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Absent-mindedness is a mental state wherein a person is forgetfully inattentive. [1] It is the opposite mental state of mindfulness.. Absent-mindedness is often caused by things such as boredom, sleepiness, rumination, distraction, or preoccupation with one's own internal monologue.
The concept of mindfulness and self-compassion has been around for over 2500 years, and is rooted in Eastern traditional Buddhist philosophy and Buddhist meditation. [50] [51] In Buddhist philosophy, mindfulness and compassion is considered to be two wings of one bird, with each concept overlapping one another but producing benefits for ...
There are several exercises designed to develop mindfulness meditation, which may be aided by guided meditations "to get the hang of it". [9] [70] [note 3] As forms of self-observation and interoception, these methods increase awareness of the body, so they are usually beneficial to people with low self-awareness or low awareness of their bodies or emotional state.
One term that is often used as a near-synonym is mindfulness, which as a concept has similarities to or may include choiceless awareness. [32] Initially part of Buddhist meditation practice, it has been adapted and utilized for contemporary psychological treatment, [33] and has been applied as a component of integrative medicine programs. [34]
Contemporary Insight Meditation teachers identify the five hindrances as obstacles to mindfulness meditation. Within the Mahayana tradition, the five hindrances are obstacles to samadhi . They are part of the two types of obstructions (Sanskrit: āvaraṇa), i.e. the obstacles to Buddhahood.
Nondualism includes a number of philosophical and spiritual traditions that emphasize the absence of fundamental duality or separation in existence. [1] This viewpoint questions the boundaries conventionally imposed between self and other, mind and body, observer and observed, [2] and other dichotomies that shape our perception of reality.
The term "interbeing" was coined by Thich Nhat Hanh. [7] It is a portmanteau of the prefix "inter-" and the word "being." [8] It conveys the notion that all things exist in a state of interconnected being, a state of being interwoven and mutually dependent.
The Pali–English Dictionary translates citta as heart or heart-mind, emphasizing it as more the passionate side of the mind, as opposed to manas as the intellect that grasps mental objects (dhamma). Citta is the object of meditation in the third part of Satipatthana, also called Four Foundations of Mindfulness.