Essay on Right Mindfulness in Buddhism

This source discusses the basis of mindfulness and the general aspects of mindfulness itself. This source will be used extensively throughout the paper to provide any necessary information regarding mindfullness. This book is the basis for mindfulness and will be used as so.

When I think of mindfulness I contemplate of ones empathetic to interpret a situation. For two weeks every night before I went to bed, I wrote down three items I was grateful for. Some of the words were “Health”,” Family”,” Friends”,” Food”, and” Childhood”. This list goes on, what I grasped is whatever I did that day predisposed what I wrote down. On days I lifted I would appreciate my health, when I went away with my family I recognized how much I appreciated my family, when I was home for a day I realized how much I adored my bed. The new custom I obtained made me appreciate how indebted I am in my life to points I didn’t fathom before. This taught me to feel empathy for people who can’t say the same good things as me which gave me very good insight on to be grateful for the life I have.

This gap has lead people to become “passive consumers” that are ignorant towards the origin of their food, how it is produced, and their role in the modern food industry. Berry argues that the pleasure of eating cannot be known without understanding that eating is involved in the agricultural process. He urges people to look into where and how their food is produced and under what conditions. He asserts that food is now a product of industry meaning the food industry no longer cares about the quality of food and how healthy it is, but how much can be produced at a small price. Berry then gives seven suggestions that can help people eat responsibly and understand the pleasures of eating. By being active in our world and in how we eat, people can eat with the fullest pleasure by being connected with the world around them and eating with understanding and gratitude

This paper is about my experience with mindfulness based meditation and scientific inquiry of these experiences. Mindfulness based meditation is describes as technique used to cultivate nonreactive, non-judgmental and stable awareness of the present moment (Garland and Gaylord, 2009). The end goal is to sustain this meta-cognitive state for a long period of time. I practiced non-denominational form of mindfulness based meditation for the first time in my psychology class, which was devoted towards intellectual and experiential examination of meditation. The practice was conducted in a group it was instructed by our own professor and it begun at the end of class. There was one sessions per week and each session was structured meaning it was

Meals occur constantly in actual life, yet we do not realize their importance. We often

Mindfulness should be taught in schools because it has been found to have a positive impact on the students ' mental well-being as mentioned above, as well as having positive impacts on a wide range of physical and mental health conditions, on learning and cognition, and on emotional and social skills and wellbeing among adults, according to Katherin (2012). Very little research has been done about mindfulness among the young people as compared to among the adults, with studies carried out so far having some methodological limitations such as limited use of control groups or randomization and small numbers, which result in tentative conclusions. Nevertheless, work is growing rapidly and the results are promising which suggests that mindfulness in schools is well worth doing.

Mindfulness is an incredible skill, it is a practice that is taking the world by storm and helping more and more people live in their present.

What is mindful eating? There is a bundle of ways to describe it but precisely it “…reconnects you with your body’s signals. Whether you are overeating or undereating, you have lost track of your hunger and fullness. Mindful eating plugs you back into your body’s cues so you know when to stop and start eating” (15). This book really opened my eyes and made me more aware that

Have you ever thought of food as an “agricultural act”? When we are hungry, we eat whatever we want. Food that is available to us effortlessly is the food we go for instead of rediscovering the ‘pleasure’ of food. We do not strive to get the right type of nutrients in what we consume daily or enjoy eating healthy. Wendell Berry contributes in many different ways in his article, “The Pleasure of Eating”, including emotional appeal and reality to explain to us the various questions that should be arising in our minds when acquiring foods.

Berry uses this article to argue that humans must be conscious of the life of their food and be present in the eating experience.

Mindfulness is another way of meditation. Meditation was used to seek to improve one’s psychological or physical health, or spiritual growth. (Brantley, 2007). The history of Mindfulness comes from Buddhism and his search for enlightenment and a foundation of the four noble truths. The Buddha teaching focus on the four noble truths which consist of knowing suffering exists, there is a cause of suffering, there is cessation of suffering and there is a path that leads to the cessation of suffering. (Van Gordon, 2015). The four noble truths were not only there to represent the Buddha’s experiential understanding of suffering, but also to express the truth (Van Gordon, 2015). Studies of Buddhism and the Four Noble Truths teach us that there is always going to be suffering in our life but to find ways to overcome suffering (Tsering, 2005).

I noticed I was bit distracted. I noticed my facial expression was not calm and relaxed. I knew I had the “eww” look because while the raisin was in my mouth. I was focusing on how disgusting it tasted as the raisin got sogged up by my salvia. Then I went back to the exercise and noticed that the raisin that was hard at first in my hand was soft when it was in my mouth. The difference that I noticed from my normal experience of eating is that I would just eat. I would not be consciously aware of the food in my mouth, chewing the actual food and tasting and realize it go down my esophagus. I do not usually use my five sense while I eat. I usually enjoy the taste of the food when I like the food. Food that I don’t like. I would tend to swallow it. That’s how I felt at first with the raisin but since I had to do this exercise. I just forced myself to taste the raisin and eat it. During this exercise, some of my thoughts that were going in my mind are “why am I doing this when I don’t like raisins? This raisin taste disgusting, I just want to spit it out. We are almost done with this exercise. You could do it.” Even though I did not enjoy doing the raisin exercise, I have realized that I am usually not at the

By continuing the Transcendentalist theory of simplicity, limiting an unnecessary, excess aspect of life such as snacking benefits an individual’s health. Often times, snacking becomes a habit when boredom strikes. Like many other individuals, excessive snacking has been developed into my eating habits. Upon avoiding snacks such as Lay’s barbeque chips, and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, and soft chocolate chip cookies over two

This paper is about the book “Mindless Eating” by Brian Wansink. This paper will contain a coversheet, an abstract, a discussion about the book, and a reference page. In this paper I will discuss several things. I will talk about the author and his research into eating and eating habits, the surprises that I had when reading about his research and the contents of the book, a discussion about what intrigued me, who I would recommend this book too, and whether or not reading this book may change the way I eat.

In this paper, I will describe my initial thoughts about the practice of mindfulness and my development regarding practicing it. Furthermore, I will explore the idea of being a mindful therapist and how I am hoping to apply this with patients in the future.