Mindful pleasures..... As the words turn.

[Atticus Pinecone]

That's where it gets weird. Mindfulness is part of the Noble Eightfold Path—and it means to keep in mind all the other numbered Buddhist stuff... all of which doesn't jive with getting ahead in a rat race.  

> On Aug 28, 2017, at 11:36 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That was kinda my take, but I didn't know how to say it, "secularizing mindfulness...". Nice.
> You might say mindfulness is a product or result of meditation?
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>> On Aug 28, 2017, at 9:55 AM, Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The Buddhist take on it is 'yeah, it really is selfish, but better than going around making a mess of things'.
>> 
>> Maybe secularizing mindfulness is... I don't know... stupid? Besides it's meditation that sows the benefits—mindfulness goes on top of that.
>> 
>>> On Aug 27, 2017, at 1:34 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/mindfulness-would-be-good-for-you-if-it-werent-all-just-hype/2017/08/24/b97d0220-76e2-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html?utm_term=.a655dfed2455
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