Allan Donsky – When we pay attention to where our mind likes to hang out, we notice it spends a lot of time in the future. This is called “futuring’. We also notice that it is “I “ or “Me” who we project into this time warp. As the future is so unpredictable and uncertainty, it automatically brings a sense of anxiety or even dread. We dislike this dis-comfort so we try to get away from it by trying to control the feeling in unhelpful ways such as avoidance or trying to control the uncontrollable. These tactics do not work and only serve to increase the very feelings we are trying to avoid. The double whammy is that we also rob ourselves of being present doing something more useful in this moment.
This talk will explore how we can begin untying this knot, how mindfulness can open space to be more comfortable with discomfort and give us some ease about tolerating the unknown.
