Quite often i see posts, both here and elsewhere, where it is said that someone can't quite have a grasp on what mindfulness or All-Day-Awareness really is. Something that I've been thinking about recently sparked an idea. People who are blind can develop the ability to use a sonar-like system through a series of clicking, similar to what bats and dolphins, et al, use to navigate. In order to use this system, the person must be very attuned to their environment to differentiate the return signal. In other words, they must to an extent become adept at mindfulness/ADA to be good at it, because they are having to tune into other senses to a much higher degree.

If the sighted person could take a step back for a moment and try to view the world around them the way a blind person does, I think you would have a much closer understanding of mindfulness/ADA. I think you would have a much greater likelihood of applying the concept. It's similar to one of the bugaboos of LDing for those who have not accomplished it yet; if you haven't reached into an LD and experienced the state, how do you know for sure your goal?

Hopefully this perspective turns on a slightly brighter light for understanding mindfulness/ADA.

Thanks for reading.