#489 Attending to Just This, Right Here, Right Now

     We currently live in an age of distraction, yet we come from a long line of humans who successfully survived by being acutely attuned to environmental cues of danger, as well as opportunity to flourish.
     Many of us realize that today, there's just too much information coming at us 24/7 from all directions, so we need to improve our currently diminished abilities to prioritize, focus attention & stabilize awareness. Mindfulness meditation is a healthy, intelligent way of achieving this.
     We simply sit still, attend directly to the physical feel of the breath in our belly, letting go of words eg stories, plans, worries, etc. This is how we start sitting practice, whether a novice or if we've been practicing for many years.

     See also: http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/2012/01/6-awareness.html
     and: http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/2012/10/200-narrative-vs-experiential-attention.html

Elena Shumilova  http://www.flickr.com/photos/75571860@N06/11874722676/