Mindfulness is participatory observation. The meditator is both participant
and observer at one and the same time. If one watches one's emotions or
physical sensations, one is feeling them at that very same moment. Mindfulness
is not an intellectual awareness. It is just awareness. The mirror-thought
metaphor breaks down here. Mindfulness is objective, but it is not cold or
unfeeling. It is the wakeful experience of life, an alert participation in the
ongoing process of living.

正念是參與性的「觀察」，禪修者同時既是參與者也是觀察者。他觀察自己的感情與
動作，而同時去感受它們。正念並非思考的覺知，它只是知道，就如同鏡子物來則應
般地反射。正念是客觀的，但不是冷漠或無感情。正念是清醒地體驗生活，是生命過
程中覺醒的參與者。

                        ∼待續∼