Mindfulness is awareness of change. It is observing the passing flow of
experience. It is watching things as they are changing. It is seeing the
birth, growth, and maturity of all phenomena. It is watching phenomena decay
and die. Mindfulness is watching things moment by moment, continuously. It is
observing all phenomena--physical, mental or emotional--whatever is presently
taking place in the mind. One just sits back and watches the show. Mindfulness
is the observance of the basic nature of each passing phenomenon. It is
watching the thing arising and passing away. It is seeing how that thing makes
us feel and how we react to it. It is observing how it affects others. In
Mindfulness, one is an unbiased observer whose sole job is to keep track of
the constantly passing show of the universe within. Please note that last
point. In Mindfulness, one watches the universe within. The meditator who is
developing Mindfulness is not concerned with the external universe. It is
there, but in meditation, one's field of study is one's own experience, one's
thoughts, one's feelings, and one's perceptions. In meditation, one is one's
own laboratory. The universe within has an enormous fund of information
containing the reflection of the external world and much more. An examination
of this material leads to total freedom.

正念是「觉知当下变化」，它观察经验的流程与事物的变化，它看见所有现象的产成、
住、坏、空；生、住、异、灭的过程。正念是时时刻刻不间断的观察事物，它观察现前
於心境上，不论生理、心理或感情上的变化。就好像端坐看戏一样。正念就是观察每个
现像当下瞬逝的本质。视其生、视其灭。看它带给我们甚麽感觉，我们如何回应；看它
如何影响他人。对一意修持正念的行者来说，惟一工作，就是不带任成见地持续直观内
在宇宙的表演。注意！是内在的宇宙。禅修者开展正念不是为了关心外在世界，而是为
了研究自身内证的经验、思想、感觉和认知。禅修就是要把自己当作实验室。内在宇宙
包涵了足以回应外在世界的庞大资讯。检视这些资讯可以导向全然的自由。

                                                            ～待续～