Please
forgive me if I’m talking more about what I’m learning through my readings of
quantum research, in this case I want to explain the meaning of two words that
seem to be used rather commonly.
Mindfulness
and consciousness aren't really two distinct terms.
Mindfulness
and 'pure awareness' (or consciousness) seem to be complementary to each
other. If you have consciousness then the mind doesn't settle on anything (it
doesn't grasp anything) but just makes the six senses be completely functional
without any thoughts about anything.
Awareness
is everything that has brought you to this present moment; your beliefs,
emotions, feelings, and reactions to all your life experiences. Awareness
includes everything you have taken in and are taking in with your five senses:
sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, as well as using your sixth sense of
intuition. Much of our awareness is unconscious to us. As we study ourselves,
we become more and more self-aware. This is the key to improving
decision-making; to make choices that are in alignment with what we want to
create in our lives.
Mindfulness
comes from the Buddhist tradition and is about paying attention to what’s
happening to us now, in the present moment. It is tuning-in to all experiences,
both the good-feeling ones and the negative-feeling ones, in order to feel,
learn, and know what is going on within. Instead of shying away from the
negative, we stay present and really experience whatever is going on, just as
we do when we have fun, joyful times. This builds self-awareness that leads to
more aware choices in the future.
In other
(simpler) words: Basically, the concept of mindfulness is based on focusing
awareness at the present moment. There are different hypotheses about the
functioning and the cerebral correlates of mindfulness meditation. Since
mindfulness is strictly associated with a particular state of consciousness,
you examine too some of the most relevant theories that have been proposed as accounts
of consciousness.
- http://www.thewayofmeditation.com.au/blog/mindfulness-and-awareness/
- http://oshosammasati.org/osho-meditation/thinking-feeling-mindfulness-consciousness/
- http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/mindfulness-and-consciousness-as-paths-to-self-awareness
- https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-mindfulness-and-awareness-How-to-develop-both
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