Mohan, Jitendra: Mindfulness and Happiness: The Eternal Saga (englisch)

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We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. ("Wir sind was wir denken. Alles was wir sind entsteht mit unseren Gedanken. Mit unseren Gedanken erschaffen wir die Welt") - Kornfield [1996].

Mindfulness - the focused awareness on the thinking process - is taught in many ways. Two applications that might be helpful to children are the focus on the process of thinking in the present moment of experience, and the meditation of the bubble, which highlights the non-engagement of our thoughts. (LeShan, 1974.) Like all meditations, mindfulness meditation involves an "interest or fascination with the central object of meditation" that keeps the mind involved. However, "in mindfulness, this same quality of interest keeps the mind open, engaged with shifting objects of awareness, with the same fascination that a baby exhibits with a new toy, turning it every which way" (Epstein, 2001). There is a focus on awareness, and attention to the present moment. Throughout the meditation, when the mind wanders to thoughts, memories, or fantasies, the content is briefly noted and observed non-judgmentally, and then attention is returned to the present moment.
Of all pursuits, happiness is the most sought after. It has a natural leverage and psychologists have had been expected to unleash the art of taming it."Mindfulness is a total clarity and presence of mind, actively passive, wherein events come and go like reflections in a mirror; nothing is reflected except what is."(Allan Watts, 1957). This Buddhism-derived concept and practice involves an undistracted awareness of the here-and-now. Practising mindfulness makes negative feelings lose their impact and lessening of anxiety and depression and hence enhancement of happiness.

Professor Jitendra Mohan, MA, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh. President: International Society of Mental Training for Excellence (2011-2015). Member Governing Council: Indian Council of Social Sciences Research (ICSSR) (Ministry of H.R.D.) India. Former Dean of Faculty of Arts, University Fellow, Chairman (Professor) of Department of Psychology, Panjab University, India. Visiting Professor in China, U.K., Malaysia, Iran, Serbia and Turkey.(br/) Publications: Twenty Five Books, 300 Research Papers & Chapters.

Vortrag in englischer Sprache anlässlich der Tagung: "Mentale Stärken 2014" vom 29. Oktober - 02. November 2014 in Heidelberg, ca. 38 Min. auf 1 CD oder 1 DVD oder als Sofortdownload (44 MB audio, 156 MB video)

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