Mindfulness Revisited: A Buddhist-Based Conceptualization

There is a clear need for conceptual agreement on the meaning 

of mindfulness, not only to facilitate communication about the construct but, most pragmatically, to create a stable platform of basic and applied research in this 

still young area of investigation.

https://www.academia.edu/11912225/Mindfulness_Theoretical_Foundations_

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the existence of mindfulness as an innate trait is questionable as mindfulness in the traditional Buddhist terms and, in an applied sense, was developed as a practice; a skill to be developed throughout one's lifetime regardless of one's prevailing psychological phenomena

https://www.academia.edu/17785165/Mindfulness_Literature_Review?email_work_car

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Unquestionably, the most valuable effect of mindfulness is its ability to radically reprogram our deepest misconceptions about the nature of reality, and about who and what we are. Our gut intuition tells us we’re separate selves in a world of other people and objects, and that our individual suffering and happiness depend on external circumstances

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