| Autor: |
Rosenbaum, Robert, Bohart, Arthur |
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Humanistic Psychologist; Mar2021, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p122-132, 11p |
| Abstrakt: |
Jon Kabat-Zinn (1994) has provided a widely accepted definition of mindfulness as a form of nonjudgmental, purposeful attention in the present moment. This definition, while helpful, can be somewhat limiting. In this article we discuss various aspects of mindfulness we feel require more nuanced consideration. Attention is not the same as awareness, and its cultivation can become distorted into a pursuit of vigilant alertness directed toward the objects of attention rather than a more fully engaged style of participant-observation. The emphasis on purposefulness in mindfulness can lead to self-centered cultivation of a skill set rather than the mutual co-arising of experience that is central to psychotherapy. Furthermore, "in the present moment" can constrain practitioners to a reified notion of time that does not fully acknowledge its subjective (and intersubjective) qualities. To think we understand what mindfulness "is" substitutes mastery for mystery and, in the process, limits its potential for radical transformation. Mindfulness heals by virtue of its being ultimately ungraspable--a joyful dance instead of a therapeutic technique. Mindfulness is not a skill; it is a gate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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