Mindfullness is it not just Prayer in disguise
This morning while having Breakfast (Crunchy Nut Cornflakes for those who want to know) I was watching as usual the News. On it's Friday morning slot I was watching a thing on New apps. This week I ears pricked up at the conversation. This chap had made an app for us to slow down and meditate. Or as modern commentators like to call is mindfulness. So here is the definition I have found on this "new" concept. " A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique." I have unpacked this thought about it. Read about it and now I realise that this can be defined by one simple word and that is yes you got it one Prayer. I think that this modern thinking on meditation and mindfulness is a God given opportunity by the Church and Christian communities to talk about Prayer. For me it is one of the most powerful too