Mindfulness is non-egoistic alertness. It takes place without reference to
self. With Mindfulness one sees all phenomena without references to concepts
like 'me', 'my' or 'mine'. For example, suppose there is pain in your left
leg. Ordinary consciousness would say, "I have a pain." Using Mindfulness,
one would simply note the sensation as a sensation. One would not tack on
that extra concept 'I'. Mindfulness stops one from adding anything to
perception, or subtracting anything from it. One does not enhance anything.
One does not emphasize anything. One just observes exactly what is there--
without distortion.


正念是无自我的觉醒，它跟「我」无关。正念使你明白现象只是现象，没有甚麽叫
「我」或「我的」。例如你左脚痛，通常意识会说「我痛」。而有正念的话，你只
是视感觉为感觉，不会加上额外的「我」。正念阻止你在知道後又去增减任何东西
。正念只是如实「觉察」，没有扭曲。

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