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Digital mindfulness is the application of mindfulness practices in your digital life. According to Jon KabatZinn, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medicine School, mindfulness is “a means of paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally”. Here two main key points are emphasized when it comes to mindfulness as a practice in your digital life.
The first point is that you must learn to do things on purpose. For instance, you use your phone as a habitual escape from boredom or stress, which is thought by many as a quick solution to all those negative feelings. But what if you get only negative responses from your phone — the news or posts are negative? Instead of finding peace, you find more boredom and more stress. The solution that mindfulness provides is purposeful and intentional choice. Therefore, you are empowered to choose how to respond to the stimulus (刺激) behind such feelings as boredom, loneliness, and stress and not just treat the symptoms (症状).
The other key is going through the experience nonjudgmentally. When you feel sad or angry because of a post on social media, all you ever do is to go through the experience and let it flow. At its core, mindfulness involves the acceptance of your memories, feelings, and thoughts minus any judgment on yourself or others because of those things. These feelings, memories, and experiences come and go. After they have passed, you are still you and in control. You will become more aware of your inner world. It’s this internal monologue (独白) that pushes you to grab your digital technology (phone, Alexa speaker, TV, etc.).
Digital mindfulness is not about avoiding the negative things in life. Through mindfulness practice, you regain the power to learn from these experiences and healthily deal with the negative. Mindfulness will also teach you to be aware of all your emotions, so you learn to deal with the things that you used to avoid. Finally, digital mindfulness brings you peace of mind in an everchanging and increasingly connected world.
Now, I would rather prefer to think of it as one of many tools that we can use in our daily life.
1. What does the author suggest readers do when they feel stressed in their digital life?
A.Find something interesting to do.
B.Use the phone as a habitual escape.
C.Keep away from the negative responses.
D.Deal with the root cause of the problem.
2. What can we infer from paragraph 3?
A.Negative feelings should be avoided or controlled.
B.Mindfulness involves both acceptance and judgment.
C.Mindfulness helps us fully experience life as it happens.
D.Digital technology is the key to understanding our inner world.
3. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A.How Can You Avoid Negative Feelings?
B.How Can You Define Digital Mindfulness?
C.How Can Digital Mindfulness Help You?
D.How Can Digital Mindfulness Harm You?
4. What will probably be discussed in the next paragraph?
A.Applications of mindfulness in communication.
B.Ways of practising mindfulness in the digital age.
C.Development of mindfulness in medical field.
D.Benefits of practising digital mindfulness in daily life
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