One of the greatest tools of self discovery is the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness is the discipline of becoming aware of our thoughts and feelings as they occur. When we practice mindfulness, we do so from a detached, nonjudgmental perspective. We simply observe how we show up in the world without making ourselves “wrong” or “bad” when we witness ways of being that no longer work for us. Mindfulness gives us the opportunity to step outside ourselves and ask the questions: What pushes my buttons and rocks me off balance? Am I thinking my thoughts or are they thinking me? What thoughts and feelings are running me? Am I swept up in painful emotional drama? What ways of being no longer serve me?

It is not uncommon for people at some stage on their spiritual path to feel like part of life is “spiritual” and part of life is “worldly.” Unlike meditation, breathwork and other disciplines, mindfulness is done in the moment in our daily lives. Mindfulness is about living our spirituality fully in the world and provides a unique access to personal power.

Simply creating awareness of the things that are running us allows us the opportunity to create new and empowering experiences. If we observe ourselves reacting in anger, we know that we have the ability to respond with love.

Mindfulness, at its most basic level, gives us the conscious power to create our reality. In each and every moment, have the opportunity to choose how we experience life, and that opportunity begins with pure awareness of the choices available to us. In that awareness, we can choose to live from habitual reactive patterns, or use our discernment to respond with new possibilities.

At a deeper level, mindfulness gives us access to our true nature as spiritual beings. By watching our thoughts and feelings, we begin to de-identify with them. Many human beings are completely identified with their thoughts and emotions, and that is their only experience of life. Through mindfulness, we step beyond our thoughts and emotions. We create a space between ourselves and what we are thinking and feeling. In that space, we begin to experience the magnificence of who we really are – spiritual beings living a human experience.


Munishwar Walking Tall is the spiritual head of Mahavatar Babaji Ashram www.mahavatar-babaji-ashram.org and Mahavatar Babaji Mystery School www.mbmysteryschool.com. Munishwar is an ordained interfaith minister, a Master Teacher and Master Healer, a mystical clairvoyant, a shamanic apprentice and a life coach.