"When we hear phrases commonly used to describe mindfulness, like “just be with what is,” “accept the present moment,” “don’t get lost in judgment,” it can sound pretty inert.
But the actual experience of mindfulness is of vibrant, alive, open space where creative responses to situations have room to arise,
precisely because we’re not stuck in the well-worn grooves of the same old habitual reactions.
In mindfulness, we don’t lose discernment and intelligence.
These qualities, in fact, become more acute as stale preconceptions and automatic, rigid responses no longer rule the day."
-Sharon Salzberg
(excerpt from post Three Simple Ways to Pay Attention)
http://www.mindful.org/meditation-start-here/
Wishing you moments of mindfulness today
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