Mindfulness: understanding and application
Mindfulness: understanding and application Contents Introduction Attention Mindfulness application Suffering Emotions, attention and suffering Emotions, beliefs and not paying attention The present moment and contentment Summary Introduction Mindfulness is paying attention in the present moment without judgement or evaluation. Attention is what we focus on. You might think of it like a beam of light that we use to play on a certain part of the world to light it up and experience it. So, of the many sounds, sights, physical feelings, smells, tastes and thoughts that we could focus on, our attention is what we choose out of these to get our attention. So, when we are mindful we are paying attention to what is happening in the present moment. That might be a sensation of something, how it feels, smells, sounds, tastes, and looks. Alternatively, it might be noticing that we are having a thought. Noticing that I am thinking happens in the present, when you think the c...