Comments on: What Spam Can Teach You about Inner Peace

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:57:18 +0000

That’s really an interesting way to look at self-defeating thoughts, “mind spam.” I like it. Very creative and very fun to read. Thanks for the great article.

By: Luna

Luna — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:47:38 +0000

Excellent post, Christine! What a perfect analogy!!

You gave me some serious food for thought…
GOOD thought

Thanks for this,
Luna

By: m

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:06:45 +0000

Heres the spam art by linzi Hunter

http://www.linziehunter.co.uk/shop.html

By: chris zydel

chris zydel — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:10:29 +0000

Hi Christine,

You made me laugh out loud! What a great, and fun, analogy for how to work with that wildly prolific, endlessly churning, crazy monkey mind. Being able to separate from those thoughts and realizing that they are NOT YOU is the first step in effectively dealing with them, and seeing them as spam is a wonderful, visceral way of making that separation, cause hey, who wants to identify themselves with spam!

Thanks for a wonderful article….

By: m

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:34:28 +0000

Christine a UK artist started to make the most funny and touching artwork out of spam emails I’ll try and find the link for you.

By: ChickiePam

ChickiePam — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:54:08 +0000

Well, that’s an excellent analogy of what goes on in my head sometimes. Here’s what I do…I go to a different website. (One particular night recently when my mind was caught in a particularly ugly loop, I did take a shot of Jack Daniels to help find the right website, but that was a very drastic measure for a very drastic time!) I take out my iPod, plug in the headphones and hit the random button under the Abraham Hicks playlist. I have about 15 of their weekly CD’s and I have them all loaded up. I find that it doesn’t matter which one I listen to. It calms me down and my life brain can rest. And I go to sleep with the earbuds in and often wake up to Abraham. Works for me.

Thanks for all that you do. My life is much richer for having you in it.
Pam

By: bonni

bonni — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:55 +0000

Oh, one other thought on this… Some people use spam subjects and contents creatively. Some compose poetry, and I’ve seen someone who creatively composes little short stories. Others paint or draw funny or entertaining illustrations of the spam subjects. This kind of goes with the old saying about making lemonade when life gives you lemons, I think.

By: Christine Kane

Christine Kane — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:30:04 +0000

Thanks everyone for such in-depth sharing. That helps people out more than you might know. Byron Katie’s work is, indeed, a great Akismet filter! (If you’re a 4 on the enneagram – she is a must-read!)

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:03:25 +0000

Cool post Christine. I second Amylia’s recommendation of Byron Katie’s “Work” for getting rid of mind-spam.

I never ate Spam, either, for what it’s worth, but I hear a lot of people like it.

By: Jannie Sue

Jannie Sue — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:57:48 +0000

Penis “updating” like getting a new hairdo or shoe style? lol

But seriously, I like how this post ties in to and reinforces your one about The Universe Is your Dog. Be your thoughts!

Jannie