Kabat-Zinn refers to mindfulness being the art of "falling awake", of re-introducing us to ourselves, and that mindfulness cultivates intimacy with the core of our own being. He also says that mindfulness trains us to see the most fundamental in our lives, rather than the most urgent.
He speaks of meditation and mindfulness really being the cultivation of attention, in order to sustain our awareness of one thing or another, such as some of the following:
- eating
- seeing
- hearing
This is totally connected to Tolle's concept of the now.
Watch this 10 minute video with Jon Kabat-Zinn:
If you wish to see the entire talk (just under one hour), view it here:
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