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Addressing Fundamental Questions About Mindfulness

Kirk Warren Brown, Richard M. Ryan, J. David Creswell

Psychological Inquiry October 19, 2007 DOI: 10.1080/10478400701703344 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex

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Mindfulness involves waking up to what the present moment offers, a practice that sounds simple but is often challenging. The work explores the concept of mindfulness as a way of attending to each moment as both a beginning and an end, emphasizing the difficulty of maintaining present-moment awareness in daily life.

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics Meditation
Keywords Moment physics Psychotherapist Cognitive psychology Psychoanalysis
Citations 300

Abstract

Every moment a beginning, every moment an end. -Salzman (2000) Mindfulness is essentially about waking up to what the present moment offers. It sounds easy, but as most of us know, waking up can be...

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