When a meditator engages in quiet awareness of the "here and now," rather than concentrating on an object, sound, or activity, the person is employing: ?

The person is employing "the open monitoring technique."

In "open monitoring meditation" one starts to practice “awareness of thinking.”  All we should do to rehearse this type of reflection is to know about our musings and emotions and watch them without connection. From multiple points of view the meditator turns into a logical eyewitness of the workings of his or her own brain, and starts to have an expanding consciousness of exactly what considerations achieve changes in feelings: what makes them upbeat and what makes them pitiful.  

the correct answer is individualism and exchange. at this stage, children begin to question the rules, because they can see that there is more than one side to them. different individuals have different viewpoints. they won't be able to reach this stage because of ignorance, a lack of ethics or personal biases. that is because people with that characteristiscs are not able to distinguish what is good or what is bad and they can't pursue their individual interests.