Mindfulness can be defined as knowing what is happening while it is happening, no matter what it is.

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“Mindfulness” is the English translation of the Pali word sati. Sati is an activity. What ex­actly is that? There can be no precise answer, at least not in words. Words are devised by the symbolic levels of the mind, and they describe those realities with which symbolic thinking deals. Mindfulness is pre-symbolic. It is not shackled to logic. Nevertheless, mindfulness can be experienced—rather easily—and it can be de­scribed, as long as you keep in mind that the words are only fingers pointing at the moon. They are not the thing itself. The actual experi­ence lies beyond the words and above the symbols.

Mindfulness is mirror-thought.
Mindfulness is nonjudgmental observation.
Mindfulness is an impartial watchfulness.
Mindfulness is nonconceptual awareness.
Mindfulness is present-time awareness.
Mindfulness is non-egotistic alertness.
Mindfulness is awareness of change.
Mindfulness is participatory observation.

There are three fundamental activities of mindfulness.
(1) mindfulness reminds us of what we are supposed to be doing
(2) it sees things as they really are
(3) it sees the true nature of all phenomena.

Mindfulness