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Arnold Vance wrote: <<Mindfulness is never independent of the positions people
take, society being its outwardmost expression. You can even say hyperreal
society has no position, but that itself is a position, and all of us its
positors. No solution is offered. Only water. Drink at your own risk.>>

Mindfulness is exactly what is independent of the positions people take, society
included. It is simply a blank template, to be applied to whatever content it
encounters, and it does not vary while the content varies. It is what allows the
practitioner to see behind the positions that he takes, see through them, see
past them, and get rid of them altogether, so that he no longer need to fake up
any position he can then stand on.

If, as you say, mindfulness was never independent of the positions people take,
then Buddhism would be a total fraud and a waste of time. It is instead the
instrument for transcending all positions, including society, and it is the
solution that is offered in Buddhism.

That is the difference between Buddhism and you, dear.

Tang Huyen