Thursday, October 22nd 2015
Bloop.
As I am studying Mindfulness and heard Jon Kabat-Zinn interviewed on NPR’s “Here & Now.” Here is the 10 minute interview titled “The Science of Mindfulness and Meditation.”
Here are some points I loved:
What is Mindfulness?
– To go from DOING to BEING
– Resting in the domain of your own being.
– Getting in touch with being *embodied.* (Your physical body here and now.)
– Saying, “Oh! I’m not fully present; let me come back.”
– You can’t change the circumstance around you, but you can change your relationship with it so it doesn’t erode the quality of your life.
– Observing thoughts like weather patterns.
– Learning to surge the wave of these psychic events (without having to react).
…the present moment…
Incidentally:
Here are Jon Kabat-Zinn’s guided Mindfulness practices.
Here’s a free trial of his popular app, Headspace.
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He stand on giant’s shoulders. I hope he gives credit to Herb Benson and eastern thought, which both preceded him. He’s saying the exact same thing and if he’s bringing it to a new audience that’s fine, but he should not take credit for the original ideas.