{"id":4293,"date":"2012-11-28T13:38:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T18:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=4293"},"modified":"2012-11-28T13:38:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T18:38:35","slug":"sensitivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/11\/sensitivity.html","title":{"rendered":"Sensitivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noble-buddhism-beliefs.com\/images\/buddha_3.jpg\" alt=\"Buddha Images\" width=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Has anyone ever said these 3 words to you that had you feeling dimissed, discounted, put down or misunderstood:\u00a0 &#8220;You&#8217;re too sensitive.&#8221;? In a workshop I am teaching this week,\u00a0 at Grail Springs, \u00a0the subject\u00a0\u00a0came up when we were speaking of the inner critic. Several people shared that they were told this \u00a0as children, so\u00a0they shut down, withdrew and held back being authentically themselves. As adults their relationships may still carry\u00a0a flavor of that and perhaps they may\u00a0\u00a0give themselves that message. I\u00a0offered the\u00a0perspective that\u00a0it might mean going into all experiences with all senses fully alive and aware, open to whatever the day delivers, rather than\u00a0resisting what is. The concensus of the group seemed to be in alignment with that thought.<\/p>\n<p>Then this morning in meditation class,\u00a0the\u00a0instructor named\u00a0Ava, a seasoned,\u00a0wise woman around my age spoke about the Buddha&#8217;s teaching that connected with mindful breathing and she used the two words that\u00a0he was said to have advised: \u00a0&#8220;be sensitive&#8221;. Knowing smiles, nods, winks and giggles passed around the room as\u00a0one of the retreat participants shared that this was the subject we spoke about last night. I asked Ava if she was sure she wasn&#8217;t a fly on the wall or had been eavesedropping on our\u00a0conversation. In spirituality, there really is no\u00a0separation and great minds indeed do think alike.<\/p>\n<p>She than\u00a0played a crystal singing bowl to begin our practice and I could literally feel as if my entire body was that instrument,\u00a0being attuned.\u00a0The sound waves that were generated by the\u00a0mallet\u00a0being run along the edge of the bowl, remained with me throughout the entire 20 minute sitting time. I had occasional urges to move, stretch, contemplate,\u00a0plan, run away&#8230;you name it. That has been the nature of my meditation practice for\u00a0the past 30 years&#8230;.being called back and then, like an antsy toddler, inching away and then scampering\u00a0away and then being beckoned back. Over and over. That&#8217;s why it is called a\u00a0practice. It is never the same any one time.\u00a0Ava also elaborated on the idea that when we have a peak\u00a0experience on the cushion, we strive to recreate it and we never can, since each is unique. The efforting, the striving, the pushing to&#8230;..only chases it away. The allowing, the receptivity, the\u00a0opening to what is, both on and off the cushion..THAT is the real practice for me. I can be all zen, all blissed out in meditation or yoga and then arise from the floor, walk through the door and\u00a0get zapped by monkey mind thoughts. It is when I return to the breath, the just &#8216;is&#8217;, that I am back in synch with Spirit.\u00a0 It is then that I can\u00a0celebrate my sensitivity to myself and the world around me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3D1GhHplAwitI\">www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3D1GhHplAwitI<\/a> We Are Awakening by Deva Premal and Miten<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grailspsrings.com\">www.grailspsrings.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has anyone ever said these 3 words to you that had you feeling dimissed, discounted, put down or misunderstood:\u00a0 &#8220;You&#8217;re too sensitive.&#8221;? In a workshop I am teaching this week,\u00a0 at Grail Springs, \u00a0the subject\u00a0\u00a0came up when we were speaking of the inner critic. Several people shared that they were told this \u00a0as children, so\u00a0they&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,13,3,22,14,4,54,5,16,24,10,38],"tags":[975,2563,1358,1887,4839,2001],"class_list":["post-4293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss","category-blissfull-thinking","category-gratitude","category-healing","category-how-to-invite-bliss","category-inspiration","category-interfaith","category-meditation","category-my-personal-bliss","category-peace","category-spirituality","category-transformation","tag-buddha","tag-buddhism","tag-deva-premal-and-miten","tag-grail-springs","tag-meditation","tag-we-are-awakening"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sensitivity - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/11\/sensitivity.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sensitivity - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Has anyone ever said these 3 words to you that had you feeling dimissed, discounted, put down or misunderstood:\u00a0 &#8220;You&#8217;re too sensitive.&#8221;? 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