Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that's compounded by a factor of trillions.

Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we become more in touch with our life as it is unfolding.

Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.

No one can listen to your body for you... To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.

The importance of the development of the emotional body is hardly recognized today. We are pretty much left to our own devices to come to full adulthood, whether man or woman. Our elders may have become so denatured themselves from a lack of such nurturance that there is no longer a collective knowledge of how to guide the awakening emotional vitality and authenticity of our young people, our children. Mindfulness may contribute to a reawakening of this ancient wisdom in ourselves and in others.

Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.

Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.