> all of them are about fostering awareness
It explicitly does not say that.
Reread your quote, slowly.
> such as mindfulness, *or* focusing the mind on a particular object,
and
> to train *attention and awareness*, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.”
You will note the intro distinctly does not say this applies to all meditation, and that awareness is one of 7 different goals mentioned.
It's a shame you didn't continue to read, particularly the section on definition:
> Meditation has proven difficult to define as it covers a wide range of dissimilar practices in different traditions. In popular usage, the word "meditation" and the phrase "meditative practice" are often used imprecisely to designate practices found across many cultures.[19][20] These can include almost anything that is claimed to train the attention of mind or to teach calm or compassion.[21] There remains no definition of necessary and sufficient criteria for meditation that has achieved universal or widespread acceptance within the modern scientific community.
It explicitly does not say that.
Reread your quote, slowly.
> such as mindfulness, *or* focusing the mind on a particular object,
and
> to train *attention and awareness*, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.”
You will note the intro distinctly does not say this applies to all meditation, and that awareness is one of 7 different goals mentioned.
It's a shame you didn't continue to read, particularly the section on definition:
> Meditation has proven difficult to define as it covers a wide range of dissimilar practices in different traditions. In popular usage, the word "meditation" and the phrase "meditative practice" are often used imprecisely to designate practices found across many cultures.[19][20] These can include almost anything that is claimed to train the attention of mind or to teach calm or compassion.[21] There remains no definition of necessary and sufficient criteria for meditation that has achieved universal or widespread acceptance within the modern scientific community.