Observing only

If you take one deep breath, look inside and your battery instantly starts recharging — your mindfulness is in good hands.

It means you are not only familiarizing yourself with your emotions, thoughts, and body sensations — you also make use of the data. Make a lasting change, and prevent triggers from managing you.

It is demonstrated by one of the tangible results of your practice: you can center, and ground in equanimity effortlessly.

But if mindfulness is alone in your mind training toolbox — the more you look inside the more you find…

If you only watch

If you do nothing about your daily unwanted emotions and thoughts, only register their repetitions — mindfulness becomes a discouraging (and futile) hurdle.

Quick fixes (diversion, suppression) are also in the “doing nothing” category. 😉

To do cleanup

However, if you learn from your experiences, use the data of your emotional litmus — looking inside becomes a rewarding experience.

The first step in the emotional reframing cycle. If completed, these milestones deliver a “to do cleanup” and the new you.

5 milestones of compound change:

1. Am I mindful of my state of mind?
2. Do I notice an unwanted reaction?
3. Do I need to reframe root causes?
4. Did I complete the reframing?
5. Did the change integrate?