Given the following scenario, describe the mental process a person should employ to handle their distraction, based on the core practice of mindfulness as a developed ability to direct focus.

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Mindfulness originates in Buddhism as a spiritual or psychological sense of awareness also known as sati. According to traditional Buddhist texts, it is the faculty of focus. To practice mindfulness in the Buddhist sense means to notice the path of your attention and intentionally direct it towards a particular object. The practitioner develops mindfulness as an ability.  

Mindfulness as a Buddhist Practice

While the term originates in Buddhism, the concept of mindfulness has grown to describe a general state of consciousness in which a person is more aware and accepting of their physical senses and thoughts in the present moment. Practicing mindfulness is believed to help alleviate mental suffering.

Mindfulness

Kinds of Buddhist meditation practices for the development of a relaxed, stable, and clear mind. Shamatha involves the stages of meditation proposed by Kamalashila in the eighth century. The stages start with a mind, which cannot focus for more than a few seconds (stage 1), culminating in a state of stability and vividness which can be sustained for hours (stage 9). Excitation and laxity are seen as imbalances and their effects are reduced during the progress in these stages. 

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