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NeoGreen

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3. What?... please help me understand...
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:33 PM
Jan 2016
Mindfullness?
What does that mean?

Wiki is no help...to me at least...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness



Mindfulness


For other uses, see Mindfulness (disambiguation).

The practice of mindfulness involves being aware moment-to-moment, of one’s subjective conscious experience from a first-person perspective.[1] When practising mindfulness, one becomes aware of one’s "stream of consciousness". The skill of mindfulness can be gradually developed using meditational practices that are described in detail in the Buddhist tradition. The Five-Aggregate Model, an ancient link between mind and body, is a helpful theoretical resource that could guide mindfulness interventions.[2] The term "mindfulness" is derived from the Pali-term sati [3] which is an essential element of Buddhist practice, including vipassana, satipaṭṭhāna andanapanasati. It has been popularized in the West by Jon Kabat-Zinn with his mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program.[4]


It doesn't convey anything meaningful to me. Except, maybe, being aware that you are awake and conscious at every given moment you are awake and conscious. Who isn't?

What...am I...missing?

Smells like reiki to me.



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