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79| From La-La-La to Mindfulness
Understanding requires practice
“In all Asian languages, the word for mind and the word for heart are the same words. So in English when you hear the word mindfulness if you’re not hearing the word heartfulness you’re really not understanding it fully”. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
163. What is Mindfulness?
Based on what I have read, heard, and experienced about Mindfulness, I would say that there are simpler and more complex (or complete) ways to explain it.
Among the shortest explanations, the one that Susan Piver offers us in this video stands out for its simplicity.
“A very simple definition of what mindfulness is all it is is substituting your discursive mind for another object of attention. A mindfulness practice eases tension and improves communication.”
Basically, through the techniques and practices of mindfulness and meditation, our mind will no longer dragged around with thoughts so often.
