Goals/Definitions
What is "experiencing reality as it is"?
Living life with your eyes wide open, experiencing the reality of your connection to the universe, essential "goodness", or essential validity.
The wisdom within each person.
What is Wise Mind.
Name the "What" skills.
What is observe, describe, and participate.
Which "How" skills is riveting yourself to now, doing one thing at a time, letting go of distractions, and concentrating your mind?
What is one-mindfully.
Describe being versus doing mind.
What is doing: you view your thoughts as facts, about the world. You are focused on problem-solving and achieving goals versus being: you view your thoughts as sensations of the mind. You are focused on the uniqueness of each moment, letting go of focusing on your goals.
What can be practiced at any time, anywhere, while doing anything. Intentionally paying attention to the moment, without judging it or holding onto it, is all that is needed.
What is Mindfulness and mindfulness skills.
What is reaching skills breakdown point.
What is the describe skill.
Name the three "How" skills and give an example of each.
What is walking the middle path in mindfulness?
What is finding the synthesis between opposites such as reasonable mind and emotion mind, doing mind versus nothing-to-do mind, self -denial, and self-indulgence, etc.
What is Mindfulness?
What is intentionally living with awareness in the present moment, without judging or rejecting the moment, without attachment to the moment.
State of mind ruled by facts, reason, logic, and pragmatics. Values and feelings are not important.
What is Reasonable/Rational/Logical Mind.
Which "what" skill is throwing yourself completely into activities of the current moment, becoming one with whatever you are doing, acting intuitively from wise mind?
What is the participate skill.
Name the "How" skills.
What is nonjudgmentally, one-mindfully, and effectively.
Name one idea for practicing balancing doing mind and being mind.
Group/Jess judges response.
What are the three goals of Mindfulness Practice?
What is Reducing Suffering and Increasing Happiness, Increase control of your mind, and experiencing reality as it is.
State of mind ruled by your moods, feelings, and urges to do or say things. Facts, reason, and logic are not important.
What is Emotion Mind.
Name 3 ideas for practicing the observe skill.
Define effectively.
What is being mindful of your goals in the situation, focusing on what works, playing by the rules, acting as skillfully as you can, and letting go of willfulness and sitting on your hands.
What is loving-kindness?
What is a mindfulness practice designed to increase love and compassion first for ourselves and then for our loved ones, for friends, for those we are angry with, for difficult people, for enemies, and then for all beings. Loving-kindness can protect us from developing and holding on to judgmentalness, ill will, and hostile feelings toward ourselves and others.
The specific behaviors to practice that, when put together, make up mindfulness.
What are Mindfulness Skills.
Name three ideas of Wise Mind practice.
Group/Jess judges response.
Name one way to practice each what skill.
Group/Jess judges response.
Name two ways to practice non-judgmentalness
Group/Jess judges response.
What are skillful means?
What is taking hold of your everyday life by balancing doing mind and being mind.