Friday, March 18, 2011

Mindfulness ?

Mindfulness is pure awareness, awareness of the experience when you first know something before we realize it, work it out, the object can not be, think and give a name. This soft focus on the moment, this attention is pure experience, and is called The reality of the Buddha. Mindfulness is full of knowledge that is lost when you start thinking of names, images, design, labeling, and to enter into a "conspiracy" of what is right in front of us. When you keep the initial moment of conscience, we know. We practice this is something we can practice meditation and attention in everyday life.

This state of awareness can be learned and can change the way we see ourselves and the world, our attitudes, our relationships, our communication and our behavior. Attention is like a mirror that reflects what is in front of her, what happens exactly the way it is, without any opinion or bias. Attention is unbiased observation, observation, critical thinking, the ability to see things as they are, naturally, without preconceived ideas. Everything we live when we are aware, we accept, and educate without pride or shame or anything personal.

Attention is impartial monitoring, without passion or disgust, there is no attachment, attachment, fleeing or confused. Mindfulness can view all experiments. Attention is the direct and immediate knowledge, as if things are happening for the first time, before imposing our way of thinking about the experience.

Consciousness exists in the present moment, and not personal, it's nothing to do with our ego, so that there is no reference to the "I" "I" or "mine". When we are aware, we are able to notice the phenomenon of enhancement or distortion, without goals, without a plot, rather than getting stuck in thought patterns and habits without thinking about this or that.

(Adapted Gunaratana Bhante "Awareness in English). We can bring a sense of curiosity and wonder of our attention in practice. Because of attention that we get in our daily lives we can find joy in simple pleasures. My friend said to me recently that he was driving to a meeting and stopped for a moment from the road side near the pond. He looked at the pond and saw three turtles, the sun rock!

When we are aware, we are awake to life. Mindfulness improve the daily experience and brings joy to every discussion into action, as well.