Mindfulness Research Paper

Ayane Tsuda

Don't just do something-Sit there!: Mindfulness is to strive to focus on the present, paying attention. Regularly practicing mindfulness can improve well-being, lower stress and lead to improved psychological functioning. I learned that "Mindful" and "Mind full" are totally different things. Also, "Meditation" and "Silent prayer" are not different but not same, it depends on the situation. I'm from Japan, So, probably I have that situation more than others. For example, I have an experience called "Zazen", Zen meditation, usually performed in the lotus position. During Zazen, my mind was nothing. I just kept my position and devoted the whole things. Only time was going. After that it made me feel lighter than before. I also

The corollary principle of self-struggle is that the difficulty things are elevated and easy things are reduced the worth. I think that to recognize the struggle is not easy because the struggle and a result are not equal every time. Even if a person makes some effort, it will not mean if there is no result. I think that the struggle is continuing forever until give up. For example, my fiance is an engineer. He has good careers, lots of patents, and skills, too. However, he never stops making efforts because it is always progressing. Moreover, he told me that U.S.'s and Japanese employees are different. In U.S., even if they are really busy, I know many his coworkers including him are working 24 hours and 365 days, they tend to not show that situation others, and U.S. is the result-based human resource management. On the other hand, in Japan, many people will think that Japanese are overworking. I agree with that, but they show their struggle to others, and Japanese tend to focus on the process more than the result, of course the result is important. To recognize the struggle is hard but I believe that the struggle will pay off

There are some types of needs "the need to love and be loved, the need to be truly seen and heard, and to see and hear other people, the need for connection to nature, the need to play, explore, and have adventures, the need for emotional intimacy, the need to serve something larger than oneself, and the need sometimes to do absolutely nothing and just be." And, unsatisfied needs become a hurt. If its needs becomes deeper, our hurt, pain, is also deeper. On the other hand, that needs is required, our hurt is lighter and more happiness. I learned that to figure out the necessity of the needs is not the easy way. Actually, it is hard to know when its needs is required. However, this article says that if we, the needs, aren't required to anyone, our hurt is deeper. I think that many people want to be needed by someone. And, it will be connected to their happiness and worth doing. Even if that pain is still smaller, the pain will be easy to