&gt; ... this mind-wandering &quot;movement&quot; has, as far I can tell, a couple of web articles written about it and very few people intentionally practicing it.<p>Every scientific theory, every invention throughout history, resulted from people &quot;mind-wandering&quot;, imagining a reality other than the one in front of them. Mindfulness is not the only legitimate mental activity, in fact it&#x27;s a fad with a name and some slogans surrounding one of many equally legitimate mental states. There&#x27;s nothing wrong with it, unless people start thinking of it as the only legitimate mental activity, a human failing with a long sad history.