The Gift of Mindfulness

The Buddha is giving us such specific instructions of what to do to awaken the mind from hallucinations of perception. When we understand this, we see that we are nothing. Being nothing, we are everything. That is all. So this is the great gift of these teachings and all of the teachings in the Satipatana Sutra. It's like a practical guide to awakening. We begin to contemplate the contemplation of Rupa, of the physical elements. Seeing how our recognition and concepts can either lead us into the prison of concept or can frame the experience for a more closer look, or closer observation to mindfulness.