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.

正念是参与性的「观察」，禅修者同时既是参与者也是观察者。他观察自己的感情与
动作，而同时去感受它们。正念并非思考的觉知，它只是知道，就如同镜子物来则应
般地反射。正念是客观的，但不是冷漠或无感情。正念是清醒地体验生活，是生命过
程中觉醒的参与者。

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