In
this Mindful Monday series, we have presented many different ways of
being mindful and many different benefits of having a mindfulness
practice. We know that mindfulness is a deliberate practice and a
deliberate experience of being present in the moment.
Today,
I’m excited to talk about a passion of mine, which is working with
the core issues and the ego states within mindfulness meditation.
Meditation helps us to move away from our wounded child
ego state and toward our functional adult ego state.
The
Wounded Child Ego State
Rio
Retreat Centere At The
Meadows, we teach about the ego states as they were laid out by
Senior Fellow Pia Mellody in her work on the Model of Developmental
Immaturity. She explains that how our thinking and beliefs can be
distorted in the wounded child ego state.
Sometimes,
when we find ourselves in our wounded child ego state, we feel like
we’re not as good
as other people and we feel bad
about ourselves.
We
also tend to feel very vulnerable. We’re not able to protect
ourselves when someone is critical or just not being present with us.
We take it personally. We tend to have difficulty staying present
because we give into our distorted thinking and we feel uncomfortable
being in our bodies.
Moderation
as a Spiritual Practice
I
and my team had the wonderful privilege of spending some time with
Pia Mellody recently. She reminded us all that working on our core
issues and learning to live moderately is a spiritual practice.
It’s
a spiritual practice to love ourselves and feel equal to other
people.
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