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I am not interested in the politics that are going on.

I am bewildered though that given an...

OT: Mindfulness was not created in the USA and it is not Western in any sense of the word. It has been practiced within Hinduism for at least 4000 yrs and likely MUCH longer. Credit to whom credit is due.
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Credit to whom credit is due.
The program known as MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction) is not more than 50 years old and was created in the US, by a scientist (and practitioner) who believed in the very real, clinically measurable positive impact that mindfulness practices can have for sufferers of anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

He's never claimed to 'invent' mindfulness. But he did codify and test a mindfulness protocol that is now the clinical standard. So, some additional credit where credit is additionally due :)
 
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