Depression as a Reaction to a Lack of Freedom

Are you sitting still? Are you sitting still on a regular basis?

Pretty much all religions include the act of regularly 'sitting still' and communicating with our spiritual source as a necessity of becoming a congruent, holistic human being. Atheists need to engage in this practice too if they wish to remain emotionally healthy.

The excellent video below is full of useful information and the need to 'sit still' in order to become unconditionally happy is one of the messages that stands out for me. The first message delivered though is that depression is a reaction to not getting what we are emotionally attached to.

Some things I would add here are:

• Practice gratitude for the things you have, especially when you've just lost something


• don't attach to the outcomes of things; instead attach to the doing of them and being the kind of person who does those things - I deliberately don't attach to the outcomes of things in order to prevent the likelihood of depression developing and as a result of this I've become a constant idea producer with a success rate of about 60% of my ideas being accepted by others (and I remain happy regardless of what others do)


• avoid people who insist they are 'half-glass-full' thinkers but constantly fester on what others didn't do, rather than what they did, and spend their time in immobilised bitterness judging and blaming others - they'll make you depressed just by being around them; especially if they target you with that attitude.

Oh, and did I mention regularly practice stillness?



I've put some Amazon resources below.  If this video had meaning for you or you know of related resources please leave a comment below.  Double-click on the video above to watch other videos from this gentleman - he's got some great stuff.

Regards - Carl

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