In which of the following examples do you think the author will agree that you are mindful? Options: A . &nbspYou are playing a game of cards and you are losing that game. A feeling of disappointment overwhelms you. B . &nbspYou are playing cricket. You have just now hit a six. You are overcome with a transient moment of happiness. C . &nbspYou have been awarded the "The best outgoing student” cup in a function. You are feeling the cup in your hand and looking at the crowd. D . &nbspYou are writing the CAT exam. You see a question which you have solved before. You are very excited for a short period of time. But you are not able to solve the problem and you feel dejected.

In which of the following examples do you think the author will agree that you a

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In which of the following examples do you think the author will agree that you are mindful?

Options:

A . You are playing a game of cards and you are losing that game. A feeling of disappointment overwhelms you.

B . You are playing cricket. You have just now hit a six. You are overcome with a transient moment of happiness.

C . You have been awarded the "The best outgoing student” cup in a function. You are feeling the cup in your hand and looking at the crowd.

D . You are writing the CAT exam. You see a question which you have solved before. You are very excited for a short period of time. But you are not able to solve the problem and you feel dejected.

Answer: Option C
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C
First we need to define what is "mindful". There are lots of examples but we need to look at the defining lines.
Look at the first few lines of the 4th paragraph -
"I am mindful that I am sitting at a table, seeing the room around me, hearing the sound the cards make as I shuffle them, feeling the coordinated hand motions necessary to shuffle them. I must count out the first seven cards to form my playing field. The count tends to develop an inertia and rhythm of its own. Can I remain mindful, or do I get pulled into the counting activity so much that I lose track of my immediate sensory impressions?”
According to the author "mindfulness" is "immediate sensory perceptions”.
Look at the above example. Once you start playing cards you are mindful or you are feeling the environment, seeing the room around and hearing the sound of the cards. Your mind should not distracted by the counting activity immediately. This is the meaning of "mindfulness".
Let us look at option (a) - You are playing a game of cards and you are losing that game. A feeling of disappointment overwhelms you.
When you are playing cards, "mindfulness" means you are concentrating in the game .You should not be overcome by emotions.
Look at these lines in the 6th paragraph -
"But after the initial run nothing plays for a while. My thoughts tell me that I am going to be stuck; I will lose this hand. The disappointed feeling starts sucking my attention in, but I see the feeling and manage to maintain mindfulness.” So "mindfulness" means not to get caught in the disappointment feeling.
Let us look at option (b) - You are playing cricket. You have just now hit a six. You are overcome with a transient moment of happiness.
It has the same problem as option (a). You are overcome by transient emotions when you are supposed to be feeling the game, bat and the surroundings.
Option (d) also has the same problem.
So option (c) is the correct answer. Look at option (c) - "You have been awarded the "The best outgoing student” cup in a function. You are feeling the cup in your hand and looking at the crowd.”
You are given the award. You are mindful as you are feeling the cup and the surroundings. Moreover you are not overcome by the emotions.

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