Let us hone our expertise to witness the charade of gain and loss arising each moment. Seeing the eight worldly winds, impermanent, not giving in when the mind perches in 'self', purify wrong view, empty the basket, and begin here where we are, balanced, the Middle Way. A talk given during a Covid-19 online retreat with Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto (SIMT) August 2020.