Mindfulness means focusing on the present moment, which is really all we have. The challenge I have with this is my inability to slow down and allow my mind to become empty. The art of stillness is commonly called meditation.
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Personal and professional appointments, coupled with a constant bombardment of digital and social media negativity, produce noise rather than stillness. I don’t know about you, but the world around me is filled with demands. It requires that you unplug yourself from the world around you. Learning to master stillness is the ultimate spiritual goal. Like everyone else seeking this form of peace, I must learn the art of stillness. brain presents me with forty years of unresolved issues that need my immediate attention. Even when I am attempting to sleep, my 3 a.m. I am not wired for stillness, a discipline that requires patience and practice.
I read this and think to myself I can do that. He is conscious of the stillness around him, mindful of the role the chair pays in his ability to focus. He disagrees, and says when he is sitting, he is truly sitting, feeling the chair beneath him and behind his back.
It also makes me fidget.īuddhist author Thich Nhat Hanh recounts a conversation with an interviewer who points out he is wasting time when he is just sitting. The idea of doing nothing feels like an indulgence I do not deserve. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive-that you can touch the miracle of being alive-then that is a kind of enlightenment” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment.
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