satipatthana

Simile:
If there is gap between two floor planks,dust and sand may enter.If there is no con continuity of mindfulness and there is a gap,defilements may enter.
In the past one had to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together.If one fails to rub continuously,but instead takes a rest and resumes rubbing later,no fire will start.Similarly,if mindfulness is not continuous,the fire of wisdom will not ignite.
manner.People who practise in fits and starts,resting occasionally and then starting again,being mindful for a stretch and then stopping to daydream,are know as chameleon yogis.Non-manipulating The universal characteristic of not-self(anatta)can be applied to the process of no thing and observing the arising physical and mental objects.A meditator must take great care to watch the objects of observation without manipulating,controlling or governing them.He should simply observe what is there-not what he To reaffirm this aspest negatively,the nothing and observing,or mind fulness, of the objects should not have gaps but be continuous; it should not proceed in a stop-and-go expects or wants to be there.Conclusion what can we now say satipatthana is?Satipatthana is mindfulness of any noted object by rushing to ,entering into and spreading over it, so that the mind stays closely and firmly with it. When nothing rising,the mind enters the noted objects;that is,the rising movement of the abdomen.The mindfulness rushes in to it and spreads over it so that the mind stays closely and firmly on this object or phenomenon.The process is then repeated when nothing falling,and so on for all other objects that arise in the body and mind. Therefore in conclusion,sati or mindfulness must be dynamic and confrontational.Mindfulness should leap forward on to the objects,covering it completely,penetrating in to it and not missing any part of it. If your mindfulness has these qualities,then swift progress in meditation is guarnteed and,with the fulfilment of the practice,seeing nibbana is assured....