Attention is pure consciousness, the consciousness that we experience when we become aware of anything until we conceptualize, identify, objectify, think about it and name it. This sweet moment focus, this attention is the pure experience is what we call reality, according to Buddha. Attention is filled with a knowledge that is lost when we start thinking, naming, imagining, planning, marking the entry "stories about what is right in front of us.
When we extend the initial moment of consciousness, we become aware. We practice in our meditation we can practice mindfulness in daily life. This mode of perception can be learned and can change the way we see ourselves and world, our attitudes, our relationships, our communication and our behaviors. Attention is like a mirror, it reflects what is before her, what happens exactly the way it is, without any trial or bias.
Attention is non-judgmental observation, observation, uncritical, an ability to see things as they naturally have no preconceptions. Everything we feel when we are aware, we accept and educate without pride or shame or something personal. Attention is impartial vigilance, without love or hate, and there is no grasping, clinging, fleeing or confused.
Mindfulness can also see all the experiments. Attention is a direct and immediate experience, as if something happens first, before imposing our way of thinking about the experience. Mindfulness in the moment and there is not personal, it has nothing to do with our ego, so there is no reference to the "I", "me" or "my".
When we realize that we are unable to comply with any improvements or phenomenon without distortion, without goals, without intrigue, without getting stuck in thought patterns and habits without thinking about this or that. (Adapted from Venerable Gunaratana Mindfulness' in Plain English "). We can bring a sense of curiosity and wonder to our practice of mindfulness. As we pay attention to our daily life we find joy in simple pleasures .
A friend told me recently that it has led to a meeting and stopped a moment beside the road near a pond. She looked at the pond and saw three turtles sunbathing on a rock! When we are aware, we are awake to life. Mindfulness enhances our daily experience and bring joy to every action and if the conversation.
