The same is true of Christianity. The Gospels in their written or even oral form are not the living teaching of Jesus. The teachings must be practiced as they were lived by Jesus. If while we practice we are not aware that the world is suffering, that children are dying of hunger, and that social injustice is going on everywhere, we are not practicing mindfulness. We are just trying to escape.
Mindfulness is hunger in context.
As our hunger grows for a clearer common story of our identity, our awareness of the context can grow as well. While I was gone, my stories of Seekers included the vision of a new home on Capitol Hill. I had Pennsylvania Avenue in mind, even though I know we seem to have lost our opportunity to move there. But the vision of Seekers in that context is still alive within me. I got back to the office to find a note from a colleague who knows the Capitol Hill neighborhood well.