067-Experience mindfulness - Buddhism in daily life

Experience mindfulness


In our overstimulated, complicated and anxiety-filled world, we
need to reflect on ourselves, learn to cope with fears,
uncertainty and limitation. The Buddhist trend with "mindfulness"
brings an enjoyable counterpoint that brings a change of
attitude.


Prosperity problems such as emotional or physical exhaustion,
fatigue and sleep disorders have become almost normal, the health
condition of the majority is alarming, hysteria has left deep
notches in people's state of mind. Professional stress brings
further mental stimuli, constant accessibility and an office in
one's pocket results in even more pressure. Added to this are
fears of loss, jobs are no longer secure, the threat of slipping
is looming.


However, many people now want to take their own destiny into
their own hands again, to "optimize" their own ego, to give their
own ideas more room again.


Buddhists always have the topic of "mindfulness" in the back of
their minds, since the great teacher urged his followers to live
mindfully, to stay in the here and now, not to digress.


The average Central European increasingly feels a longing that
finds expression in the trendy term mindfulness. For the average
person, this is less about meditative rapture and more about a
certain degree of well-being, which is said to come from Buddhism
in particular. Mindfulness as a countermovement to the constant
"more", to the always "higher", to the all-round "further", as a
counterpole with a lot of calmness.


Now many non-Buddhists also want to learn to switch off through
yoga and meditation, to finally master the flood of information.


But mindfulness exercises cannot suddenly make the whole world a
better place, people are just the way they are, our environment
is not necessarily interested in our efforts. Here it is then
necessary to clearly communicate the limits of mindfulness, to
convey to those around us that we are not seeking harmony "at any
cost." Buddha admonished his disciples to always seek reality,
not to take refuge in illusions just because we want the world to
be "different" than it really is.


Not "more" but "less" should be our most important thought, the
constant striving for material things must be stopped. The
relationship between people must change, mindfulness in dealing
can only really work if this attitude becomes a fundamental
consensus. But will such positive values ever become generally
valid attitudes to life for the majority? Not at first, but the
issue has potential.


Buddhism brings the important questions of our time as a topic
into the consciousness of the people, the teaching of the Indian
prince holds all answers ready to go mindfully through life.


The path is the goal!





Difficult to fathom, great in arts, the mind revels in thoughts.
Happiness is only for the wise, who keeps it mindfully in bounds.


- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480





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