“Mindfulness is centrally important on the path, and is said to be always helpful.
…simple mindfulness practice is limited in terms of the depth of reification it can dissolve; and as we develop the different practices we will come to understand exactly why this is.
Despite these limitations, though, naturally woven in to basic mindfulness practice are certain features that do make it a way of looking which, to a degree, both lessens fabrication and exposes some reification. It is in these ways in particular that it can help us realize a modicum of emptiness.”
“First, our investigations around all this need to be sensitive, and probably delicate. The whole area of emotional healing and emptiness is complex, and it asks of us not only great kindness, but also great courage, intelligence, and integrity.”
“Second, I am not suggesting that bare attention is always a better, or even a truer, way of looking than some of those that involve more psychological complexity. Although it can often be immensely helpful, bare attention is also just another way of looking, and one that it would be limiting and unwise to attempt to restrict oneself to continuously.”
Seeing that Frees – Rob Burbea