Written by: Ora Nadrich, Executive Contributor
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Oftentimes we find ourselves pulled into the rat race that has become so prevalent in our modern lives. We rush through our days, while also sensing that there’s more that life can offer that there’s rich meaning that may be eluding us. But how do we uncover them? How do we connect to them?
Behold Mindfulness. Practicing Mindfulness is a way to heighten our present-moment awareness and rein in the random thoughts swirling in our heads. It’s an innate superpower that we all can access. As we stay focused on the present, we’re able to look more deeply into what we’re actually feeling in that moment. Mindfulness opens our minds so that we can see with total awareness.
Practiced consistently, Mindfulness is our link to the attainment of a type of metacognition. We go beyond what we normally see and are able to see what we’re seeing with total awareness deeply aware of everything and everyone around us simultaneously. We experience laser-sharp perception.
Mindfulness awakens us to the contents of our minds, of what we’re thinking and feeling. With heightened awareness, we observe our thoughts and feelings with acceptance and non-judgment. By being present, we know when our spirit needs tending. In this state, we’re better able to wisely guide ourselves. In essence, we come into contact with our higher-order thinking skills.
The more we use our Mindfulness superpower, the more we strengthen it and are able to take advantage of the abundant, even mystical and transcendent gifts it brings to our lives. Our present-moment awareness consciously triggers neurotransmitters, which make us feel elated or euphoric.
Practicing Mindfulness not only keeps us awake to the world around us, but it keeps us aware of the impermanence of life. It gives us a greater appreciation for each moment as we realize that the moments of our lives matter.
Use these higher awareness practices to connect with your Mindfulness superpower:
1. Start the day mindfully. When you open your eyes in the morning, take a few moments to connect to your breath. Put your hands on your heart and feel your chest rising and falling with each breath.
2. Relinquish your ego-driven self. Learn to value slowing down and quieting the mind by refraining from the impulse to manipulate the world, or your thoughts about your world, to feed your ego. Get out of your own way and out from under the drama you create. Don’t let your “small self ” run the show. Aspire to heighten your awareness, raise your consciousness and continue on the path of spiritual development with the veils of falseness lifting one by one.
3. Tend to your spirit. When you feel a type of emptiness, or weariness, that’s your spirit telling you something, something extremely important. Instead of choosing to distract yourself or even anesthetize yourself listen to what your spirit tells you. Think of your spirit as the wind that propels your boat to sail and move through life with vitality. Tending to it can mean anything from meditating, practicing yoga, sitting in contemplation, taking a walk in nature, gardening, playing with a pet, making love, painting, serving someone in need or moving to music.
4. Connect to a sense of oneness. As you begin to explore life beyond the surface, you soon begin to know there is so much more to see and know. You are part of the collective, the universe, the cosmos, the oneness and the supreme consciousness that breathes life into us all. Consciously become aligned with it. In this way, Mindfulness will lead you down a divine path. If you keep your mind open and your thoughts illumined, truths will be known to you when you are ready to know them.
5. Open yourself to a higher consciousness. As you connect to your Mindfulness superpower, making time for present-moment awareness and exploring life beyond the surface, you’ll find the moments of your life become rich with meaning. You may feel the shift from the mundane to the magical. And with your own shift in consciousness, you help to raise the consciousness of the planet.
Ora Nadrich is founder and president of the Institute for Transformational Thinking and author of Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity, named among the “top 18 books on what an authentic life looks like” by PositivePsychology and “one of the 100 Best Mindfulness Books of All Time” by BookAuthority. She is a certified life coach and Mindfulness teacher, specializing in transformational thinking, self-discovery and mentoring new coaches. Her new book is Mindfulness and Mysticism: Connecting Present Moment Awareness with Higher States of Consciousness (IFTT Press, Nov. 11, 2021). Contact her at oranadrich.com.
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Ora Nadrich, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Ora Nadrich is founder and president of the Institute for Transformational Thinking and author of Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity, named among the “top 18 books on what an authentic life looks like” by PositivePsychology and “one of the 100 Best Mindfulness Books of All Time” by BookAuthority. She is a certified life coach and Mindfulness teacher, specializing in transformational thinking, self-discovery and mentoring new coaches. Her new book is Mindfulness and Mysticism: Connecting Present Moment Awareness with Higher States of Consciousness (IFTT Press, Nov. 11, 2021). Contact her at oranadrich.com.
