[Avodah] Mindfulness and Being Present in the Moment

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Yonatan Kaganoff wrote:
> However, would you include Mindfulness or "Being Present
> in the Moment" as Jewish values?  For now, I am blurring
> the distinctions between them, even though they are
> distinct virtues.

Plucked out of the air, these sound synonomous to me. If you're "blurring the distinctions", then I suppose they mean different things to you.

If my understanding of them is even close to yours, I'd have to guess that these are very important Jewish values. Mindfulness sounds, to me, like an expression of Mitzvos Tzrichos Kavana, while its opposite, which we are taught to avoid, is Mitzvas Anashim Mlumada, doing thinks brainlessly, unaware of one's actions.

Akiva Miller