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What is Mindfulness?

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Mindfulness expert Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn defines “What is mindfulness?” and discusses the hard work and rewards of practicing mindfulness.
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  3. It is the natural tendency of our mind to wander away.

    Now it is thinking of this and now it is thinking of that. Unless it is "forced" it cannot think of any "one" thing for even a fraction of a fraction of a second.

    There is no thought process occurring by itself.

    This probably has something to do with entropy. What we call mind is a sum total of innumerable "thought-seeds" jiggling and bouncing upon each other all the time. These seeds can turn into full grown thoughts (and action afterwards) only when they can grab your "attention" for a sufficiently long time. There is a immense competition among them.

    Our attention mechanism is some sort of organizing force that is applied against this entropy to create the illusion of an apparently organized thought system – the thinking (and doing) "I" that I call myself.

    However, even this force is very disorganized at the normal conscious level. It is not a concentrated force.

    As a result every now and then our mind runs from here to there, from there to somewhere else, from somewhere else to somewhere else.

    We are not aware of this. We think, " I thought this", "I decided this", " I did this intentionally". But actually there is nothing of that kind. THERE IS NO "I" – that makes intentional choices.

    It is the thoughts that "choose" you instead.

    "Mindfulness" is the process by which you can actually realise the above fact. Take out some time to sit alone in a comfortable posture.
    Put all your focus on your respiratory system. Try to think "only" of the breath coming in and going out.

    You will see all sorts of thoughts (some of them very weird and meaningless) bubbling up all the time and every now and then your focus is being "abducted" by one thought or the other. Your breathing process is going on as usual, but your focus has left it alone. Bring it back and try again. It is so much fun to realise that you ( like everyone else) are only a puppet in the hands of nature.

    All of us are like empty coconut shells floating in a sea, being dragged by the waves from here to there, and from there to somewhere else. And we think "I" came here, "I" went there, "I" did this.

    All this hatred and all this ego and all this blame and praise and all this selfishness that has plagued our lives and made a hell out of this heaven, in which we live, HAS GOT NO MEANING.

    Nature "IS".
    I "AM NOT".

  8. Really lovely. I also really appreciate mindfulness. ?

    I've been liking lots of Master Sri Avinash at the moment for my meditation.
    I find Sri Avinash's words so comforting. ❤️

  9. All this rype of ''i know better'' guys they are professional liar, to defected or ugly people, cause only they are ''clients'' you never realized????????????!!!!

  12. Hi I discovered a place where you can find lots of new meditation ideas available on the internet. Check out Google and type: "MindYoga4U". You're going to be a genius with the suggestions available.

  20. What Mindfulness Research Neglects

    Mindfulness is defined as non-judgmental or choice-less awareness. Choices in turn may be non-perseverative (what to have for breakfast, what route to take to go home) or perseverative (worries, distractions, and rumination). All meditative procedures, including mindfulness, avoid both.

    The consistent avoidance of perseverative choice alone represents resting protocols, wherein the neuro-muscular activity is sharply reduced. These states in turn correlate with increased levels of endogenous opioids or ‘endorphins in the brain. The benefits of this are manifest, as the sustained increase of endogenous opioids down regulates opioid receptors, and thus inhibits the salience or reward value of other substances (food, alcohol, drugs) that otherwise increase opioid levels, and therefore reduces cravings. Profound relaxation also mitigates our sensitivity to pain, and inhibits tension. In this way, relaxation causes pleasure, enhances self-control, counteracts and inhibits stress, reduces pain, and provides for a feeling of satisfaction and equanimity that is the hallmark of the so-called meditative state.

    It may be deduced therefore that meditative states are primarily resting states, and that meditative procedures over-prescribe the cognitive operations that may be altered to provide its salutary benefits, and that meditation as a concept must be altered or abandoned.

    Finally, the objective measurement of neuro-muscular activity and its neuro-chemical correlates is in general ignored by the academic literature on mindfulness, which is primarily based upon self-reports and neurological measures (fMRI) that cannot account for these facts. The problem with mindfulness research is therefore not theoretical, but empirical, and until it clearly accounts for all observables for brain and body, the concept will be fully explained.

    More of this argument, including references, below

    https://www.scribd.com/doc/284056765/The-Book-of-Rest-The-Odd-Psychology-of-Doing-Nothing

  24. Thinking is all were taught in school, it's supposed to be what helps us to survive, get jobs, and to procreate. But thinking doesn't lead to freedom and happiness. Mindfulness can give you the strength to free yourself from the bonds of this world, relax or to look deeply at your suffering and to understand it's origins. Mindfulness is a lamp of awareness that when shined onto something, reveals the essence of that object.

  33. Living in the moment, tasting things better and noticing things more etc etc are all great side effects for me because I do this to keep stress away, My other job stress is unbelievable and my health took a bashing, 3 strokes later I stumbled across mindfulness meditation 45 minutes a day no excuses and I have zero stress just follow and observe my breath, so simple and can be a life saver!

  35. Before i knew mindfulness i was starting going to church, and in a catholic church i was always thought to resolve and reflect my problems and worries and talk to "God"… But i. Time i realise that i was being more and more sensible, like everytime i has a problem i just use god and solve my problems and help me to Be happy and stuff, but the relif of each problem that i used to solve was in short time. So i was always vonerable with my life, never was the Same person all day, with short periods of happiness and back to the sadness, after i started use mindfulness pratics i realise that all that stuff of religios was bullshit and only make me worst now i can feel my thoughts and feel free of my emotions or my problems i can move foward everytime i want without regrets and be happy as long as i want. I start feeling that church is "brain-wasnt", shake that most people is born already baptize so people don't see the other ways to live, anyway as Buda says "dont belive of what i say, just see with ur own eyes" and make sente to me 🙂 Thanks alot

  36. I love how JKZ explains what mindfulness is. =>

    Paying attention on purpose  (like your life depended on it) 

    I am excited! to explore new ways of being Mindful every day.

    Thanks for the video!

  39. Does somebody know if your third eye can open out of the sudden or you getting an obe when youre practising mindfulness( 20 minutes focussing on your breath and letting al your thougts float away) ?

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