Tag: mindfulness

What is mindfulness? As I continue to explore this question for myself I’ve unearthed a few beautiful seeds that have been sown for generations, infused with spiritual significance and nurtured in the rich soil of the mind, of awareness and consciousness.

Millions of people extol the benefits of mindfulness – consciously living in the moment rather than dwelling in the past or worrying about the future.

Why Buddhism is trendy has nothing to do with Buddhism, does it?

Given that our minds tend to focus on the past or on the future, mindfulness helps us learn to be in the here and now. Sometimes mindfulness can be better understood in terms of what it is not, which helped me “get it” better.

He describes the introduction of meditation at companies such as Aetna, Ford, General Mills and Patagonia.

We are infinite choice makers, all day long — all life long. Yet we are also creatures of habit, and have a tendency to be ruled by our senses.