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ideas:mindfulness [2023-04-15 21:34] – created awfkiideas:mindfulness [2023-04-15 22:35] (current) awfki
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 Mindfulness is just being [[present]], same thing IMO.  A [[https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=mindfulness+vs+presence|quick search]] finds that others make a distinction between them but in my case I think when I learned to mindful it was described to me as "learning to be present" and so I've taken them to be synonyms. Mindfulness is just being [[present]], same thing IMO.  A [[https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=mindfulness+vs+presence|quick search]] finds that others make a distinction between them but in my case I think when I learned to mindful it was described to me as "learning to be present" and so I've taken them to be synonyms.
  
-This seems like a good definition of mindfulness and is also the way I would describe being present.  I am here, and it is now, and I'm chill with that.+This seems like a good definition of mindfulness and is also the way I would describe being [[present]].  I am here, and it is now, and I'm chill with that.
  
 <blockquote>Mindfulness is a state of focused awareness to the present, acknowledgement of thoughts, feelings, and sensations without judgment. Mindfulness is the practice of being mindful. <blockquote>Mindfulness is a state of focused awareness to the present, acknowledgement of thoughts, feelings, and sensations without judgment. Mindfulness is the practice of being mindful.
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-<cite right>[[https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-difference-between-being-mindful-and-being-present-fe30d217ccf2|Someone on the internet]]</cite> 
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 +I found that definition on [[https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-difference-between-being-mindful-and-being-present-fe30d217ccf2|Medium]] but it's all over the internet with slight variations and often used for things I don't approve of.