MINDFULNESS

People sacrifice their health in order to make money. Then they sacrifice money to recuperate their health. And then they are so worried about past mistakes and future plans, that they do not enjoy the present. The result being that is; they live as if they will never die, and then die having never really lived ..Dalai Lama

Mindfulness is paying attention to the purpose in the present moment non-judgmentally, connecting with the life of present. Past and future do not exist. Past exists in memory and future exists in imagination. Past is gone. Future is yet to come. We can’t do anything with the past and future because it is not there. We can do only in this moment, because only this moment is real. Living this moment at its best is the only way to correct past mistakes and create a better future. That’s what mindfulness teaches us!

The symbol of mindfulness depicts three stages of water drop; one is falling to touch the ocean (the future); another merged into ocean and became ocean (the past). In the middle, there is a moment when it touches the ocean (the present moment). The waves arise at this point of time. The real event happens at this point of time. This is the present moment. Witness it! Live this!

Most of the time we suffer more because we are stuck in the event of the past or in something which has not happened yet. This clogs our energy in useless sockets over which we actually have no control. Instead this latent energy should be focused on the present; to create something which can determine the future.

Our education system has by far taught us to think... sometimes overthink and seldom has taught us to be aware of our actions.

Ever wondered that many of us do ample things daily mechanically; without actually being aware of it? Just try once to do every small thing you do in your life consciously and feel the difference. You will surely feel the difference in quality. This shall add more grace and beauty to your results. Being aware of whatever you are doing is mindfulness.

When we embrace the present, the stress of our past as well as future fiddles away and we are left only with the present to concentrate on. This definitely increases the boundaries of our creativity today. As an individual we fear uncertainty which in turn restricts creativity. Mindfulness encourages us to be more content with the unknown, opens our mind to be more aware and to observe more keenly our own thoughts and the world around; thus opening avenues for creative thinking.