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**irrehoobe** · 04-21-2012, 06:46 AM

Thanks Element,

'mindfulness', which is the act of maintaining the mind in a certain way so natural (automatic) 'seeing' occurs

for me, mindfulness (maintaining; remembering) is the active function and consciousness of the object is the passive function

Yes... I agree.

mindfulness [from] 'maintaining the mind' in a certain way to being 'aware of the object' Yes.

thus most regard mindfulness as awareness of the object (rather than maintaining the mind in a state that nurtures awareness of the object) Yes.

thus, for me, i am not sure what translation is best, but something like 'sees', 'experiences', 'is cognisant of', etc. 'sees' makes sense.

'sees' or 'cognisant' understood in this way can be the case for 'Right View', Element?

[...]and is mindful so to put away covetousness & distress.... That's it.

So, reflecting from your words, the state of being mindful can be brought to every aspect of our day to day life. Meanwhile contemplation/focused are singular moments that hardly can be brought to daily life.

Also, from all this, it seems to me that contemplation is a kind of absorption while mindfulness is about being truly present.

04-21-2012, 06:46 AM	#16
irrehoobe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 499 Senior Member	Thanks Element, 'mindfulness', which is the act of maintaining the mind in a certain way so natural (automatic) 'seeing' occurs for me, mindfulness (maintaining; remembering) is the active function and consciousness of the object is the passive function Yes... I agree. mindfulness [from] 'maintaining the mind' in a certain way to being 'aware of the object' Yes. thus most regard mindfulness as awareness of the object (rather than maintaining the mind in a state that nurtures awareness of the object) Yes. thus, for me, i am not sure what translation is best, but something like 'sees', 'experiences', 'is cognisant of', etc. 'sees' makes sense. 'sees' or 'cognisant' understood in this way can be the case for 'Right View', Element? [...]and is mindful so to put away covetousness & distress.... That's it. So, reflecting from your words, the state of being mindful can be brought to every aspect of our day to day life. Meanwhile contemplation/focused are singular moments that hardly can be brought to daily life. Also, from all this, it seems to me that contemplation is a kind of absorption while mindfulness is about being truly present.
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