context matters w/ @evantthompson

“Steps to an Embodied Cognitive Science of Mindfulness”
when did “mindfulness” become the new cure-all for life’s woes? i have spent considerable time in the presence of several senior buddhist meditators/teachers and have practiced zazen for a couple of decades (in and out of communities) and while it is a useful way to cope with some things/happenings it hardly changes, let alone fixes, everything.