Moris Beracha.-
I constantly hear arguments about
the true goal of mindfulness. On the one hand, a group of faithful followers of
this practice see it as a way to reduce stress, sadness, and fears. On the
other hand, the greatest Buddhist meditation scholars defend it as a means to
renounce suffering and achieve enlightenment.
Certainly, the practice of
mindfulness brings benefits to many human beings that are under intense
pressures. The mental and corporal changes it produces are remarkable and it is
known that there are big companies that are pushing their workers to be followers
of this discipline, given the positive results that are then achieved in work
performance.
An article by Robert Wright for
Wired approaches to this discussion and quotes “It’s true, on the one hand,
that many devotees of meditation are pursuing the practice in a basically
therapeutic spirit. And that includes many who follow Buddhist meditation
teachers and even go to extended retreats. It’s also true that mindfulness
meditation, as typically taught to these people, bears only a partial
resemblance to mindfulness meditation as described in ancient texts”.
I always try to explain the people
who come and ask me why I have been practicing mindfulness for so long and not
simply a sport, that although I started looking for a solution to my states of
anguish due to work, on the way I have been understanding that more than a
practice it is a way through which you decide to transit. It is a lifestyle. It
is a philosophy of life. In this type of experience the pace of progress
depends on each one, there is no goal but to learn to live in the present.
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