This talk also includes John Teasdale and Jenny Wilks

This talk describes how mindfulness is in an ongoing dialogue with The Seven Factors of Awakening

The First and Second Noble Truths on the nature and origins of Dukkha (suffering) are discussed, with a particular focus on identification and attachment to being (or not being) a particular kind of self.

An overview of the 'refrain' of the Satipatthana Sutta and how it can inform our practice.

Mindfulness and investigation are doorways to understanding the inner critic as a compound of hindrances and self view.

Worlds of experience within which we dwell as a variety of 'selfs' are discussed in light of Buddhist teachings and contemporary cognitive perspectives. Insight into the suffering and non-self nature of unwholesome mind-states transforms our relationship to those worlds.

This talk describes the path of awakening from confusion to liberation.