Byron Katie – Page 2

September 21, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

Entry #2: Watching the News

I watch the news every morning and if I were to speak of the work (my practice, “Mindful Reality”) in that context I would have to say that upon hearing about the things that go on and feeling and seeing my opinions about different issues I am flashbacked to my own knowledge and the readings […]

September 20, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

Entry #1: The Work

I am experimenting with a different way of blogging, at the moment. I recorded myself today in a free-flowing manner to begin (we will see) a series of entries about the work I have developed (what I call Mindful Reality) and my relationship to it. I warn you that although it makes the basic points, […]

August 1, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

A Perspective on the Future

It is interesting to realize that this present moment and the action we are currently in, is the future of our past moments. We are currently “in the future” we imagined in the past. Since our idea of the future often makes us feel nervous because we worry that we won’t prepare well to get […]

April 19, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

This is the Answer to That

When thinking about problems in our life we look for answers. That is what our mind does; it hunts around for the issues that are thorny in our life and tries to find solutions. It does this with everything that comes up mentally for us. As I have discussed in all of my writings, […]

March 13, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

Related Themes

This is a page on my blog that I have recently updated with some youtube videos and an article. I will continue to update this page periodically but thought I would at least blog post it the first time. These people have greatly influenced my work so I thought I would share! click here: https://jillengmindfulreality.com/related-themes/ I […]

March 9, 2016March 21, 2018jilleng

Preface to “The Myth of Doing”

After completing my first book, Body Over Mind, I was propelled into research around the findings of neurophysiologist Benjamin Libet who in 1983 discovered that a volitional signal for action shows up in the brain before a person is conscious of the intention to act. This moved me into exploring the neuroscientific studies that have […]

February 26, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

Praises for “The Myth of Doing”

“The Myth of Doing shatters the illusion of free will. Rather than discouraging us with this awareness, Eng presents an alternative vision that allows us to access inner peace and clarity.” —Maxine Sclar, Clinical Social Worker “In this well-grounded book, Ms. Eng eloquently helps to put the argument of free will to rest. Distilling the […]

February 10, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

Time, Action and the Illusion of Effort

This is another repost from a while back for those who are new to the blog or who just want a refresher! In my work I talk a lot about the clock, and the fact that it moves by itself, by virtue of the fact that our planet naturally rotates around itself and the sun, […]

February 3, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

Being is Action

What do I mean when I say being is action? I mean that the state of existing in time and space automatically indicates that we are in some state of activity. Some examples of activity would be: lying down, reading a book, typing on the computer, standing in the living room, eating a banana, talking […]

January 28, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

New Book!

My new book, The Myth of Doing: managing guilt, shame, anxiety, regret and self-judgment is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle (you can also order this book from any bookstore). Here is the link and below is a description of the book: This book validates who we are and what we do, despite our mind’s […]