Andrew Safer — Mindfulness Instruction, Training, and Consultation—St. John’s, Newfoundland
(c) Andrew Safer 2013 “Mindfulness-awareness” meditation combines both the precision and accuracy of relating to things as they are (mindfulness) with openness and a greater connection to the environment (awareness). Mindfulness allows us to experience sensations, thought processes, moods, perceptions and other mental events without becoming enmeshed in our storylines about them. Instead, we keep …
Andrew Safer presented the following remarks in a panel discussion on Inequality, Poverty and Homelessness on International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2011 at The Lantern in St. John’s, Newfoundland… Equality of “the Person” (c) Andrew Safer 2011 Today we have been grappling with the problems of inequality, injustice, intolerance, and bigotry in the world, …
When we hear the word “meditation”, it is often used to refer to an ideal state of mind that is peaceful and free from thoughts, a state of mind that we do not have, and that we strive to achieve. This is a very different meaning from “meditation” in the context of mindfulness and awareness …