What is Mindfulness?

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What is Mindfulness?

The question "What is mindfulness?" is most easily addressed through an analogy.

When you do fitness training, you practice formal procedures (exercises) that alter the fabric of your body in two ways…

• They increase your baseline strength.

• They increase your baseline flexibility.

When you do mindfulness training, you practice formal procedures (meditations) that alter the fabric of your consciousness in two ways…

• They increase your baseline clarity.

• They increase your baseline equanimity.

The goal of fitness training is not to achieve a temporary state of strength and flexibility that is present when you do the exercises and then vanishes during the rest of the day. The goal of fitness training is to gradually increase your baseline of strength and flexibility. In other words, the purpose of fitness training is not to create certain temporary states in your body, but rather to develop certain abiding traits in your body.

The situation with mindfulness training is similar.

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