In addition to being sweet and loving, this is also condescending as fuck, yes.
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Mmh. Funniest personal side-effect of meditation is that I become completely unable to take neuroticism seriously. Seems common.
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and if they'll let me help, then in many ways they don't need my help, I'm just the vehicle.
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Mmh, but often the problem for people is that they have the ability, the will and the attitude, but lack the clarity to see it.
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Conversely, she seems to lose her way sometimes and finds some added clarity to be helpful.
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like "99% of the things you are making drama out of aren't problems if you don't make them problems. Jaysus."
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Mmh. It's an insight vs, concentration thing, I think. My wife struggles more with the first, me with the second.
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hmmmm... detachment assisted by insight, yes. But on the other, I find motivation/resistance the axis.
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Put like that, it sounds much more useful than how I usually think about it. I think I'll give that a try and see how it works.
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the desire to do something is a very distinctive feeling. Notice it and meditate on it. So is resistance.
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Concentration is easier and easier the more you have no desires/fears. You just rest on/in something.