McGill Pain Questionnnaire (great descriptive words for noting)

Check out Ronald Melzac's "McGill Pain Questionnaire." Lots of great descriptive words here to build your noting vocabulary:

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Also get a look at this emotion chart:

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Remember, when noting, to frame the notes as nouns. For example, instead of saying "joyful," say "joy." Instead of saying "afraid," say "fear." In other words, the note completes the sentence "there is..." rather than "I feel..."

More examples:

Note "disgust" instead of "disgusted." (There is disgust, even though there is no one here to be disgusted.)

Note "curiosity" instead of "curious." (No one to be curious, but curiosity is arising. This is a very liberating insight!)

Note "compassion" instead of "compassionate." (There is compassion even though there is no one here to be compassionate. Paradoxically, this is the purest kind of compassion, as it is not tainted by the filter of the apparent "I".)

Noting nouns instead of adjectives helps to depersonalize the situation. After all, according to Buddhist theory (and the experience of many people here), there is no one having this experience; it's just happening, to no one in particular. So when you practice, it's helpful to use language that does not reify or reinforce the apparent or illusory self.

Wow. Awesome tip about noting. The lights are on, but nobody's home.

Nice. Getting a good vocabulary was really helpful for me when I started out, and there are some great suggestions here.