Monday, September 30, 2013

COM 111 / Week #1: My question

Question: What does mindfulness exactly mean in our interpersonal communication?


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  1. Answer:

    It means you are fully aware of your communication behavior (listening, speaking, reacting) during your interaction with your communication partner. You made a conscientious choice to respond to your communication partner in a certain way that is mutually beneficial to both of you and to the society at large. When you are mindful, your posture, your tone, your diction, your demeanor, your attention, your attitude, and even your breathing is in perfect state to engage in interpersonal interaction for best results of this encounter.

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  2. You can start asking question or posting your answers to the previous question here.

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  3. I am wondering this might be a dumb question so some, but can you be mindfulness and mindlessness at the same exact time?

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  4. When you are mindful, your eye of heart is very vigilant and awakening. You clearly know what you are doing and why you are doing it. Also, you do it exactly as you intended, no more, no less. Even your subconscious is revealed to your eye of heart and, thus, under your control. You will nip it at bud. If a person is mindful, everything is reflected on the mirror of your heart.
    But when you are mindless, your eye of heart is taking a lap. and thus let the subconscious slip from your attention. Then, you end up being under the control of your instinct. Most of those instinct exert influence in subconscious level, and thus, are not on the radar of your heart.

    So, my answer is, if you are mindful, it is impossible that you are mindless. One of the great teachings of Eastern sages is to remain mindful. That's way Madeye Moody in Harry Potter caution Potter to be "constant vigilant."



    So, my answer is that you can not be mindful and mindless at the same exact time.

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