Mindfulness

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The Importance of Mindfulness
Laura, C. Roa Tobar
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Santo Tomas University
Mindfulness
Mag. Juan, S. Hoyos Gonzales
16 March of the 2022

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The Importance of Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a technique that is related to full attention, when we focus our thoughts on
thoughts that represent our life, we usually find ourselves in representations that perhaps do not
determine a balanced peace of mind, we usually have daily worries, anxieties or fears; as a
consequence of the times in crisis that society is experiencing. Mindfulness or full attention is a
Buddhist meditation practice that focuses its posture on paying attention to the present moment
in a deliberate and non-judgmental way (Kabat-Zinn, 2009).
Normally, we let ourselves be carried away by emotional impulses, we are thinking
almost all the time and we usually have little rest to experience inner silence, therefore, when we
use mindfulness as a strategy, according to Delgado et al. (2010) mindfulness allows us to work
on the freedom of thought, when we remember the past or think about the future people create
tension in the unconscious, consequently, in Mindfulness what is denoted is to pause and be
present , in this way things are simplified, which allows us to realize that life only manifests
itself in the instant.
To determine the techniques of mindfulness, it is important to determine what is the
importance and benefits that this technique brings to our lives?
The meditation
We will begin to describe a valuable criterion for the practice, an aspect that conceives
mindfulness and that helps regulate our emotions, meditation helps us focus on ourselves,
maintains conscious and stable attention on a support such as an object, an image or a sound or
also through introspection where the attention is focused on the subjective elements of the

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individual and where the attention is focused on observing, contemplating and examining what
happens in our body and in our mind (Mañas, 2009 ).
Therefore, Mindfulness is based on concentration to achieve introspection, to achieve this
phase of concentration, breathing is very relevant, when we breathe in peace and calm, the
interior is renewed, connecting with the sensation of breathing, feeling the air entering and
leaving that is all, it is to return each time to the breath, so that the mind is distracted as much as
possible, one breathes through the nose (Mañas, 2009). Once we learn to meditate through
breathing and concentration, we will be able to understand a new criterion, which we will
describe below.
Meditate with Mindfulness
When you meditate with full attention, a pleasant and nonjudgmental attitude is
captivated towards what emerges, which does not prevent its appearance and allows it to pass,
consists of being witnesses in what passes through the mind and body and just looking at it, it is
known that judgments are based on thoughts which are inevitable and relevant to all life
experiences, thoughts distort experiences with opinions, restrictions and prejudices based on
limited and influenced knowledge, and when they are not recognized these can prevent us from
seeing clearly believing that we know, then we experience emotions as if it were the first time,
neglecting the confidence we have to be able to reflect on the experience.
These approaches are simple, but not easy, they require effort and discipline to control
our automatic thoughts and emotions. Therefore, it is important to learn to meditate and
contemplate these functions in an autonomous way.

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Practical Aspects of Meditation
People meditate to feel good about themselves, to relax and to reduce pain, but if you
want to get results you should not think that things happen just by meditating, if you want
something special or are looking for signs of progress; meditation every state and moment is
special, the idea that one must have is that it is practiced for the simple fact of practicing, being
able to receive each moment as it comes and work in the sense of not worrying.
When we let go of time, we take a big step into the here and now; every time we stop and
set out to meditate, we cultivate patience.
Primordial Aspects of Mindfulness
When we manage to find inner peace through meditation, we learn to know mindfulness,
this helps us to counteract low self-esteem, which makes us perceive a reality distorted by past
experiences, when only defects are seen there is a risk of not experiencing internal events
directly while remaining in the shadow of conditioning, these aspects are factors that distort the
will and lead us down a biased path of our own reality (Obispo, 2002).
Positive Aspects of Mindfulness
Mindfulness will help us understand two aspects that we have described, thoughts and
emotions. When you learn to know these two aspects, you can lead your being towards greater
well-being and self-esteem; emotions do not determine who we are, they are only a passing state,
the confusion between thoughts and emotions, these relationships come from the unconscious to
protect us; meditation does not try to stop thinking thoughts, but to learn to contain them to learn
to be less slaves to negative patterns, it is an action of understanding to relate to thoughts, when
meditating we do not allow our impulses, the space between stimulus and reaction in order to be

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able to choose the response, because to learn to control impulses one must learn to recognize
them in the present (Cárcamo & Moncada, 2010).
Therefore, not reacting to impulses can improve our peace of mind, meditation has to do
with time, if you believe that it should be done for a long time, meditating five minutes a day that
may be enough.
Meditation Techniques
As we described previously, time should not be a conditioning factor to exercise the act
of meditation and learn to have full attention, you can meditate walking, the most important
thing is to understand how the mind is, the most important thing is to learn to know what it is the
process, one of the techniques is to ask ourselves deep questions without trying to solve them, we
must learn to constitute a full self, that self is built by the mind and is visible by its attributes, it
is not possible to know who is the self that asks about the self , this structure needs to be
reworked and reinforced at every moment, leading us to seek an inner self through the outer self,
therefore there is no absolute self (Santamaría et al. 2006)
Therefore, one of the most important techniques is to learn to build a conscious self,
which allows us to live the present time in complete plenitude and peace of mind; For this, it is
advisable to take things not so personally, letting things happen is an important value, but what is
truly important is to practice.
Mindfulness is a way of learning to understand our inner state, our mental state, and for
this reason it is very valuable and practical for life if we learn this technique, imagine being able
to control our emotions and our thoughts; This process constitutes the power to find peace of
mind, for this the basic principles must be taken into account to achieve said conception, which

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are based on learning to have full attention, meditate in order to control thoughts in that way We
insist on being aware, the result is learning to let go and understand the present time, without
ties, without repressions with the total conviction of the motivation towards our being, which
constitutes the basis of fullness and well-being for our lives.
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