Mental Health: Mindfulness

Mental Health: Mindfulness

• Root of understanding in awareness of
  • mental pattern (habitual+consciously chosen)
  • external context
• “Centering” in present moment
  • Replace “stewing”/impulsiveness by awareness
• Via analysis, see “emptiness” of processes
  • Mental (Hatred,Disgust, Euphoria, Anger…)
  • Physical (Body, property)

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Basis of conscious living

silliness of mental haibts

Fosters much deeper appreciation of life

Allows recognition of habitual, no habitual thought

Permits avoiding acting on habitual thought

Eventually, allows deep enough insight that unskillful thought tends not to arise

Note other IAP activity

emptiness lessens obsessions : don’t grip so much

appreciate transient things more (savour)

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