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There is nothing passive about mindfulness. One might even say that it expresses a specific kind of passion__ passion for discerning what is subjectively real in every moment. It is a mode of cognition that is, above all, undistracted, accepting, and (ultimately) nonconceptual. Being mindful is not a matter of thinking more clearly about experience; it is the act of experiencing more clearly, including the arising of thoughts themselves. Mindfulness is a vivid awareness of whatever is appearing in one__ mind or body__houghts, sensations, moods__ithout grasping at the pleasant or recoiling from the unpleasant.
Sam Harris Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
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There is nothing passive about mindfulness. One might even say that it expresses a specific kind of passion__ passion for discerning what is subjectively real in every moment. It is a mode of cognition that is, above all, undistracted, accepting, and (ultimately) nonconceptual. Being mindful is not a matter of thinking more clearly about experience; it is the act of experiencing more clearly, including the arising of thoughts themselves. Mindfulness is a vivid awareness of whatever is appearing in one__ mind or body__houghts, sensations, moods__ithout grasping at the pleasant or recoiling from the unpleasant.
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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

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