Simply put, mindfulness is moment-to-moment non-judgmental awareness.

Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.

Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.

But when we start to focus in on what our own mind is up to, for instance, it is not unusual to quickly go unconscious again, to fall back into an automatic-pilot mode of unawareness. These lapses in awareness are frequently caused by an eddy of dissatisfaction with what we are seeing or feeling in that moment, out of which springs a desire for something to be different, for things to change.

Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.

Meditation is like farming... the right soil is required to grow anything, nothing will grow if the soil is polluted by striving or pushing too hard.

Discipline provides a constancy which is independent of what kind of day you had yesterday and what kind of day you anticipate today.