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[...]... CV4 7AL UK Chapter 1 Understanding mindfulness: Origins There is no mental process concerned with knowing and understanding, that is without mindfulness Commentary on the Satipatthana Sutta, cited by Thera (1965: 194) Defining mindfulness Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally (Kabat-Zinn 1994: 4) (a) Mindfulness reminds us of what... eye' (Nanamoli and Bodhi 1995: 203) This same circular sequence is then applied in turn to the ear and sounds, the nose and odours, the tongue and ¯avours, the body and physical sensations, and the mind and mental objects Each time, the manifestations of contact, feeling, perception and thinking are acknowledged in turn Each time, the consequent tainting of perceptions and ideas by mental proliferation... action, and other considerations Thus again it is not viewed in itself But to tap the actual and potential power of mindfulness it is necessary to Understanding mindfulness: Origins 19 understand and deliberately cultivate it in its basic, unalloyed form, which we shall call bare attention By bare attention we understand the clear and single-minded awareness of what actually happens to us and in us,... meditation' and `mindfulness meditation' can be used interchangeably, encouraging the presumption that mindfulness does affect understanding as well as perception Whatever contemporary investigations may have to say about the contribution of mindfulness to insight, the connection is made in early Buddhist philosophy and is critical to an understanding of why the practice of mindfulness was valued To understand... (samadhi) and wisdom ( panna) Among the eight, the three factors that make for concentration are `right effort', `right awareness' and `right concentration' Mindfulness is an essential ingredient of `right awareness' (often translated as `right mindfulness' ) and, as such, the foundation of the mental discipline necessary to achieve concentration and, subseqently, the `right understanding' and `right... expect mindfulness to have to offer mental health ± whether this is conceived narrowly in terms of the management of mental disorders, or more broadly as realising otherwise latent potentials In surveying the contributions mindfulness can make, the book visits several distinct kinds of terrain The principal ones include early Buddhist philosophy, brain and psychological science, and abnormal and `positive'... through insight Mindfulness has a key position among them Apart from being necessary for any of the others to develop, mindfulness is also seen as mediating between the three active factors (investigation, energy and rapture) and the three passive ones (concentration, tranquillity and equanimity) Its pre-eminent Understanding mindfulness: Origins 17 role is in maintaing a delicate and auspicious balance... The number of mindfulness- based interventions is continuing to multiply and their range of in¯uence to expand It may be too early to know if they are here to stay and, if so, in what format they will survive However, they are already dif®cult for mental health professionals and their clients to ignore What is more, they tend to engender a good deal of enthusiasm if people have ®rst-hand experience... questioner frowns, says nothing and departs The Buddha goes to his disciples and tells 10 Understanding mindfulness: Origins them about his encounter They ask him how it could be that perceptions no longer sustain the man who lives free from sensual pleasure, confusion, worry and craving The Buddha replies they should look to the source of the perceptions and ideas that are tinged by `mental proliferations'... instruction and explanation As with any pivotal text, there are many passages that have been subjected to minute examination and dispute Some have already been indicated and there is little need to go further into the others here However, one topic that is touched on in the sutta remains critical to an understanding of what mindfulness is and what it is not This is the relationship of mindfulness to . y0 w1 h1" alt="" Mindfulness and Mental Health Being mindful can help people feel calmer and more fully alive. Mindfulness and Mental Health examines other. Understanding mindfulness: Origins 4 2 Understanding mindfulness: Science 24 3 Mindful therapy 51 4 Mindfulness and mental disorder 85 5 Harnessing mindfulness