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I achieved a state of mindfulness on the Camino that I can only call "All-Pervasive Silence of the Mind".
You can't. And wanting to hang onto it is keeping it forever at a distance.But I wish I could hang on to the Zero state.
...I didn't go home......Have any of you experienced the same? How did you manage this when you got home?
I am sorry to say the only way out of the pain of life is to go in.
From a non-spiritual pilgrim have you tried ditching your facebook page in an attempt to get to where you want to be!!!Hi peregrin@s.
I´m looking for spiritual pilgrims. In particular, inclination towards Buddhism or similar, or who have practiced meditation. I think spiritually inclined people might understand, or at least not second-guess my experience. And that´s important to me.
I achieved a state of mindfulness on the Camino that I can only call "All-Pervasive Silence of the Mind".
My mind was there only as a mirror, to help me reflect when I wanted. When I did not need it, it would simply not produce thought.
Adding to this I would find that the mind - as it is not chattering - produces no judgement either. Usually the mind always reacts, reacts, reacts - and it makes judgement good and bad about everything. Back on the Camino, my mind did not judge. I talked to someone about this and he says this is the "zero state" of the mind, the natural state of the mind.
Usually people try to achieve this through meditation. And fail. Because it is so difficult, to really really manage this.
Once home of course, once again surrounded by input, and traffic and noise and facebook and advertising and on and on, the mind wants to revert to its previous chattering. But I wish I could hang on to the Zero state.
Have any of you experienced the same? How did you manage this when you got home?
Did you manage to at least keep parts of the mindfulness?
Gwaihir
From a non-spiritual pilgrim have you tried ditching your facebook page in an attempt to get to where you want to be!!!
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2) As I go to bed...I do a whole body inventory of stresses accumulated through the day. I then "breathe" my way through releasing them. (In through the nose and out through the mouth. There are several traditions for the right kind of breathing and I am no expert. Maybe some of our resident experts can chip in here?)
2a) After the de-stress and breathing then it is a matter of counting up my blessings. While it may be a cliche', it is no less true that I fall asleep before I am done with this part of my routine.
3) Upon waking...offer gratitude to whatever Higher Power you recognize for the gift of another day to fulfill your purpose here and request the wisdom, sufficient to the day, to keep true to your mission.
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"Need little, want less, love more." (A friend that I would dearly love to meet sometime..."Jesse" at
"Jesse's Cafe Americain") (https://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/)
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Have any of you experienced the same? How did you manage this when you got home?
Did you manage to at least keep parts of the mindfulness?
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