Relationship of different instructions to each other. Many spices, but we don't cook with all of them at once.
Orientation: how to find out and recognize what's going in your mind. (Using the satipaṭṭhāna map)
Relationship: a) getting reliably in touch with and b) learning to relate skillfully to the states.
Shifting attention away from habits.
Mindfulness does not mean 'no discernment' – it is quite capable on discerning what is wholesome and unwholesome.
The interplay of three functions of the mind in helping the contemplative practice.
Appamada – an attitude of care
Sati - a relationship: mindfulness as creating presence
Sampajañña – a value context
The overstretching of the visual metaphor for mindfulness ('observe, witness, get in perspective, look at' can leave us with the (erroneaous) impression that mindfulness can only 'observe' and wait.
Let's not turn mindfulness in the John Silver's parrot on our shoulder.
To bring attention to the right things in the right way is crucial for our path. Through the mindful contemplation of our experience we can gain insight and develop liberating wisdom.
The Four Immeasurables. Brahmavihāra are not mere emotions but constitute different tones of relational empathetic resonance. They constitute nothing less but our humanity.
Brahmavihāras are cultivations not just 'states'. They are more than empathy but intentntional attitudes.
