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Re: February Mindfulness Challenge [Re: AroundtheSon]
    #24083805 - 02/12/17 05:39 AM (6 years, 11 months ago)

You're presenting an absolutist view of the concept, there is a meta view of mindfulness as well, which stems from regular practice of moment to moment focus. The quote in OP from the Upanishads is a good example.

The mind is ceaseless in its chatter, rather than seeking perfect stillness, one develops the habit of coming back and centering the mind again and again, releasing it as necessary and running on autopilot. In those moments of meditation, you are realigning your subconscious mind, and more so as you meditate more and more often; so while you still run on auto-pilot much of the day, you also bring your focus closer to the surface and enable shifts into focus.

Having to consciously articulate each thought and action would be undesireable, pure mindfulness on an absolute sense would be ego-death, which is not a desireable state for continued existence... not for me.

But as in fitness, you do not have to workout every moment to get in shape, anymore than you have to practice an instrument every moment to learn it, or a sport. Catch and release.


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