Mindfulness means equilibrium
May 28, 2024 17:43:35 GMT
Post by Stella on May 28, 2024 17:43:35 GMT
What's the very first thing you remember about your life? What would you say was your earliest childhood memory? How old would you say you were when you experienced your first ever memory? What do you think?
My point here is that mindfulness is never something you have to 'achieve'. It's not something you have to seek either. It's not something someone else can teach you. Mindfulness is who or what you are in your most natural, primal state. Mindfulness is how you were born.
Okay so let's dig a little deeper into this. Think of a small child. An infant. A toddler. A small human being living purely on the basis of mindfulness.
Such a small child has no concept of time. Such a small child has no concept of either the past or the future. All that exists from the perspective of the small child is the present moment, the here and now. A small child sees the world and their environment totally differently to the way you see the world. A small child is much closer to reality and far more in tune with reality - actual reality - than pretty much most adults.
Small children see the world in a way which is unfiltered, mysterious, fascinating, sometimes frightening, but always fascinating. All small children are natural mystics, simply because they are always willing to explore, experiment, ask questions, learn, try out different things to see what works and what doesn't, learn and discover.
Social and mental conditioning
So if mindfulness is our natural state of mind and state of being, then why is it so hard to find ourselves back in that mental state or 'zone'? The answer is simple - we go through a process of social and mental conditioning, language learning, education, upbringing, all of which come together to create a process of socialization.
Out of this process of socialization, which is necessary because we learn how to behave and interact with other people in society, we learn what is important and what isn't, and we learn how to function in society we develop an Ego and a sense of self. read more
My point here is that mindfulness is never something you have to 'achieve'. It's not something you have to seek either. It's not something someone else can teach you. Mindfulness is who or what you are in your most natural, primal state. Mindfulness is how you were born.
Okay so let's dig a little deeper into this. Think of a small child. An infant. A toddler. A small human being living purely on the basis of mindfulness.
Such a small child has no concept of time. Such a small child has no concept of either the past or the future. All that exists from the perspective of the small child is the present moment, the here and now. A small child sees the world and their environment totally differently to the way you see the world. A small child is much closer to reality and far more in tune with reality - actual reality - than pretty much most adults.
Small children see the world in a way which is unfiltered, mysterious, fascinating, sometimes frightening, but always fascinating. All small children are natural mystics, simply because they are always willing to explore, experiment, ask questions, learn, try out different things to see what works and what doesn't, learn and discover.
Social and mental conditioning
So if mindfulness is our natural state of mind and state of being, then why is it so hard to find ourselves back in that mental state or 'zone'? The answer is simple - we go through a process of social and mental conditioning, language learning, education, upbringing, all of which come together to create a process of socialization.
Out of this process of socialization, which is necessary because we learn how to behave and interact with other people in society, we learn what is important and what isn't, and we learn how to function in society we develop an Ego and a sense of self. read more