Practice, of both the athletic and the spiritual kind, are quite similar. They both focus on our imperfection by accepting and acknowledging them. Such that spiritual practice is
not a manifestation of perfection, but an acceptance of imperfection. One does not
achieve or attain spiritual heights of compassion, kindness, mindfulness and equanimity; one develops them by meeting the moment over and over again.
When practising mindfulness , we cultivate and strengthen awareness enough to take a step back and not merely react. With mindful awareness , we can insert a gap or a pause between us and what we experience so that we are no longer carried away by our reactive patterns. In that little gap, there exist the freedom to respond in a fresh and less predetermined way.
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