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Wait! Stop the Train!

3/15/2021

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​In Steven Hayes' Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, he writes about the concept of the “Mind Train”.  The “Mind Train” is when we start to buy into our thoughts.  He recommends cultivating other skills to deal with the internal mental processes that cause us so much suffering.
 
We can do this by learning how to watch your thoughts:
  • Without belief or disbelief
  • Without entanglement
  • Without struggle
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​Hayes created the “Watching the Mind-Train” Meditation to help.

  • Imagine yourself standing on a bridge overlooking three train tracks.  Each track carries an individual train: one carries the “ore” of things you notice in the present moment, one carries your thoughts, and one carries your urges to act.
  • While maintaining this visual, bring your attention to something you have been struggling with lately.
  • Your job is only to stay on the bridge and watch the trains pass by. If you notice your mind has jumped down into one of the railcars carrying the different “ores” and is struggling with its content, take notice what hooked you. File it away and mentally return to the bridge and look down at the trains once again.
  • Continue to take notice of your thoughts for 5-10 minutes. Just watch what comes up for you.
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Finally, write down what you noticed when standing on the bridge watching the three trains. 
  • How does what you notice relate to the Kleshas (ignorance, egoism,            attachment, aversion, and clinging)?
  • How can you reframe your self-talk and let go of attachment?
  • How can you begin to describe yourself as being “with a feeling” as opposed to “having a feeling”?
  • How does the reframed language shift or change your level of contentment (Santosha)?
 
Hayes, S.C and Smith, S. (2005). Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.  Oakland, CA. New Harbinger    Publications, Inc.

Satchidananda, S. S. (2012). The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Buckingham, VA. Integral Yoga Publications.

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