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Open Awareness - A meditation style of non-focused attention, allowing whatever arises to come and go freely.
Non-Judgmental Awareness - Observing experiences without labeling them as good or bad, right or wrong.
Present Moment Awareness - Attention to the here and now, free from rumination about the past or worry about the future.
Creeping Normality - The way a major change is accepted as normal if it happens gradually through small, often unnoticeable increments.
Mimetic Desire - Desires learned through imitation of others rather than arising from authentic needs, based on René Girard's theory that we want what others want.
NPC Mindset - Living life like a non-player character in a video game, following imposed scripts without agency or independent thought.
Inattentional Blindness - Failure to notice unexpected stimuli when attention is focused elsewhere.
Boiling Frog - The metaphor that gradual negative change goes unnoticed until it is too late to react effectively.
Felt Sense - Eugene Gendlin's term for the holistic, bodily awareness of a situation that contains implicit meaning before it becomes explicit.
Thin Desires - Desires that provide satisfaction without personal transformation, reproducing themselves endlessly without lasting change.
Open Monitoring Meditation - Meditation practice of non-reactive awareness of all experiences without focusing on any particular object.
Bounded Awareness - The systematic failure to notice, seek out, or use information that is relevant and accessible but falls outside our focus of attention.
Noting Practice - Mentally labeling experiences as they arise to maintain awareness and prevent getting lost in thought.
Social Scripts - Predetermined behavioral sequences and expectations that guide interactions and life choices in social situations.
Just Noticeable Difference - The minimum change in a stimulus required for detection, with implications for change.
Change Blindness - Failure to notice changes in visual scenes, especially during disruptions or when attention is elsewhere.

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