067-Experience mindfulness - Buddhism in daily life

Experience mindfulness

In our overstimulated, complicated and anxiety-filled world, we need to reflect on ourselves, learn to cope with fears, uncertainty and limitation. The Buddhist trend with "mindfulness" brings an enjoyable counterpoint that brings a change of attitude.

Prosperity problems such as emotional or physical exhaustion, fatigue and sleep disorders have become almost normal, the health condition of the majority is alarming, hysteria has left deep notches in people's state of mind. Professional stress brings further mental stimuli, constant accessibility and an office in one's pocket results in even more pressure. Added to this are fears of loss, jobs are no longer secure, the threat of slipping is looming.

However, many people now want to take their own destiny into their own hands again, to "optimize" their own ego, to give their own ideas more room again.

Buddhists always have the topic of "mindfulness" in the back of their minds, since the great teacher urged his followers to live mindfully, to stay in the here and now, not to digress.

The average Central European increasingly feels a longing that finds expression in the trendy term mindfulness. For the average person, this is less about meditative rapture and more about a certain degree of well-being, which is said to come from Buddhism in particular. Mindfulness as a countermovement to the constant "more", to the always "higher", to the all-round "further", as a counterpole with a lot of calmness.

Now many non-Buddhists also want to learn to switch off through yoga and meditation, to finally master the flood of information.

But mindfulness exercises cannot suddenly make the whole world a better place, people are just the way they are, our environment is not necessarily interested in our efforts. Here it is then necessary to clearly communicate the limits of mindfulness, to convey to those around us that we are not seeking harmony "at any cost." Buddha admonished his disciples to always seek reality, not to take refuge in illusions just because we want the world to be "different" than it really is.

Not "more" but "less" should be our most important thought, the constant striving for material things must be stopped. The relationship between people must change, mindfulness in dealing can only really work if this attitude becomes a fundamental consensus. But will such positive values ever become generally valid attitudes to life for the majority? Not at first, but the issue has potential.

Buddhism brings the important questions of our time as a topic into the consciousness of the people, the teaching of the Indian prince holds all answers ready to go mindfully through life.

The path is the goal!

Difficult to fathom, great in arts, the mind revels in thoughts. Happiness is only for the wise, who keeps it mindfully in bounds.

- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480

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