http://www.thenovice.ca/blog/2010/03/01/mindfulness/ Expose Yourself to Doubt Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:38:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thenovice.ca/blog/2010/03/01/mindfulness/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Stephen Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:07:29 +0000 http://www.thenovice.ca/blog/?p=504#comment-113 Hi Cathy: To 'attend' means the same thing as 'pay attention to,' and is the basic mechanism of mindfulness. The point is that every breath, every perception and every thought—even the most annoying—has these three characteristics. Just watching the breath is relaxing, but paying attention to the fact that it's <em>inconstant</em>, <em>stressful</em> and <em>empty</em> takes you from mere relaxation to mindful reflection—something with the potential to change the way you perceive. —Stephen Hi Cathy: To ‘attend’ means the same thing as ‘pay attention to,’ and is the basic mechanism of mindfulness. The point is that every breath, every perception and every thought—even the most annoying—has these three characteristics. Just watching the breath is relaxing, but paying attention to the fact that it’s inconstant, stressful and empty takes you from mere relaxation to mindful reflection—something with the potential to change the way you perceive. —Stephen

]]> http://www.thenovice.ca/blog/2010/03/01/mindfulness/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Cathy White Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:14:04 +0000 http://www.thenovice.ca/blog/?p=504#comment-112 Hi Stephen, I love reading your blogs, but I'm lost with the last two paragraphs of this blog. What do you mean by "awakening ATTENDS to the three marks of existence" and the last sentence "By seeng every breath............."? I'm hoping that you'll touch on it in our next class. Thanks, Cathy Hi Stephen,
I love reading your blogs, but I’m lost with the last two paragraphs of this blog. What do you mean by “awakening ATTENDS to the three marks of existence” and the last sentence “By seeng every breath………….”? I’m hoping that you’ll touch on it in our next class.
Thanks, Cathy

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