I respectfully disagree, b3makinn. Depending on your definition of “being present” or being “mindful.” His definition of therapeutic mindfulness included loving acceptance. Regardless of the situation in the present moment, if mindful with loving acceptance, it’s possible I hope to remove ego from the situation and start to grasp the infinite and overwhelming magnitude of the universe and the present moment. That is much more interesting than escaping to drift and ignorance to what is happening for real. ❤️

@@rpmuldoo I respectfully would like to suggest 2 ideas. The first is that if free will doesn't exist, and I'm convinced that it doesn't, the 'choice' to escape or not to escape can not rest with the person having the experience. I say that even though I agree with you that in the long run it would be more beneficial to be able to be "in the present". The second point is that there are experiences that people have that make the alleviation of the pain, by not "being present", at least in that moment, all that they are equip to handle. What I would like to see is people becoming more aware of better options. It could be from videos like this, the integrations of these ideas into our educational process, community support, societal institutions that promote "human well being", and the access to these services and ideas for all of us. I'm not extra hopeful about seeing this any time soon, but I can hope.

the presence is not the point. you become present so you can notice your negative thoughts and replace them. just becoming mindful of negative thoughts is pointless if you don’t swap them out for better thoughts to have.

True we didn't descend from apes. We ARE apes.

Better tell christians that 😉