Guest guest Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Crumbs, all the wonkey English is on full view again. I tried so hard but I still miss things. Perhaps acceptance will sort things out. Kv > > > Gilbert say's, in his book, The Compassionate Mind, that hunans > have an immense capacity for ralaxation (or something like that) - > personally I think cats are much better at it. But for many of us with > nervous illness, though, this abilty seems to completely go, and isn't > this wretched?. > > My ACT books would really scare me when it came to accpeting unpleasant > things, I would find myself tensing up and getting really paniky just > reading this. Then they might say that even when you are on your boat > enjoying the sae, let the monsters on board too, if they want to come. - > what! In my favourite ACT book , The CBT Practioners Guide To ACT, there > are cartoons of all these horrible monsters sitting there crammed in a > very small boat with you. Hmmmm, now who in their right mind would let > that onboard with them? Well, it's not my idea of a picnik, anyway. But > this week something strange happened, and that despite feeling very > uncomfortable, and in a fair amount of physical pain due to my hemoroids > (I'm so poorly right now) I felt at times such gorgeous peace and some > degree of happiness too, although everything still felt all wrong, > especially me! > > Hey! Perhaps I'm beginning to get some of this stuff now, so if we learn > to fully accept then that calm responce that Gilbert talks about > can kick in, which feels really nice! Right now I'm qu'ite excited about > all this, so maybe those monsters don't you much so hurt much afterall > when you welcome them in and hug them. Crumbs! I think I can handle > this. ---- 'Hey! What's that you have got in your hand. Eww, yuk, now > put in your pocket and come here with us'. > > Kv > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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