{"id":1186,"date":"2009-02-14T12:55:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T04:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2009-02-14T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T05:00:14","slug":"mindfulness-wrong-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/02\/mindfulness-wrong-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness : Wrong Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is this lady whom I’d encountered a few times in the subway train. She would be very engrossed in reading the newspaper, so much so that she simply did not bother when the carriage gets packed. Taking up more than the standing space of a person with her arms wide open, she was either clueless about the situation or simply inconsiderate. I once had to stand in front of her. As the crowd was pushing in, I had to step back towards her, while she continued reading without moving an inch. As I had no space to turn, I tilted my head back onto her paper. It was at that moment that she realised the carriage was full! She folded the paper and backed a little, but nothing seemed to stop her from the latest entertainment gossip. With one hand, she continued to read, intruding into the space of those beside her with the edges of pages brushing against them.<\/p>\n

I was thinking… with her ‘mindfulness’, if only she would turn her focus towards practising Buddhism (which would include being mindful of the welfare of those around her!), perhaps she would be on the expressway to gaining insight.<\/p>\n

“This is the only way, monks, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the destruction of pain and grief, for reaching the right path, for the attainment of Nibbana, namely the four foundations of mindfulness.” – Buddha<\/span><\/p>\n

Related Article:<\/strong>
\nThe Four Foundations of Mindfulness
\n http:\/\/www.accesstoinsight.org\/lib\/authors\/nyanasatta\/wheel019.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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