Wordless Wednesday - Second for 2008

There are worse things to be addicted to!

And yes these are all mine, and no it is not all of them.

Thursday Thirteen - What is Mindfulness (First One 2008)

1. Mindfulness is the English translation of the Pali word 'Sati.' Sati is an activity.
2. Mindfulness is awareness of one's thoughts, actions or motivations.
3. Mindfulness points one in the direction of being aware of the present moment.
4. Mindfulness points to: Being aware of and paying attention to the moment in which we find ourselves.
5. Mindfulness is a generalization about paying attention and being aware in the present moment , it occurs only in the individual.
6. Midfulness means you are not judging, reflecting or thinking.
7. Mindfulness is mirror-thought. It reflects only what is presently happening and in exactly the way it is happening. There are no biases.
8. Mindfulness is nonconceptual awareness. It is not thinking. It does not get involved with thought or concepts. It does not get hung up on ideas or opinions or memories. It just looks.
9. Mindfulness registers experiences, but it does not compare them. It just observes everything as if they were occurring for the first time.
10. Mindfulness is non-egoistic alertness. It takes place without reference to self.
11. Mindfulness is awareness of change. It is observing the passing flow of experience. It is watching things as they are changing.
12. Mindfulness, one watches the universe within.
13. Mindfulness is participatory observation. The meditator is both participant and observer at one and the same time. If one watches one's emotions or physical sensations, one is feeling them at that very same moment. Mindfulness is not an intellectual awareness. It is just awareness.

Wordless Wednesday - First for 2008