Learning to live in the moment is a great and powerful skill that will help us in everything we do. To " be here now, " relaxed and engaged in whatever we are doing, is to be alive and healthy. In Buddhi
sm, the awareness of what is happening right now is called mindfulness.
In everyday life, mindfulness is an alert mine that is aware of every aspect that is going on, and what to do, without being scattered. In meditation, mindfulness is giving ourselves completely to our breathing, or whatever the exercise is.
Mindfulness is giving full attention to the present, without worries about the past or future. So often, we borrow trouble from the future by constantly thinking about what might befall us tomorrow, instead of dealing with one day at a time.
To be mindful doesn't mean to become emotionally intense or stir up hosts of concepts in order to watch what we are thinking or doing. On the contrary, the mind is relaxed and calm, and therefore sharply aware of every event as is, without conceptual and emotional struggle.
In everyday life, mindfulness is an alert mine that is aware of every aspect that is going on, and what to do, without being scattered. In meditation, mindfulness is giving ourselves completely to our breathing, or whatever the exercise is.
Mindfulness is giving full attention to the present, without worries about the past or future. So often, we borrow trouble from the future by constantly thinking about what might befall us tomorrow, instead of dealing with one day at a time.
To be mindful doesn't mean to become emotionally intense or stir up hosts of concepts in order to watch what we are thinking or doing. On the contrary, the mind is relaxed and calm, and therefore sharply aware of every event as is, without conceptual and emotional struggle.
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