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No. Concentration just creates tension.GarcherLancelot wrote:Are we supposed to be mindful all the time?
Karma Dondrup Tashi wrote:No. Concentration just creates tension.GarcherLancelot wrote:Are we supposed to be mindful all the time?
Return attention to what's already there and rest.
You won't lose the beauty of "going with the flow". It'll become better.
Which is probably even better advice than letting your mind wander...oushi wrote:Let your mind wonder and never come back.
I got my driving license but haven't really practise my driving skills yet,so is it even possible to drive wthout putting your mind or driving,that sounds a bit scary to me haha. ..And how are we suppose to benefit from "living in the moment"?. ..(IMO "living in the present" is not equivalent to "living in the moment" ,the former phrase seems a bit yolo-ish(现在) ,mindfulness as far as I understand is 当下. ..)'''Seishin wrote:It's about having your mind on what your are doing while you are doing it. So while you're driving, your mind is on driving. If you need to plan for dinner, plan for dinner, but try not to let your thoughts wonder needlessly. The best place to start is on your breath whilst meditating. This is how I understand it
Gassho,
Seishin.
No differenceviniketa wrote:Which is probably even better advice than letting your mind wander...oushi wrote:Let your mind wonder and never come back.
In result, no, there really isn't!oushi wrote:No differenceviniketa wrote:Which is probably even better advice than letting your mind wander...oushi wrote:Let your mind wonder and never come back.
Depends on the practice tradition you belong to. Usually in Vajrayana you try to be mindful of what you experienced at the dissolving of the completion stage or what was experienced by following the pointing out instructions.GarcherLancelot wrote:Are we supposed to be mindful all the time?Doesn't that make us not planning anything at all?Mindful means "flow" or does it mean be aware of everything?When doing things like listening to music for example I rather let my fantasy run wild instead being "aware" of everyhting around us.'''
You are lucky you have a mind.GarcherLancelot wrote:Are we supposed to be mindful all the time?
Wonderfuloushi wrote:Let your mind wonder and never come back.
Hmmm,interesting,perhaps this is one of the methods they get better rebirths after thier deaths?. ..Rakshasa wrote:
In my experience, animals show a very great deal of mindfulness. Observe cats, leopards, Tigers etc, and they never can be caught off guard!
No grasping to mental constructs, people can get fear by thinking their practice will starve itself to death. But resting in simplicity, free of taking things as real, wellRakshasa wrote:"Mindfulness" in Buddhism is generally a reference to "Four Stations of Mindfulness" (both in Theravada and Mahayana). It means you should practice to be mindful of Body, Mind, Feelings and Dharmas all time. Our minds are extremely programmable, so if you practice (put effort, use concentration) to be "mindful" for quite some time, then you will automatically get accustomed to be more mindful in everyday life effortlessly.
In our normal everyday life, we get drawn to random everyday thoughts and get carried away by them and this is our mundane/natural state because we have been doing this since a very long time. But if we try to be mindful, our normal state of mind would shift to the state of being mindful all the time.
I am not sure, though, that if you are mindful all the time does it also include "grasping" at dharmas all the time? Or in other words, is it sufficient if you do not grasp at Dharmas and therefore naturally come to a mindful state?
In my experience, animals show a very great deal of mindfulness. Observe cats, leopards, Tigers etc, and they never can be caught off guard!
After some practice, you may find this is no longer the case. Even with no concentration per se, one's mind can be in the flow of the moment.GarcherLancelot wrote: hmm,I donno but I need to pay attention or my mind starts flying here and there. ..
I doubt it. There is such a thing as the mindfulness of the sniper, and I'm pretty sure that one leads downwards.GarcherLancelot wrote:Hmmm,interesting,perhaps this is one of the methods they get better rebirths after thier deaths?. ..Rakshasa wrote:
In my experience, animals show a very great deal of mindfulness. Observe cats, leopards, Tigers etc, and they never can be caught off guard!
monktastic wrote:After some practice, you may find this is no longer the case. Even with no concentration per se, one's mind can be in the flow of the moment.GarcherLancelot wrote: hmm,I donno but I need to pay attention or my mind starts flying here and there. ..