Present-time Awareness
Mindfulness is present-time awareness. It takes place in the here and
now. It is the observance of what is happening right now, in the present
moment. It stays forever in the present, perpetually on the crest of the
ongoing wave of passing time.
now. It is the observance of what is happening right now, in the present
moment. It stays forever in the present, perpetually on the crest of the
ongoing wave of passing time.
If you are remembering your second-grade teacher, that is memory. When
you then become aware that you are remembering your second-grade
teacher, that is mindfulness. If you then conceptualize that process and
say to yourself, "Oh, I am remembering," that is thinking.
you then become aware that you are remembering your second-grade
teacher, that is mindfulness. If you then conceptualize that process and
say to yourself, "Oh, I am remembering," that is thinking.
--Henepola Gunaratana, from /Mindfulness in Plain English/
