As you become more awake you actually find yourself with less and less choice about what you do in any given situation. And you have less choice beca… - Ken McLeod

We're going to have to retire the word mindfulness. It's been hopelessly corrupted in English.

By just taking a breath you're moving into attention a little bit and so you get much less caught up in reactivity. A practical application of this in your life is, never say anything before you've taken one breath. It's a very simple practice--changes the dynamics of conversation with other people completely.

Attention, attention, the key to practice, so many teachers have said. It’s true. When we come to know, even a little, this truly miraculous and open nature of our being, we begin to appreciate the jewels and riches in these very simple instructions that come down to us through our teachers.