"There is tremendous precision and gentleness in the practice: the precision of noticing what is happending, the waterfall of thought; the gentleness of being nonjudgmental, not rejecting the busy mind. Over time, acknowledging that we are thinking and coming back to breath, the waterfall gradually becomes a river and the river becomes a lake."
— Barker, Phil
Author
Place of Publication
Boca Raton
Publisher
CRC Press
Date
2008
Metaphor
"There is tremendous precision and gentleness in the practice: the precision of noticing what is happending, the waterfall of thought; the gentleness of being nonjudgmental, not rejecting the busy mind. Over time, acknowledging that we are thinking and coming back to breath, the waterfall gradually becomes a river and the river becomes a lake."
Metaphor in Context
When people begin to practise mindfulness they are usually surprised to discover how busy the mind is: like a waterfall, one thought tumbling after the next. It may seem difficult to find the breath in the midst of all that mental activity. There is tremendous precision and gentleness in the practice: the precision of noticing what is happending, the waterfall of thought; the gentleness of being nonjudgmental, not rejecting the busy mind. Over time, acknowledging that we are thinking and coming back to breath, the waterfall gradually becomes a river and the river becomes a lake.
(p. 385)
(p. 385)
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Provenance
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Citation
Phil Barker, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The Craft of Caring, 2nd ed. (Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2008).
Date of Entry
07/08/2014
