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出營後，他續每天禪修，靜坐時每浮起「安住紅塵」四字。他對我說：「你是臨床心理學家，又主持「靜觀減壓課程」，接觸不少在紅塵中需要助的人，你可否為明報寫寫這個題目？感於邦的熱誠，我遂答允試試。不料提起筆來，過去十多年的片段，一個個親切的臉孔，一把把真擎的聲音，從自然心中走到筆尖，流寫紙上。每一字每一句都融匯著溫暖感恩--感謝邦，這個機會，讓昔日甘露又再滋潤心田。

現代科技不進步，但人類生活並未因此減少痛苦。相反，生活越急速，心理問題好像越多，有什磨方法，能助人們面對今天各種各樣的生活壓力？

上月《溫暖人間》辦的「靜觀當下，安樂自在」講座，心理學家馬淑華藉着靜觀教導減壓良方，講座中她多次帶領參加者習靜觀。本期開始我們錄是次的講座内容，提醒大家，在繁忙生活中也可以習靜觀來面對。

Mindfulness is a gentle way of coming home to yourself. At its heart, mindfulness is about paying attention to your present-moment experience, just as it is, with curiosity, kindness and care. It’s not about emptying the mind or striving to feel a certain way. Instead, it invites us to notice what’s already here – our thoughts,

There are many misconceptions about mindfulness and one of the most common ones is that we are expected to empty our minds from thoughts. Based on this assumption, many people give up mindfulness way too soon, thinking: “My mind is too busy, I can’t meditate”.  In fact, mindfulness doesn’t mean getting rid of thoughts. Our

Much of life is lived on autopilot. We move through our days responding to demands, habits, and expectations, often without real awareness of what is happening within us. Attention is pulled outward, while the body and breath quietly fade into the background. Over time, this becomes our normal way of being. Mindfulness invites a different