Zazen : Settling Down
July 18, 2008
There is a practice in Zen Buddhism known as zazen. It’s commonly misconstrued as a meditation but in fact it isn’t. True, if you came upon someone practicing zazen you’d either think they were meditating or they had a fondness for non-prescription medication.
Whereas meditation is about achieving some kind of a relaxed state and withdrawing temporarily from the world – zazen is about staying in the world. Zazen practitioners face a wall, keep their eyes open and basically just sit still and perfectly attentive for periods of time.
The trick is to stay in the world but not of the world. Hence the open eyes. An attempt is made to still the chattering ego mind – that internal, infernal conversation which goes on inside your head all day, every day!
The Constructed Life Coaching Program
July 18, 2008
The Constructed Life Coaching Program is a simple, but very powerful, re-education process which will show you how to:
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Initiate action
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Manage change
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Make clearer decisions
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Reduce stress and anxiety
It is very different from conventional therapeutic Life Coaching, which may offer support and expert guidance in various life situations.
Constructive Living takes the contrarian viewpoint that it is a useless endeavor to go back over the past to understand ourselves, “work” with feelings, or “fix” ourselves by building self-esteem, boosting self-confidence and the like.
Because it is more of a lifestyle re-educational process, it provides for a complete shift of perspective and provides an easy methodology for dropping old, useless habits, belief systems and non-productive behaviors.
In many cases, it also has the power to reduce stress, help quiet the internal, chattering dialogue and still our anxieties.
Despite the proven and beneficial psychological effects the Constructive Living lifestyle provides, it is completely behaviorally oriented and rooted in common sense.
It will easily and immediately :
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Get you out of your head and into action
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Fuel your Creative Spirit and sharpen your vision
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Release you from the tyranny of your own feelings
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Show you how to eliminate negative internal chatter which you may be using to hold yourself back
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Free you to respond spontaneously and confidently to whatever arises
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“Seven Simple Principles of Constructive Living”
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