is a mindfulness teacher, a frequent guest of the "Ten Percent Happier Podcast" with Dan Harris, a professor, and an ordained Buddhist monk.Stop Missing Your Life: How to be Deeply Present in an Un-Present WorldIn it, he describes a workshop where he encouraged hundreds of Fortune 100 executives to sit silently and listen to a bell ring three times. This exercise is meant to help people focus on the present moment.
The instructions were simple: I'll ring the bells three times. If you'd like to close your eyes, you may. All you need to do is bring your full attention to the sound of the bell until it dissolves back into silence."Don't worry, it will be easy," I assured them. "And it will only take about a minute."
"I liked the quiet," one woman said. "I think that's a new experience for all of us ... at least at work. I didn't want it to end." Some skeptics might think that I'm suggesting we clear our minds of thoughts, never think about the future or the past, and just focus on what is happening right now, all the time, in every moment.
Where does our attention go, moment to moment? What does our mind reflect on when we're not aware of it? — and then being more intentional about where and how we direct our attention.
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