One of the ways employed currently to remind us to stay mindful concerns bell-ringing. It may be the front-door bell, a church bell, the telephone or a bell announcing a time for meditation. Upon hearing the bell, we stop for three or four seconds for the practice of just listening.

Such a mindfulness exercise sounds very simple and is certainly easy to implement. It is one thing to practice this on a daily basis and it is something else to suddenly stop the mind in its tracks. We are often caught up in a headlong flow of activity, going from one thing to another. To suddenly stop, totally arrest the movement of our mind and body, brings us back to the present moment. We can then pick up the telephone mindfully and respectfully.

Christopher Titmuss, An Awakened Life