Mindfulness🧠
Mindfulness is a sustained non-judgmental recollection of the present and what is happening moment to moment. Mindfulness, in its initial stages, is concerned with keeping the contemplative mind continually on its object, which means keeping the object continually present to the mind. Mindfulness can allow us to stabilize attention and dwell in a lucid space of non-reactive awareness. This helps keep the mind from slipping into habits and mind-wandering through forgetfulness and mental proliferation. Mindfulness is said to occur in close conjunction with clear comprehension of activities. When practiced successfully, mindfulness can culminate into the experience of flow.
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Bodhi, Bhikkhu. (2005). In the Buddha’s Words An Anthology of Discourses From the Pali Canon Chapter VIII. MASTERING THE MIND (Location 3967, 4535). Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications.
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Brewer, Judson. (2017). The Craving Mind Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits Chapter 1. Introduction (Location 436). Yale University Press. New Haven, CT.
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