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 Learning the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a deeper sense of awareness. It is living in the here and now and experiencing each moment as it happens. It is learning how to live life to the fullest, without the worries of yesterday or the stress of tomorrow. Mindfulness is finding complete happiness and living each moment as it passes. There are four foundations of mindfulness needed to find complete fulfillment.
The four foundations of mindfulness are the awareness of the body, the awareness of the feelings, the awareness of the mind, and the awareness of Dhammas. The four foundations of mindfulness are the basic building blocks and each is vital to complete mindfulness.
The first of the four foundations of mindfulness is the awareness of the body.
The body is the one thing we can personally control. Being aware of the body includes paying attention to your breathing, posture, and understanding there is a beginning and the end to the body. Breathing is an important part of feeling relaxed and stress free. Make sure to breathe from the stomach and not from the chest. Posture is vital to finding complete mindfulness as well. The spine should be straight when walking, standing, sitting, and even lying down. There is also the reality of the body and the realization of death. The reality of the body is simply being aware of each separate part from the skin to the hair to the organs to the sweat glands. All these things are parts of the body and make the body a whole. Awareness of the body also includes contemplation of death to the body and being aware of the decomposition of the corpse.
The second of the four foundations of mindfulness is the awareness of feelings.
Feelings are different than emotions, emotions are more mental and feelings are basic and raw. The basic classifications of feelings are: pleasant, neutral, or unpleasant; bodily or mental; worldly or unworldly. The awareness of feelings comes about as an initial feeling we have when something touches on one of the five senses. This can mean we feel danger or indifference; it's that first gut feeling we get.
The awareness of the mind is the third of the four foundations of mindfulness; being aware of the different mental states.
Buddha has a list of fifty-two mental states each person may experience. These mental states happen once those gut feelings pass. These mental states can be anger, jealousy, loneliness, or whatever emotion follows. Awareness of the mind is awareness of the conscious self and is closely tied in with emotions.
The final of the four foundations of mindfulness is the awareness of Dhammas or truths.
There are many Buddhist principles that claim to be truths; however, each person needs to discover and prove these principles to be true for themselves. Nothing should ever be taken at face value. We must live and discover the truth in each of the principles given us, and not just except them as truths.
These four foundations of mindfulness work together and are being experienced all at the same time. Even if we are consciously only working on one foundation, the subconscious mind is working through the other three. Mindfulness is a deep practice and soon you will notice all four foundations of mindfulness working together; this is when you know you have reached a higher enlightenment.
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