Many have
claimed that “we’re all in a trance most of the time.” In clinical hypnosis workshops we
learn firsthand what trance looks and feels like. In mindfulness meditation, we have glimpses, brief at first, of what clarity or being out of trance feels like. So consciousness does not have to be
limited to trance-like states. Experiencing the clarity of mindfulness requires that we intentionally rewire our brains, because by default, we have
all been seamlessly slipping into trances throughout life. Mindfulness
is intentional training to come out, and remain out of, trance.
Mindfulness involves intentional alert moment-to-moment awareness of, and
appropriate interaction with, whatever the present moment holds.
Mindfulness is not
goal-directed. One does not practice mindfulness in order to achieve something,
get somewhere else, or become something different. Mindfulness is a process - like sobering-up, as well as a state of being - like sobriety.
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