Research Reflections: Awakenings
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2022-12-17
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7
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During the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters, our team of six research associates
gathered once to twice a week and meditated before starting our qualitative duties. Our
study, titled Interviewing Zen Buddhists on the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
Validity (Sabellano-Tsutsui et al., 2022), benefited from our practicing conscious awareness
of our thought patterns and breathing. Our participants, Zen Buddhists of over 10
years, completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale—a scale aimed to measure
mindfulness—while voicing aloud their thoughts on each item. Since they spoke about
their experiences and awakenings in Zen mindfulness, we found it helpful practicing
mindful awareness ourselves under a trained associate Zen teacher who is also a member
on this research team. This personal practice allowed us to better understand and
represent the nuances of mindful awareness. Our team found that meditating together
helped us to better focus, be more productive, connect with participant interviews, build
teamwork, enjoy our work, and realize our true selves.
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