Mindfulness? The power to live in the here and now

Mindfulness means maintaining a moment by moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations and the environment that surrounds us.

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Mindfulness also implies acceptance, which means that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them.
Many times we find ourselves in situations where we do not pay attention, we do it automatically like breathing or walking. We can translate these situations of unconsciousness into a state of “automatic pilot”.
The idea of ​​mindfulness is to practice mindfulness, active listening, attune our thoughts to what we are feeling in the present moment, instead of repeating the past or imagining the future.

According to different research, an average person lives his life being 47% on autopilot, our mind absorbs all our attention making us live life in a state of unconsciousness or dream, because when we are on autopilot we are not completely “there ” at that moment.

In this busy and hyperconnected world we live in, it is very easy to get lost on autopilot most of the day … every day. By living in this way, we often do not realize the beauty of life, we do not listen to what our bodies tell us, and all too often, we get stuck in conditional mechanical ways of thinking and living that can be harmful to us themselves or for others.

In the automatic pilot, we usually get lost in the “doing”, so we find ourselves constantly striving, striving and “doing things” instead of really living. We also become vulnerable to anxiety, stress, depression and reactivity. Research shows, in fact, that the more our minds wander, the less happy we are (1).

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is the opposite of the lack of attention. It means getting off the autopilot and “getting back on the wheel” of our attention. We practice mindfulness by maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations and the environment around us. Mindfulness also involves not judging, which means that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings with the attitude of an impartial witness, without believing in them or taking them personally. Jon Kabat Zinn defines mindfulness as: “Pay attention;

By the way, in the present moment, and without prejudice. ” I like this definition because it allows us to see exactly what the components of mindfulness are. Through this definition, Jon shows us that there are three specific ways in which our attention “changes course” when we practice mindfulness. First of all, our attention is carried out …

1. Purpose 
Mindfulness implies the conscious and deliberate direction of our attention. When we are on autopilot our attention is being swept away by a stream of endless thought processes (and not always positive ones), but when we are conscious, we are “awakened” and we get out of that current, placing the attention where we choose. Another way of saying “on purpose” is consciously. We are living more consciously, more awake, more fully ourselves when we pay attention in this way. Second, our attention is immersed …

2. In the present moment 
If we leave it to its own devices, our mind usually moves away from the present moment. He is constantly caught up in the repetition of the past and the projection into the future. In other words, we are rarely fully present at the moment. Conscious attention, however, is completely committed to the experience of the present moment: the here and the now. We let go of the tension caused by wanting things to be different, the tension of constantly wanting more, and instead accepting the present moment as it is. And third, our attention is carried out …

3. No Prejudice 
When we practice mindfulness we do not intend to control, suppress or stop our thoughts. We simply intend to pay attention to our experiences as they arise without judging them or labeling them in any way. Mindfulness allows us to be the observer of sensory perceptions, thoughts and emotions as they arise without being trapped in them and swept away in their current. Becoming the observer in this way is less likely to mechanically develop the old habitual ways of thinking and living. Open a new freedom and choice in our lives.