email from my deceased partner's son celebrating her life. I settled into the stories people told about her and my memories of her strength and humanness. I loved feeling my tears as I allowed myself to be with her and to enjoy the powerful impacts she had on all of us. Flying back from NOLA I received a chain email from my deceased partner’s son celebrating her life. I settled into the stories people told about her and my memories of her strength and humanness. I loved feeling my tears as I allowed myself to be with her and to enjoy the powerful impacts she had on all of us.

]]> By: Duff Batchelder http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Duff Batchelder Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:36:24 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-670 Ha! Deb, you're quite right about the open cell line for kids. The times we live in... makes mindfulness a challenge. Duff Ha! Deb, you’re quite right about the open cell line for kids. The times we live in… makes mindfulness a challenge.

Duff

]]> By: Deb http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Deb Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:34:18 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-666 Thanks Duff, I'd like to ignore my cell phone but it's hard to do that when you have a teenager who might need to reach you. :) Unless it's her calling,I I try to ignore calls when I'm talking with someone in person. Deb Thanks Duff,

I’d like to ignore my cell phone but it’s hard to do that when you have a teenager who might need to reach you. :) Unless it’s her calling,I I try to ignore calls when I’m talking with someone in person.

Deb

]]> By: Duff Batchelder http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Duff Batchelder Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:01:10 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-665 I found Matt's observations quite thoughtful and poignant, given the world we all live in. The notion of purposeful, active and engaged communication really does (at least for me) a higher level of attention... one that also results in higher quality responses. And that process is made extremely difficult in an era of Twitter's 140 characters allowed for comment or response, or the tone announcing a new email, or the always-on cell phone. (Full disclosure... I don't yet have a Twitter account, my new mail notice tone is turned off, and I don't have my cell on unless I'm expecting a call by prior arrangement.) It is hard to buck the tend of near instant or immediate availability, but I find most people are really okay with the wait... and while get time to think, I like to believe it gives them some time to reflect as well. I found Matt’s observations quite thoughtful and poignant, given the world we all live in. The notion of purposeful, active and engaged communication really does (at least for me) a higher level of attention… one that also results in higher quality responses. And that process is made extremely difficult in an era of Twitter’s 140 characters allowed for comment or response, or the tone announcing a new email, or the always-on cell phone. (Full disclosure… I don’t yet have a Twitter account, my new mail notice tone is turned off, and I don’t have my cell on unless I’m expecting a call by prior arrangement.) It is hard to buck the tend of near instant or immediate availability, but I find most people are really okay with the wait… and while get time to think, I like to believe it gives them some time to reflect as well.

]]> By: Deb http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Deb Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:35:40 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-661 Hey Matt, There are definitely pros and cons to the technology available to us. I think it's fabulous that you take a moment to become present before going on rounds. I'm sure your interactions with patients benefit from it. All the best, Deb Hey Matt,

There are definitely pros and cons to the technology available to us. I think it’s fabulous that you take a moment to become present before going on rounds. I’m sure your interactions with patients benefit from it.

All the best,

Deb

]]> By: Matt Meyer http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Matt Meyer Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:08:23 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-660 Thanks for these reflections, Deb. I guess part of my own work these past years has been to try to use the electronic resources before us as mindfully as possible. Emails and the internet, for me, are extraordinarily important and powerful tools which are sadly not used as mindfully as they should be. Writing correspondence on line as if you are hand-writing a letter should be par for the course. Checking email should be like opening a letter from a long lost pal (with no reason not to throw away the junk mail just as we would with snail mail). For years, I resisted getting the fastest possible internet connection, because the time it took to download certain information gave me a moment to "catch my breath" or become mindful in that space. I guess that it is still hard for me to see the mindful possibilities of television, and I still don't have a cell phone because I don't want folks to have 24/7 access to me. But it is also true that at my stressful, hospital-based teaching job, we all take one mindful minute at the beginning of rounds each morning to shut off the lights and just breathe. Thanks for these reflections, Deb. I guess part of my own work these past years has been to try to use the electronic resources before us as mindfully as possible. Emails and the internet, for me, are extraordinarily important and powerful tools which are sadly not used as mindfully as they should be. Writing correspondence on line as if you are hand-writing a letter should be par for the course. Checking email should be like opening a letter from a long lost pal (with no reason not to throw away the junk mail just as we would with snail mail). For years, I resisted getting the fastest possible internet connection, because the time it took to download certain information gave me a moment to “catch my breath” or become mindful in that space. I guess that it is still hard for me to see the mindful possibilities of television, and I still don’t have a cell phone because I don’t want folks to have 24/7 access to me. But it is also true that at my stressful, hospital-based teaching job, we all take one mindful minute at the beginning of rounds each morning to shut off the lights and just breathe.

]]> By: Deb http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-656 Deb Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:25:46 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-656 Great point Neil, There is a time and place for both. It's a matter of finding the right balance. Deb Great point Neil,

There is a time and place for both. It’s a matter of finding the right balance.

Deb

]]> By: Neil Friedman http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Neil Friedman Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:36:14 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-655 Mindfulness / Mindlessness. Neither occupy a specific space in our psyches. Wherever we are- whatever we are doing - the opportunity, for mindlessness or mindfulness are always present. We might consider that both are necessary condition of our human experience, as the song goes,". . . you can't have one without the other ." Mindfulness / Mindlessness. Neither occupy a specific space in our psyches. Wherever we are- whatever we are doing – the opportunity, for mindlessness or mindfulness are always present. We might consider that both are necessary condition of our human experience, as the song goes,”. . . you can’t have one without the other .”

]]> By: Deb http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2010/04/10/mindless-vs-mindful/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Deb Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:16:08 +0000 http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/?p=159#comment-654 Anthony, No question about it - we need to find a balance between being meditative and in tune with our spirits and taking advantage of the various modes of communication available to us. Thanks. Deb Anthony,

No question about it – we need to find a balance between being meditative and in tune with our spirits and taking advantage of the various modes of communication available to us.

Thanks.

Deb

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