Mindfulness is the art of living in the present moment. It is the practice of engaging reality on a moment-to-moment basis. While fully engaged in whatever we are presently doing, we attune our minds to what is happening right here right now. We watch our thoughts and emotions come and go, but we do not cling to them. Our primary focus is to maintain a calm, attentive, nonjudgmental state of heightened awareness.
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Mindfulness adds a new layer of awareness to our conscious experience. Mindfulness is awareness of the arising and passing of our thoughts and feelings. The question that arises, there is watcher that monitors our arising and passing of our transient thoughts and feelings. Here it is important to point out that the watcher and the watching are one and the same.
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In mindfulness we embrace stillness. Stillness leads to clarity. If puddle of muddy water is left undisturbed for a period of time, it eventually becomes clear as dirt particles settle to the bottom. Clarity is an addition by subtraction– we value what is not there rather than what is there. Just as clear water is a potential of a muddy puddle, a clear mind is a potential of one filled with mental clutter. When we breathe mindfully and observe the arising and passing of our thoughts, without resisting or clinging to them, our mental turbidity will gradually decrease, leaving a clear mind that dwells in stillness.
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Sometimes, we awaken to panic and despair when we realize how many of our years had managed to slip away
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As much as we’d like to think that money doesn’t buy happiness, research finds that money does in fact buy happiness– but only up to a certain point.
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With every passing moment we are born and we immediately die. We live only in the present moment. Seize every
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Driving is a poignant metaphor for the journey that is life itself. Our paths are often fraught with obstacles and
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Having a desire to succeed in life is great. It drives us to work harder and to make the most of our abilities. At the same time, attachment to success habituates us to equate happiness with career achievements. When we strive for something, we should remind ourselves that what we really want is contentment.
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To see unity in endless diversity, to make sense out of seeming chaos, to see clearly in utter darkness, and to apprehend the entire universe in a drop of water– these are the rewards of the journey.
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