noun
mass noun1The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.
‘their mindfulness of the wider cinematic tradition’- ‘The meditation he was teaching wasn't mindfulness of the breath.’
- ‘Some people need such concrete visual reminders to maintain mindfulness of their gratitude, explains Emmons.’
- ‘Simply being there with our body, with our physical sense of existence, is the mindfulness of body.’
- ‘The first foundation includes various practices for developing mindfulness of the body.’
- ‘In mindfulness of body, there is a sense of finding some home ground.’
- ‘This is the first stage of mindfulness of breathing.’
- ‘All this in a plant with no eyes or imaging organs anybody knows about, no brain or nervous system to support mindfulness.’
- ‘Try to develop deep concentration through the awareness of the breath which is called the mindfulness of the breath or you can say mindfulness of the body.’
- ‘We can practise the exchange of self and other with spiritual friends by developing mindfulness of their needs and putting them before our own.’
- ‘I just think it's wrong to live with someone else without treating them with a certain amount of respect and mindfulness.’
- ‘So mindfulness of drinking is already one kind of enlightenment.’
- ‘In order never to be overcome by harm-doers, cultivate patience through mindfulness of the demerits of anger.’
- ‘The training of mindfulness of the body can be called the establishment and maintenance of that capability of peace without impulses and emotions.’
- ‘At such times, mindfulness of the practice of patience and the application of certain techniques will help us to continue generating this attitude.’
2A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
‘Apart from the hours of sound sleep, you should try to maintain continuous mindfulness throughout your waking hours.’- ‘Long practice at meditation or mindfulness can also dispel the illusion.’
- ‘For instance, a therapist may teach mindfulness, a concept borrowed from Zen Buddhism.’
- ‘Moral discipline also strengthens mindfulness, which is the life of concentration.’
- ‘In a way, maintaining mindfulness is comparable to making a journey.’
- ‘There are specific ailments where mindfulness has been shown to be helpful.’
- ‘Open-mindedness, which is the fruit of mindfulness, forms the basis for the disciplines of insight.’
- ‘Hence the importance of mindfulness in the spiritual training of the yogi on the Aryan path.’
- ‘We integrated mindfulness into a maintenance form of therapy.’
- ‘Every moment of mindfulness is a moment of truthfulness, of directed knowing.’
- ‘Through mindfulness we have to give up things we are attached to.’
- ‘Mindfulness, or awareness, which is the equilibrating faculty, balances them all.’
- ‘In Buddhism, this can arise through the practice of meditation, the practice of mindfulness.’
- ‘The purpose of the disciplines of mindfulness is to do something about this absent-mindedness.’
- ‘Meditation is one way to express mindfulness in a dedicated, concentrated manner.’
- ‘A useful object of meditation should be one that promotes mindfulness.’
- ‘Meditation is the practice of concentration and mindfulness leading to insight.’
- ‘But I strongly believe that whoever practises mindfulness as part of his or her life will be able to survive perfectly in every situation.’
- ‘Our true nature is a very deep and wonderful mystery, but using the power of mindfulness, we can more easily allow the manifestation of our true nature.’
- ‘If you think mindfulness involves labeling what comes up and doing everything in a very deliberate fashion, you will suffer enormously because the world is not under your control.’
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