naturalism – Jill Eng

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018jilleng

Preface to My Second Book, “The Myth of Doing: Managing Guilt, Shame, Anxiety, Regret and Self-Judgment”

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 […]

January 17, 2017March 3, 2018jilleng

This (a poetic experiment)

Why this? It’s all there is. This is such a basic realization. Meanwhile, we spend our life negating it, doubting it, looking elsewhere. I have no choice but to be where my body is. I watch. Touch your face to see that you are here. You can see your face with your eyes, parts of […]

January 1, 2017March 3, 2018jilleng

Follow Nothing

Though it feels nice to have a mental focus, a goal to follow something in our mind, or as some say, in our heart, in reality there is no need to attach to anything like that. Because our body is always in some activity, i.e., always doing something physical, actual, in real time, we can […]

December 30, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

Confusion is Correct

From Body Over Mind: Confusion is Correct It is helpful to know that we do not create the conflicts in our life any more than we create anything else. Sometimes we find ourself in a snag with a friend, a partner, or a family member that arises out of thin air. Despite the unexpected nature […]

September 29, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

The “Tube”

This is an excerpt from my first book: I like to tune into what I call the Tube, which is a personal timeline of our step by step life process. As we use the clock as a reference point for tracking our daily activities, I find it a useful tool for monitoring our moment to […]

September 23, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

Entry #4: Options

I think we suffer from a belief in options, options of how we could act in any given moment (present, past or future). I use the word “this” (which is kind of trendy these days but unrelated) to signal to my mind that this is what I’m doing right now, and therefore, this is what […]

September 22, 2016March 3, 2018jilleng

Entry #3: There is Nothing to “Do”

This is my third entry in this series of recording myself each day to get a more personal feel to my posts. Please excuse that the editing is scanty as I am going for a more conversational feel: I’m finding this morning and lately that this work is the constant understanding that there is just nothing to […]

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, […]

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 […]