Once again, Sessions had skillful responses.
The skillfulness response scale in the survey ranged from "1 = not at all skillful" to "4 = very skillful".
Specifically, Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) integrates coping skills from cognitive-behavioral relapse prevention therapy with MM practices, raising awareness of substance use triggers and reactive behavioral patterns, and teaching skillful coping responses.
The program produces indicators for frequency, adequacy, and difficulty in relation to the type of reaction: skillful, passive non-skillful, or active non-skillful.
Responses then emerge as skillful action, compassionate expression.
But the Tibetan government's response has been less than skillful, with incendiary speeches that have been easily interpreted as encouraging violence.
This example may imply a rather reflex-like notion of learning, but Merleau-Ponty's theoretical apparatus extends all the way to typing, sewing, and other forms of skillful coping (Dreyfus, 2014) that solicit intuitive responses from involved agents.
"The skillful speaker gets, at the outset, a number of 'yes' responses.
The practice of mindfulness throughout the day is hypothesized to enable one to make intentional, skillful choices such as responding to stressors with appropriate actions, as opposed to acting on 'automatic pilot' with conditioned responses that can be emotionally arousing or harmful.
