Sublime

[Mindfulness is] the awareness that arises through paying attention in the present moment, on purpose, nonjudgmentally.

The third foundation attunes one to the nature of mind itself, opening the lens of awareness to include awareness itself, while maintaining unbiased objectivity.

Since this observing of mental states includes the prior foundations of body and sensation, it avoids the pitfalls of disembodied abstraction and numbing detachment. So mindfulness of mind protects one from the escapism or disassociation characteristic of spiritual bypassing, by engaging mind/body events fully, clearly, and courageously without rea

Mindfulness is the energy that allows us to look deeply at our body, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness and see clearly what our real needs are, so we will not drown in the sea of suffering.

mindfulness itself does not try to change your experience or behavior. It is receptive and accepting, not judging or directing. Mindfulness holds your reactions in a spacious awareness that is itself never disturbed by whatever passes through

It is an enlightened awareness that allows us to appreciate the pleasures and accept the misfortunes, experiencing everything for what it is without being overwhelmed. Mindfulness happens when our mind is not cluttered with discriminating thoughts of good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant, but fully present with what is.