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Disrupting Chain Reactions in the Present Moment

The practice of recollecting awareness throughout the day is the main way that we can prevent ourselves from sowing further seeds of habitual cause and effect. In the present moment we can disrupt these chain reactions. The memory or recollection of awareness creates a gap. Here we are talking about another kind of gap: awareness that can cut through the continuity of our struggle to survive. The practice of recollecting our awareness shortens the life of our fixation. And that seems to be one of the basic but powerful points of meditation practice.

From “Recollection,” in Mindfulness in Action: Making Friends with Yourself through Meditation and Everyday Awareness,  pages 99 to 100.

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