Mind It To Mend It

Mindfulness is about guiding our attention inwards, in the present moment, and relating to the sensations we are feeling, and what thoughts and emotions we’re going through. When diversions occur — a child crying, or TV jabbering, a bird singing, a new recollection surfacing — we just let them go.

The mind is an instrument; it is your inner landscape, where thoughts are overlapping too. When we try to focus our minds on a task, some thoughts come drifting into our mind from time to time, distracting us from our attention. We have a choice: we can react to them, or take the mindful route — that is, we can simply notice them, without judgment, staying in the present moment.

Mindfulness, or smriti, in Sanskrit, changes your sense of who you are in relation to your own life and other people. It also gives us better access to our full potential, particularly in terms of relationships, life and personal goals.

To live more mindfully is to live more abundantly with flexibility. As you expand your self-understanding, you could use this idea as the groundwork for a happy life. When challenges occur, you’ll be less likely to find them overpowering; and, when opportunities arise, you’ll be able to recognise them and welcome them happily into your life.

Mind It. Mindfully

Mindfulness is meditation — the slowing down of the ‘racy’ processes, in your life. It’s a relaxation mode that will not only nurture greater awareness, but also clarity and acceptance of present?moment reality.

Imagine a commonplace example. You’re stuck in a major traffic jam. To begin with, you’d have had ‘stiff’ feelings in your mind. How do you react in such a situation?

You’d criticise yourself. “Why did I not leave early?” But, you’d also say: “Let me face it. It was not the best thing that happened. I need to stay calm.”

Maybe, you’d ‘tune’ into good, soulful music, which is always there in your mind’s ears. Or, take a few deep breaths — to relax. Because, getting worked up will only lead to pumping up more adrenaline. It’s not going to make the traffic move. It leads to feelings of anxiety, phobia, excess anger, sleeplessness, depression etc.,

In other words, it has much more to do with how we all think.

As Herodotus, the great historian, put it: “We are not disturbed by things, but by our opinion of things.”

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