Focused attention: the capacity to sustain one’s concentration, ignore distractions or let go of them when they arise, and refocus attention on the intended object of attention 2. Open awareness: the experience of presence of mind in which a state of being receptive to objects within awareness but not getting attached to them or lost in them is sustained 3. Kind intention: the ability to have a state of mind with positive regard, compassion, and love internally (what is sometimes called “self” compassion, which we are calling “inner compassion”) and interpersonally (what is sometimes termed
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