112 - Be Mindful And Remove The Need For Social Media And Phones
The Truth About Mental Health by Paula Sweet at Absolute Mind
Paula Sweet
4.3 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2016
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Today's podcast has been requested and it is all about being more mindful avoiding wasted time on mobile phones and social media. I have included a mindful meditation session at the end. This is based upon a process called Halalau and is a Hawaiian practice.
What Todays Podcast Will Cover
- What is Mindfulness
- Dealing with Weapons of mass distraction
- Understanding
- Changing mindset towards taking time out
- Meditation
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Absolute Mind podcast for your weekly dose of inspiring, helpful, free audio. |
| 0:08.0 | So sit back, relax, enjoy and learn. |
| 0:13.1 | This is session number 112 of the Absolute Mind podcast, and this show is all about becoming more mindful and removing the need for social media |
| 0:22.8 | and phones a problem that we all face now fairly recently say recently not in the past week but |
| 0:32.7 | mindfulness was coined as a new thing we should all become, all do and be aware of ourself |
| 0:38.4 | and not be taken off and distracted. Be here now, be mindful of the moment. |
| 0:46.1 | But what does it really mean for us all and why do we need to do this now? |
| 0:50.9 | Now in a world where we're becoming more connected, every single minute we're becoming more connected. |
| 0:59.2 | However, people are finding they're becoming more disconnected with one another. |
| 1:03.8 | Our computers may be connected. |
| 1:05.7 | Our phones are connected. |
| 1:07.0 | Our applications are connected. |
| 1:09.0 | But our souls aren't. |
| 1:30.1 | Now, we're losing that connection with the outside world. We're losing that connection and the ability to communicate face to face. And we're losing the ability to be here now. Now, becoming mindful is an art and a technique of becoming aware of the here and now and what it has to offer you. |
| 1:36.8 | Because it's not just the case of, well, I'm just sat here listening and I'm driving, commuting and listen to what Mike's rambling on about. |
| 1:43.4 | But being here now is really noticing how you feel, really noticing those around you. Notice the air, notice the sky, |
| 1:46.0 | notice what beauty is right here now. Now, that old cliche, that old saying that I am going to |
| 1:53.7 | subject you to, I am sorry, because maybe there's a chance you haven't heard of it, but tomorrow |
| 1:58.5 | is a mystery. Yesterday is history. And but tomorrow is a mystery yesterday is history and |
| 2:02.3 | today is a gift which is why it is called the present now just think about for a moment how much of |
| 2:09.0 | your day is truly spent in the here and now i'm not about thinking about later on in the day or |
| 2:15.0 | what you did this morning, be here now. Now, we have a tendency |
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