My experiences, thoughts and their expression: mi vida

I had a gift today...I was presented a gift today...Someone gave me a gift today...I received a gift today... Yes, this morning a good friend in the Yoga class shared a gift, with me. The words in her giving were a gift in and of themselves...! They were something like..." I like to share books that ... are special ... that talk to me ... that tell me something ...that..." http://tinyurl.com/l7rzq4f Well, I think you get the idea. I heard that it was a book that was meaningful, very, to her, and in such a way, that she wanted to share... And in the 'soap opera' of my mind, it brings an image, a "photo-shoot" of instances in the past where I give something dear, special, intending that it have the ' dear ' impact " IT " had on me, on the person to whom I am giving that " IT ", or!...that the person experience the delight (?) I experienced with the shared object, whether it be a book a 'learning' a teaching, a mat...

I recently came across this concept...trying " not to think about a white bear". Try it. Go ahead...try not to think about a white bear... It is like...trying not to think of "popcorn and coke" (which I 'love') at the movies...or ...______...fill in the blank - of something that you really find pleasant, or unpleasant...; bet you can't. There was this article in Salon.com  written by David Adam, about the effects of obsessive thinking , and processing, that - especially when under duress or stress, becomes very difficult to leave aside. Adam wrote the book  “The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought”  which captured my interest, for lots of energy is invested in quieting the inner voice or voices, which I have started calling the " penthouse dweller ", the inner voice that repeats, or counts the steps as you go up-the-stairs, or suggests and reprimands, or critiques what-to-do-when, or asks "what-If-...