{"id":138,"date":"2010-10-04T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T10:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/10\/metaphor-monday-stop-drop-roll.html"},"modified":"2010-10-04T10:22:47","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T10:22:47","slug":"metaphor-monday-stop-drop-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/10\/metaphor-monday-stop-drop-roll.html","title":{"rendered":"Metaphor Monday :: Stop, Drop, &amp; Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all learned &#8220;Stop, Drop, and Roll&#8221; in fire safety.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This mnemonic helps to avert panic and the proliferation of the fire. In fact, when done correctly you can put the fire out limiting its destructive impact.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">In the Buddha&#8217;s Fire Sermon, he warned, &#8220;Monks, everything is burning.&nbsp; And what is burning? Monks, the eye is burning, visual consciousness is burning, visible forms are burning&#8230;Burning with what? Burning with the fire of desire, the fire of aversion, the fire of delusion.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/span>Our minds could use the same safety approach. We often &#8220;burn&#8221; ourselves with anguish, anxiety, and stress. We catch on fire, getting engrossed in a story of how someone has wronged us, or how things are not going as we would like.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 11.5px Times\"><!--StartFragment-->\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><!--StartFragment-->\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 13px;font-family: arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif\">The mindfulness version of &#8220;Stop, Drop, and Roll&#8221; is accomplished through attention. Here it is:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thumbnail image for BS15014.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/96\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/10\/BS15014-thumb-300x300-18222.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\">\n<div><b><i>Stop <\/i>the story<i>.<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><i>Drop <\/i>into the body<i>.<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><i>Roll <\/i>with the moment<i>.<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Just like that. This metaphoric axiom can help us to avert panic in a pressing situation. <i>Stop, Drop, and Roll<\/i> can help us to keep the problem from proliferating.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>No story; no proliferation. We can&#8217;t be anguished without a story. Of course we need to recognize that we&#8217;re engaged with an anguish-producing story; we have to know we are on fire.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mindfulness practice will help us to see that we&#8217;re on fire. Once we&#8217;ve seen that we&#8217;re in the story there is a moment where we can stop. With enough discipline we could just stop the story cold. However, it is often helpful to refocus attention on something concrete that is happening now.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The story will give rise to emotions and emotions will give rise to sensations in the body. That is our concrete now. <i>Drop<\/i> into the body and notice what is going on. Explore these sensations with interest, curiosity, and perhaps even fascination.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What then? Whatever comes next. We can <i>Roll<\/i> with the present as it cascades into the future, one&nbsp;moment at a time.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If we can handle a problem this way, we deal with whatever is most pressing right now. This isn&#8217;t a story but a practical approach to the moment. &#8220;What does this moment require?&#8221; &#8220;What&#8217;s the best way for me to take care of myself?&#8221; Now we&#8217;re rolling!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all learned &#8220;Stop, Drop, and Roll&#8221; in fire safety. This mnemonic helps to avert panic and the proliferation of the fire. In fact, when done correctly you can put the fire out limiting its destructive impact.&nbsp; In the Buddha&#8217;s Fire Sermon, he warned, &#8220;Monks, everything is burning.&nbsp; And what is burning? 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