This part responds to feelings, even if those feelings don’t match up with what we are observing.

In an extreme, this state of mind would be used if we reacted impulsively out of anger without regard to consequences. It is described as the “cool” state of mind that we use to deal with empirical facts.Įmotional mind is the state of mind in which we feel the depth of our emotions and act from an emotional state. The reasonable mind is the logical state of mind that people use when doing the math, reading a map, and various other concrete tasks. The other two states of mind combine to form the wise mind.

Wise mind is the ideal state of mind that we strive for from which to make our decisions. There are three states of mind that we are all in at varying times: wise mind, reasonable mind, and emotional mind. In DBT core mindfulness begins with the concept of states of mind. Like anything else, this can only be achieved with practice. Mindfulness is an awareness of thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and behavioral urges. This week I want to discuss the 3 States of Mind.Ĭore mindfulness is based on Eastern Zen philosophy, and it includes Western contemplative practices. In the Mindfulness Module, we learn the 3 states of mind, and the core mindfulness ‘what’ and ‘how’ skills which are the vehicles to reaching ‘wise mind’. It is a practice of attention and intention.

As we understand ourselves, we accept ourselves and change ourselves. It has been proven that awareness assists in emotional regulation. To be aware of what you are doing when you are doing it, free from distractions that is Mindfulness.īy learning mindfulness, we are empowered to be in charge of ourselves in a different way. I always tell this parable when speaking of mindfulness because it is such a simple story with a big lesson. The Buddha responded, “When we sit, we know we are sitting.

The prince said, “How are you different, then, from my people, for we do those things as well?” The Buddha said, “We sit and we walk and we eat.” The prince asked him, “What do you and your monks do in your monastery?” One day the Buddha was speaking to a prince.

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