element of mindfulness practice and in fact,

is part of my working definition of mindfulness

which is the awareness that arises through paying attention

on purpose in the present moment non-judgmentally

and non-judgmentally is the real challenge

because when you start to pay attention to what's on your mind

you very rapidly discover that we have ideas and opinions about everything

just about everything

and we're always a judging things in terms of I like that I don't like that

I want that I don't want that

this is good that's bad and

it's like a steady stream of judging judging judging

so when we speak of mindfulness being non-judgmental awareness

it doesn't mean that they won't be judgments

it means that you will be aware of how judgmental we actually are

and then not judge the judging

and when we relate to it in that kind of way

then we begin to see that

our judging is very often black and white

its either this or that, this or that

good or bad, like dislike, want don't want

and we get imprisoned by that kind of view but

not being non-judgmental doesn't mean that all the sudden

you get stupid and think well I'm not going to be judgmental

so I'll just walk out in the street

in front of an oncoming truck what difference ,no

it means that we will cultivate discernment this is the capacity to see

what's actually unfolding

but not to judge it but to recognize it and understand it

in relationship to our experience so

when we speak about non-judgmental awareness that's what we're talking

about with tech

talking about a very fine degree of discernment

have clarity wisdom of

understanding the interconnections between things and

at the same time noticing the tendency to

judge quite quickly

like don't like what don't want and to recognize that

actually creates a kind of veil or a filter in front of our eyes

that doesn't allow us to things see, that doesn't allow us to see things

as they are

but I only see them through the lenses of our own

ideas and opinions and likes and dislikes which is practically blinding

to us

so there this is a wonderful discipline the cultivation of

awareness of judging and the

cultivation of a being gently

non-judgmental or not judging the judging that we

do discover in ourselves and over days weeks months and years

we can begin to actually find a way to navigate through

our judging in such a way that it no longer

dominates our lives in quite the same way

and we recognize when it comes up that it's actually

in some sense toxic and the more we challenge it

and the more we rest in discernment and in

pure awareness the more we can live a life like authetically in the present moment

without getting caught by our own habits of mind

a unhealthy if you will habits of mind

Verbatim :Onishi Keisuke 英文聽打：大西啟介 中譯：牧行者