r/Mindfulness • u/GeorgGuomundrson • 2d ago

News Beneath the social anxiety was boredom! Excited for what's next (probably love in action)

I've always been uncomfortable at the holiday table. I interpreted it as social anxiety until I learned to relax. Now I can sit, quietly bored, without caring how that looks. I'm excited about the fact that I'm changing and about what's coming next. I'm becoming aware of my ability to affect people around me and the responsibility to do that properly. In this way, I speculate that boredom might get replaced by love.

Happy holidays 🎄

P.S. What's a good mindfulness-oriented personal growth sub?

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u/ember2698 1d ago

r/krishnamurti usually has interesting posts to consider in the way of mindfulness, responsibility, etc. You don't need to be familiar with the guy in order to think over his message :)

Also r/nonduality or r/streamentry for more spiritual concepts around mindfulness. What is this thing called consciousness, and does it really belong to me?

Mindfulness, personally, started out as a way to reduce my stress level. It's interesting though how the most stress-reducing practice that I've come across is metta meditation (similar to your love in action). Good luck and keep us posted on your practice!

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u/GeorgGuomundrson 1d ago

Thanks! And I believe you - I can see how metta practice could be the crucial thing for stress reduction in some cases

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u/ember2698 20h ago

Yeah, it's pretty interesting to observe just how much of our stress comes from the ego!