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What is Consciousness/Mindfulness

Handbook of Research on Future Policies and Strategies for Nation Branding
The awareness that arises after focusing attention on the evolution of the present moment with a permissive mood, without the person having the intention to change anything or to criticize.
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How Emotional Intelligence and Consciousness (Mindfulness) in Education Can Provide a New Character and Orientation to the Nation
Marios Matheou (Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7533-8.ch012
Abstract
Our nation and state today are going through a difficult period in their life and survival, because the moral principles and values, the principles of democracy, in particular the human principles of mutual respect, respect and empathy for each other, have been damaged. The causes are certainly deeper, and researching, one concludes that the great nursery of democracy is education lags behind in terms of adhering to the principles of education and functional efficiency. The change of orientation of our education towards the inner world of man, the upliftment of the spiritual struggle, and cultivating from the inside out with the skills of emotional intelligence and consciousness will help citizens to reorient themselves and realize that they are part of a nation but at the same time citizens of a global community with broader perceptions, goals, and obligations. The revision of education programs and the introduction in education of emotional intelligence and consciousness will lay the foundations for the creation of a new generation of sensitized and conscious citizens.
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