Video: The Difference Between Being Hijacked vs. Being Aware

In this video I provide a simple explanation of what I believe to be the most important concept in mindfulness and meditation: the distinction between distraction and awareness.

After trying to study meditation for a couple of decades, I finally got into it through Sam Harris’ app, Waking Up. And one of the first things I realized when starting is that you’re either distracted or you’re not.

And most of us are. Most of the time.

It’s remarkably simple, then, to become a practitioner. You simply have to work to spend less time distracted.

I’ve have a place to capture my journey with all this, and perhaps it’s arrogant to practice for a few months and think I’ve found the most important thing.

Maybe after 10 or 20 years I will think some other concept is more fundamental to awareness and meditation than this distinction.

But I doubt it.

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