Wednesday, March 23, 2011

The Art Of Mindful Meditation

By Presley Potter


The sense of smell and sight brings a person to the awareness of what is happening around. This, in most cases is an instant awareness in the mind before even knowing or identifying whatever the issue is. This situation is commonly referred to as 'mindfulness' and has to do with our internal vision as opposed to the physical sight.

The problem with many people is that they don't give this state of Mindfulness the necessary consideration due to the rush to understand what is happening. The difference between trying to understand the situation and mindfulness is that the later brings you to a state of awareness which in return makes you more open to respond and avoid the temptation to be negative.

When a person is mindful, he or she will be concerned with an immediate happening. This is an empowerment of the mind to specially focus in an issue at hand. This is done neutrally without conclusions being made.

You may be wondering where the mindfulness concept originated from .Well, it has its origin in cultural and philosophical traditions. The mind brings awareness to the entire person of what good or dangerous may be looming.

The psyche and the stress level in a person have been known to reduce drastically when the mindfulness techniques are properly applied.

There are different ways to enhance the art of mindfulness. Among the common known are methods include; Yoga, Echo therapy, music therapy, mindful breathing or thinking. All these are known to be meditative in nature.

One should not confuse the "Mindful" meditation with "Mindful" concentration. Though the two may seem the same but they are nevertheless different. In "mindful' concentration, one focuses on a particular thing, thought or a word. Thoughts are directed that particular point of focus.

Mindful concentration aims at shutting other "destructing" thoughts out which are not the case with Mindful meditation. Here one is aware of the changing stimulus-both internal as well as external as they arise.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment