### trait:

Mindfulness
* also has a quality of memory or recollection.
* begins with awareness.
* broader and larger function than concentration.
* can also be the deciding factor between life and death
  - be so many things, but basically it is awareness of every moment
  - decrease our stress and improve our health
  - examine the mechanics of selfishness and understand what it sees
  - offset a growing feeling of vulnerability
  - pierce the mystery of suffering and the mechanism of discomfort
  - transform pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral feelings into wisdom
* concept that is centuries old.
* develops day by day, and consequently, meditators gain penetrating insight.
* directs the power of concentration.
* has an element of denial in it.
* helps with emotion-driven behavior.
* is about taking control of our thoughts, actions, and intentions.
* is also a capacity of mind that everybody has
  - fourfold
* is an ancient Buddhist practice which has profound relevance for out present-day lives
  - interesting and unique way of living and dealing with stress
  - opportunity to gain a better perspective and understanding
  - attunement to today's demand to avoid tomorrow's difficulties
  - awareness or attention, avoiding a distracted and clouded state of mind
  - based on working with the psychosomatic body
  - constant mindfulness with regard to body, feelings, thoughts, and mind-objects
  - different from concentration
  - egoless awareness
  - encouraged through changing thinking patterns
  - essential even in our daily life
  - hard work
  - hunger in context
  - infinitely more than sitting meditation
  - learned and practiced
* is mind open to the full body of experience each moment, the whole sphere
  - realizing mind embracing mind
  - necessary to maintain the purity of mental states
* is the ability to be present in the moment
  - see clearly the truth of one s inner and outer experience
  - art of paying attention and bringing awareness to our experience
  - capacity of being there body and mind united
  - complete, spacious, attentive awareness of everything in the present moment
  - essence of patience
  - key to knowing the mind, and so it's the starting point
  - perfect tool for shaping the mind, and so it's the focal point
  - ploughshare and the goad
  - practice of finding that realm
  - to be aware and alive to what is going on within and without
* is very powerful, it's like recollection or remembering
  - simple on one level because it is simply being
* leads to higher wisdom and refined conduct
  - insight, understanding, compassion, and love
  - recognition of the energy essence of emotions
* means being truly present with life and allowing it to unfold without judging it
  - fully experiencing what happens in the here and now
  - mind is full, therefore it includes everything
  - paying attention to the details of life, which always brings about new insights
  - simply being there without movement
  - to always be self aware and continually examine oneself
* perceives things deeply and with great clarity.
* permits nonjudgmental attention to ones own mental and physical processes.
* pervades sound and space.
* picks the objects of attention, and notices when the attention has gone astray.
* powerful technique for applying meditative insight to everyday life.
* produces a calming, relaxing quality in our minds.
* refers to keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality.
* relaxes the mind and the body relaxes as a result.
* relieves suffering because it is filled with understanding and compassion.
* requires continuous alertness and attention.

### trait | mindfulness:

Mindfulness meditation
* includes two forms of practice, termed formal and informal.
* skill to be learned like any other.

Mistrust
* is emotion.
* reduces the probability of reporting income, whether exactly or approximately.