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Table of Contents
Dear Reader,
W e hope that you will not only enjoy this book, but that you will find how it can apply to your life. The topic it covers is one that few of us truly understand and apply to our daily lives. Understanding it and applying it will completely change the way you see your life.
The book itself is divided into chapters. The first few chapters arent as fun to read as the final two. We get that. Feel free to skip right past them. Come back later and see the background information you may have missed. And, if you are a person that needs cold, hard, scientific proof, you will want to read each chapter, word for word.
Chapter One gives a brief history of Mindfulness and its origins. History buffs may love this section. Knowing where Mindfulness comes from may help you understand how it has developed into its current form. It may help you know how best to apply it to your life.
Chapter Two speaks about Mindfulness and the way it appeals to real people, in the real world as opposed to Yogis. Looking at a variety of Yogis, conclusions are drawn about how real people can use Mindfulness in real life.
Scientific studies are the focus of Chapter Three . Data collected by scientists in the field has been compiled and examined to show what Mindfulness can do for people. It is amazing to see.
Chapter Four starts to get to the heart of the topic. It focuses on real people who use Mindfulness to improve their daily lives. You may see a life that is similar to yours; you will certainly see some that are very different than yours.
Chapter Five will give you instructions on how to apply Mindfulness to your life. These step-by-step directions will allow you to become Mindful. Along the way, you may find inspiration to try it and then to keep applying it to your daily life.
Feel free to skip right to Chapter Five and start learning how to be Mindful. Or, you can start with the stories about people who apply mindfulness to their lives. You could even start reading at the beginning, if you want to do that.
Most importantly, we implore you, dear reader, to apply mindfulness to your daily life. It will give you peace. It will help you cope with our crazy world and your crazy life. It will give you strength.
You will see its power once you begin.
Mindfully Yours,
Simon Gray
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Chapter 1
Defining Mindfulness
W hat would you give to feel serene? What is being at peace worth? Can you put a price on happiness?
Simply put, there is peace around you every moment of your life. It doesnt matter if you are stuck in traffic or relaxing at a cabin on a lake. The amount of money in your bank account doesnt affect this serenity in any way.
The real question is not can you be happy, it is how do you find that happiness? It is there for your taking; you just need to be mindful. If you can be mindful, you will be at peace and you will be happy.
What is Mindfulness?
What do you think about when you think of mindfulness? You might have heard it as the state of being conscious or aware of something. You may also have heard that it is a mental state achieved by focusing on ones awareness on the immediate moment. Some have added the need of calmly acknowledging and having full acceptance of your feelings, thoughts, and the sensations your body is feeling.
Mindfulness is truly an action. It happens when you really try to observe what happens, and focus on your inner experience. You maintain a second-by-second awareness of your feelings, your thoughts and the sensations your body has. This awareness is done completely without judgement. You must accept that there is no right or wrong way to feel or think in that moment. You also cant evaluate anything; nor can you participate. You are an observer of the event or item and an observer of your personal experience during the observation.
This mindful action allows you to tune into that exact moment. You are aware of the sensations of the present instead of overthinking and reliving the past or imagining your life to come. This technique will change the way you relate to your emotions, thoughts and perspectives. It refers to a temporary state that any human being can access; it also refers to a permanent traits that you can grow within yourself as you practice mindfulness.
As you practice, you will put into action the process of observing what happens in a nonjudgmental manner. Our normal emotional lives are spent just experiencing what we think and feel. We hold these emotions and thoughts so close to ourselves that they become how we define ourselves. We allow these emotions to define who we are. We get mad, so we see ourselves as an angry person. We feel sad over a period of time, so we define ourselves as a depressed person.
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