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What is mindfulness if you pay attention to what your mind is doing, you will notice too strong defenses.

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The mind focuses on things other than what's happening right now.

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Most of the time we're thinking about events that have already happened before and that might happen

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in the future.

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Thus, our well-being is often affected by things that have little to do with the moment in which we

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find ourselves to the mind, continually evaluate our reality as good or bad.

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It does so based on whether things are working out the way we want them to.

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We try to cling to circumstances we like and push away those we dislike.

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These tendencies are part of what it means to be human.

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They can also cause US problems and needless suffering.

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Focusing on the future can lead to worry and anxiety most often about things that will never happen.

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Ruminating on events from the past, it can lead to distress and regret about things that are no longer

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in our control.

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In the process, we miss the once in a lifetime experience that each moment offers.

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We don't really take in the people around us the natural beauty of our surroundings or the sights,

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sounds and other sensations that are here right now.

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Our constant and automatic effort to judge things are either for us or against us also creates unnecessary

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pain.

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We often end up resisting things we don't like, even when such resistance is futile.

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A perfect example is racing against the weather.

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No amount of the rage on the rain will make it stop and we only frustrate ourselves in the process.

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The practice of mindfulness offers an antidote to both of these habits.