Connecting Dharma with death and the deathless.

Drawing from Ajahn Amaro’s teaching on watching the arising of self and the suffering that comes with it.

Reflections on the role of concentration in meditation. Exploring different challenges and subtleties of practice. How we get stuck in striving or judgment when the mind doesn’t get quiet.

Reflections on my early practice. Anecdotes from that time, including hearing John Lennon during a meditation retreats.

The non-verbal reality of experience. Referencing Ajahn Sumedho’s famous phrase.

Meditation focusing on feeling rather than thoughts. Connecting to the nervous system as a source of intelligence.

Beginning with background on the mindfulness and Insight Meditation movement, then moving to “vedana,” the feeling tone of each experience.

Exploring the term “interoception,” the internal sense perception.

Discovering our habitual emotional states by exploring thoughts.

Reflecting on the the feelings that drive addiction and how mindfulness can help.