Mindfulness

Abstract

Nowadays, many people seem to see, think, and act in a robot-like way. In those moments, they break contact with what is deepest in themselves and what possibly affords them their greatest opportunities for creativity, learning, and growing. When such moments persist, one could fall into the trap of automaticity and unawareness (Kabat-Zinn, in Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. Piatkus Books, London, 2001). When their mind is automatic, this may result in a multitude of behaviors without any particular sentience, awareness, intentionality, planning, or deliberate decision-making.