The mindfulness aims at knowing our true nature

Mind is objectified by default since birth. It is the animal mind that is working in us, always guided by fear, security, pleasure, food and pleasure. It is habitual and heavily conditioned that seeks pleasure, security and fear in the world outside in people, place, objects and events.

We cannot know the reality when mind is objectified. We are fooled by the mind because it claims that we are nothing but experiences of the mind.

When we were born, there was no I. As we grow, our identity with objects and experiences was established. Because mind found pleasure in objects outside, it forgets the other flow that moves inside, behind and above the mind.

Masters say that there are two flow of the mind. One flow moves by default in the world outside, and experiences it gathers to live life. the second flow of mind is complimentary opposite that flows inside. The inside flow of mind makes the mind subjective to discover the subjective reality.

We are beyond the mind i.e. subjective that knows the mind too. This subjective reality, according to masters of Eastern Wisdom, is our real nature. The real nature is full of inner peace and happiness.

The entire journey of mindfulness is moving the mind within by understanding the nature of reality so that mind merges into real self, naturally. The outside flow creates Mamata (passion, desires, cravings fears etc.) and inside flow creates Mindfulness, that purifies, drops and dissolve the mind itself.

To refuse sufferings in life, the mind should change its flow inside, and stop seeking and projecting happiness in the objects, people, place outside in the world. If the mind does know clearly, what is the flow inside and what is purpose of this flow, it can refuse sufferings. Mind should know the nature of real-self and at the same time remove wrong notion and thinking that creates suffering.

Mind is seeking others, it means it desires things, objects and people outside. Mind projects happiness, peace and love in things outside, it means it is seeking peace and happiness in the objects and people. But peace and happiness are not outside, still mind seeks and projects. This is ignorance.

The ignorance of seeking and projecting outside, creates trigger within the mind. This process in the mind prevents us to refuse suffering in life. By habit, mind gives birth to fears, greed, pain and sufferings. Mind continues to seek and project, creates a web. The web creates trigger and agitation in the mind. Trigger further demands mind to seek and project. we start living in ignorance and suffering. Mindfulness dissolves this web of suffering.

Mind works with two flow simultaneously in the journey of self-discovery or mindfulness

Masters declare that (Gita 2.25) the real-self is unmanifest, it is unthinkable, it is immutable, so it is described (by the Shrutis); therefore, knowing it as such, thou should not grieve.

Our real nature is unmanifest – it cannot become object of knowledge or mind

Our real nature is unthinkable – mind cannot know it, it knows by thinking – so emptiness of mind 

The mind works in mindfulness in a unique way – it negates what we are NOT and accepts what we truly are. 

There are thousands of steps in the mindfulness journey. We should remember that there are many steps, may be personalized by the masters during our journey to awakening.