This week we have been working with the basic premise of mindfulness: paying attention to what is happening right here, right now… without judgement.
Why the last segment – without judgement? Well, judgment is another way of saying we create stories around what’s happening. We label it, we have opinions about it. This gets in the way of being present.
Judgement is a form of contraction. If we are going for moment to moment awareness, it helps to be open-minded; to support an expansive, non-resistant mind, allowing for what’s next and then receiving it just as it is.
A smile promotes acceptance. It welcomes the current “now” and invites the next one into your experience… with ease. Meditation is the practice of staying in the now and it helps free the mind from repetitive patterns of thinking, or at very least, it makes us aware of those patterns. That’s something to smile about!
Happy meditating.