[Procyona]

[Gra-ach]

Oh yes, and it makes the world such a crazy place to live
You say something to someone and the other person hears something completely different and something you didn't mean and voila, you have a nice brand new enemy.

A lot of people hear what they want to hear. They have their impression of what's going on and you may say one thing and if it doesn't correlate with what they think they will not even hear your words! It's like they have filter in their brain and they just filter out things they don't want to hear for one reason or the other.   

[Haveunique]

[Procyona]

[Gra-ach]

Oh, if you don't want to hear something, it can be stated as clearly as possible, but you still won't hear it. You know, like people pretending that everything's OK, when a relative or close friend abuses his wife (for example) and just saying that it's her own fault.   

[Haveunique]

Indeed, hearing, seeing and feeling things for what they are, not what they seem, is a great skill to learn.   

[Gra-ach]

Oh, don't get me started!!!

I remember once Pasha told me not to make two steps back but only one. And I was 100% sure that I stepped back once while doing the exercise. And until he put his foot on the spot where my second step landed I couldn't understand what he was talking about   

[Haveunique]

Straight to the point   

[Fanda]

WE ARE NOT TALKING
At the beggining of the trainings it was strange to don´t have possibility to ask for something, to clarify excercises. After time I realised that it forced me to be more concentrated
=result do not talk

INSTRUCTOR IS NOT TALKING
After few trainings our instructor stopped talking to us. It was strange and it took me a time to get the point. Finally it is the same as that we are not able to talk. It again force us to be really concentrated!
=result do not talk (just in necessary cases of course)

Fanda   

[Gra-ach]

I remember it was actually very refreshing to be able to stay silent for 1,5 hours less stress after leading lectures at university.   

[Procyona]

Indeed, and it is really refreshing that the whole room is silent compared to the noisy world outside. There the inside talk can come forth very easily, if one gets distracted. There is yet so much to learn of control of thoughts and mind!   

[Haveunique]

Indeed, Milla! When there is silence outside, the inner dialogue starts. Our task is to learn to stop it at will and do our stuff uninterrupted

Also, please start a new topic explaining what you current userpic means to you. Thank you! =)   

[Procyona]

Will do :3   

[Procyona]

I don't know if this topic applys for 'inside talk', thinking and planning, but I have recently found out that I usually cannot concentrate on the precent because I have 'so many things on my mind'. But some instances I have found it revealing to let these thoughts go and only see what is in front of me, here and now. It's still hard for me to stay focused in the moment, even though I know that it usually prevents me to act in the moment but also letting go makes me slower and somewhat sloppy.

The point is, that now I don't know how I can think and plan about anything and still stay connected to the moment, and how to take advances on both habits..   

[Haveunique]

Your task is to find out, Milla, how to use both habits