That basic instruction is useful in getting started
I disagree, I think it’s useless even for the very first session. The one who receives such instruction will
immediately shoot themselves in the foot by beating themselves up for forgetting the breath and pretty much plateau from there onward
not understand the relationship between awareness and attention, rendering the practice useless for building mindfulness (and they will probably fall asleep)
not understand the process and not be guided to develop joy in the practice, therefore not be motivated to practice consistently and dilligently, therefore probably drop the whole thing soon
I disagree, I think it’s useless even for the very first session. The one who receives such instruction will
immediately shoot themselves in the foot by beating themselves up for forgetting the breath and pretty much plateau from there onward
not understand the relationship between awareness and attention, rendering the practice useless for building mindfulness (and they will probably fall asleep)
not understand the process and not be guided to develop joy in the practice, therefore not be motivated to practice consistently and dilligently, therefore probably drop the whole thing soon
and so on, and so on.