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mabarton01 commented on the word recollectedness
I first heard the word recollectedness in a video that neuropsychologist and meditation teacher Rick Hanson, Ph.D., gave for the Foundations of Well-Being program in November 2014. Hanson uses the word in the context of his definition of mindfulness. Here's the passage: "Mindfulness is sustained present-moment awareness. As a detail, in the language of early Buddhism, the tradition that is the basis from which the modern use of mindfulness has emerged...the essence of the...root...word,...sati,...is memory. In other words, mindfulness, in its original sense, which I really like, because it's kind of down-to-earth for me, is recollectedness, rather than forgetfulness." (This is my transcription of the video.)
November 9, 2014