Meditation Yoga English, what's the difference between mindfulness and meditation?
What's the difference between mindfulness and meditation?
There are many people, including myself, who are confused about the difference and connection between mindfulness and meditation at the beginning.
In fact, they all contain ancient Buddhism and Chinese Zen wisdom, but they are different concepts.
01 what is mindfulness
The concept of mindfulness originated from Buddhist meditation and developed from meditation, meditation, enlightenment and so on. Purposefully, consciously, pay attention to, be aware of everything in the present, and do not make any judgment, any analysis, or any reaction to the present, but simply perceive it and pay attention to it. Later, mindfulness was developed into a systematic psychotherapy, that is, mindfulness therapy, which is based on mindfulness.
The purpose of mindfulness is to focus on the present. Let our minds pay attention to the things around us and have a clear awareness of what is happening at this moment.
02 what is meditation
Meditation is a word translated from abroad. In English, it refers to the meaning of meditation, a technique and way for yoga to achieve meditation, which focuses the mind, mind and spirit completely in the original; the ultimate goal is to lead people to the realm of liberation.
The purpose of meditation is to make us focus on something or something. For example, a lot of exercises, let you imagine the beautiful lake, clear and calm, mountains and sky reflected in the lake.
Compare the brain to the human background, there are a lot of harmful and harmless programs running in the background, after meditation training, it is equivalent to removing a lot of harmful and useless programs, making changes to your background programs, so that we can travel light and face the future life.
In short, mindfulness emphasizes acceptance without judgment and "living in the present". Meditation is to maintain your attention and allow you to fully relax and achieve a state of deep tranquillity.
Combining mindfulness with meditation, there are also many courses on mindfulness meditation, and even Jack Ma is said to have introduced the course of mindfulness meditation to Lakeside University. Mindfulness meditation exercises are designed to cultivate attitudes of "non-judgment", "patience", "trust", "original heart", "non-struggle", "acceptance" and "letting go". Then I think everyone needs this practice. to integrate the idea of mindfulness meditation into life, even if you are skeptical at first, you can try to practice with doubt, and only practice can verify the truth, not rush to deny it. If your life is experiencing adversity, frustration and hardship, stress and anxiety fill every day, then you can start to try mindfulness meditation and be sure to see your growth and change.
Mindfulness meditation is one of the ways of meditation. It takes achieving a state of peace and calmness of mind as its main goal, learning to relax in a state of clarity while keeping consciousness fully awake. In the process of training to be accurately aware of the present moment, mindfulness meditation guides the mind to focus on "aids", which can be any beautiful object, such as stone, statue or crystal, or on spells or breathing. Basically, aids help to concentrate. In addition, it helps to relax, because people who breathe deeper than usual during mindfulness meditation also help to develop a state of calm.