Something Incredible Awakens When You Stop Thinking Mindfulness is a State of Being
This “secret” of the Buddhist tradition is said to be the simplest method for actualizing your mind’s potential power.
“An arhat’s mindfulness is undiminishable.”
This one comment from a modern-day monk in Sri Lanka changed my whole perspective on what mindfulness can do to us.
The Sanskrit word arhat means foe-destroyer, one who has totally rid their mindstream of the obstacles to awareness: sensual desire, ill will, over-excitation, and laxity of attention.
It’s almost unimaginable, unless you’ve met someone who’s reached such a high level.
To be an arhat is to reach the end of the Buddhist path and so thoroughly master one’s mind that you can actually see the subtle elements of causation.
The notion that our awareness can be trained to such an extent was revolutionary for me, a Westerner who had gotten used to a culture of learning things quickly and then proclaiming myself an expert.
