BEING MIND AND DOING MIND

BEING MIND: DOING MIND:

Mindful WISE MIND: Cognitive (Goal-Directed)

Present Focused Balancing Being and Doing Mind Past and Future Focused
Non-Conceptual Conceptual
Self-Quieted Self-Centered
Intentional Choices Automatic (Autopilot)
Acceptance Judgmental Evaluation
Sensing/ Direct Experience Analytical
Curious Discriminating
Nothing-to-do Mode Ambitious Mode
(Middle Path)
When we are in Being Mind:
We are able to Acknowledge
how things are in the moment,
while remaining Open and
Accepting of all emotional
states (Pleasant, Neutral, and
Unpleasant).
We Allow thoughts to come and
go without being swept away
with them.
We will be willing to Allow
things to be as they are,
without attempting to change
or alter the experience…
Focused on the distinctiveness
of each Moment,
releasing our focus on goals.
When we are in Wise Mind:
We are aware of the present
moment and participate in our
actions; throwing our entire being
into striving towards our goals,
but - we release our
determination that we have to
achieve the goal we strive for.
We may become so preoccupied
We are..
Focused with an
Enriched Awareness
while we are actively working
towards our goals.
When we are in Doing Mind:
We are Aware of how things
“are” but also how they
“should” be, compelling us to
attempt to “fix” things.
We tend to View our thoughts
as facts which can cause us to
continually increase our
Efforts towards reaching our
goals.
with our goals that we lose
awareness of the present, that
our actions become Automatic
We are…
Focused on Achievements,
problem solving, and goals.