Meditation is paying attention in a systematic way – in order to be awake as often we are on autopilot (living life like Groundhog Day) and live in the past or future.
In this video clip, Jon Kabat-Zinn discuss what is mindfulness and refers to mindfulness as presence of heart. I like that description – what about you?
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