The mind could be likened to a spider waiting in the middle of its web. We also notice its neutral state, waiting to pounce on something to make an inner commentary. Mindfulness helps us recognize the patterns of our mind swinging between extremes of good and bad, likes, and dislikes. The mind comments on the taste of the food, the look of a dress, the weather, and many things. Instead of being carried away by the taste of the food – whether it is good or bad – your consciousness is aware of the mind’s commentary. Or being fully immersed with the beautiful scenery in front of you. I had a friend tell me that she thinks mindfulness is fully experiencing the taste of the food she is eating. Many people think that mindfulness is to be fully absorbed in the activity you are in. When the mind is used to being in the present, mindfulness becomes easier. As a beginner, you learn to first calm the mind with meditation. ![]() So you see, mindfulness and meditation work together. Meditation is when we sit down formally to lengthen the gaps in between thoughts. When we listen to meditation apps with guidance and music, we are mostly calming our minds down. Although mindfulness has been defined as being fully aware of the present moment, in all of your activities, you can only be mindful when you train your mind to stop. It is not a knowledge or a skill you pick up intellectually. Mindfulness is an experience of your consciousness. In this post, I will share my own personal journey as you would be able to find mindfulness definitions on many websites. However, I did not know I was meditating, not to mention understanding what mindfulness is. That was a successful exercise because my mind stopped running and I felt rested and relieved. ![]() I told myself that for ten minutes I was not going to think of anything except my awareness of the plug. That was when I sat myself down and picked an object (in this case an electric plug) to stare at. I wanted it to stop to experience some reprieve. One day I felt that my mind was running too fast, without gaps in my thoughts. When I began meditating about a decade or more ago, I only knew meditation involves sitting in a full-lotus posture and bringing my mind to my breath under my nostrils.
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