A Request to the reader

I request the reader to consider this page slowly and carefully.

I had to track down and find a clinical resource, because for much of my practice ... I wasn't meditating, I was dissociating.

What is Mindfulness

From Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations

This part is verbatim (page 2):

Mindfulness is an altered state of awareness and consciousness. It is a "thing," it is a different way of being and it is as different as being awake than being asleep. The brain is different in a mindful state than ordinary consciousness; it is not just an act of the mind. [...] Mindfulness is a grander brain task and is based on the maturity of the brain, not just an act of the mind.

I have reworded and remixed what follows as Mindfulness Targets.

Emotions that are felt (usually very)

• Self Connection
• Grounded
• Calm
• Insightful
• Blissful
• Wholeness
• Self-Compassion & compassion for others

The body feels like it is

• Weighted
• Solid
• Comfortable
• Home

Intuitive Knowledge of

• Feelings and what they are for
• Feelings as aspects and an extension of being (there is anger not "I am angry")

A sense of being

• Loved and loving
• Safe and in control of ourselves and the environment
• Balanced, stable and regulated
• Full bodied, and embodied
• Generous to ourselves and others
• In a state of loveliness

A sense of being connected to

• Ourselves and others
• Something greater than ourselves

Acting with

• Compassion
• Self-care & care for others
• Patience for ourselves and others
• Non-judgment and awareness of the whole self

v1.6 - 15-May-2025

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