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It depends on how you define what is “to mind” and what is “never mind”.
M: If one were to mind, wouldn’t that translate to more ‘mindfulness’
HS: no it does not translate to more ‘mindfulness’. Typically when one were to mind, one is filled with preconceptions. E.g. I mind whether you go to school or not. I mind if you don’t tidy up your table. I mind very much that you helped me. In all these cases, I have already formed an interpretation of your possible future action. Once you perform that action, I shall not see your action as it really is, but I would regard your action with my preconception instead. In fact because my preconception is so strong, I’ll probably misunderstand your action. Hence I am probably more paranoid than more mindful.
M: And if one were to take a ‘never mind’ approach,
wouldn’t that make one relatively ‘mindless’?
HS: no, if that ‘never mind’ is an open mind. E.g. if someone brought me salty food, I ‘never mind’. If someone brought me spicy food, I ‘never mind’ as well. When I have salty food, I cherish salty food. When I have spicy food, I cherish spicy food. Hence with an open mind, I can more clearly experience the food as it is. In this way, I am more mindful. Similarly, if I ‘never mind’ about my colleague’s rule behavior towards me, I can be more deeply mindful about my colleague. Did he had a bad day at home? Was he irritated by my behavior? Since I ‘never mind” about his rule behavior, let me forgive him as well and send him some metta 🙂
What do you think?
Interesting alternate take on the other meanings of the same words! A good reminder that words can be as exacting as limiting too. Amituofo
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