(keywords) (approx. 25 mins. - this talk is slightly edited.) Liking, disliking, lost, for and against, dead-end, chaos, middle way, dilemmas, affirming, clinging, alternative, fixed position, emerging sense of self, spiritual companions, Mahamangala Sutta, ‘my way’, conventional religion, cooperation, The 3 Refuges, prefect wisdom and compassion, faith, order and chaos, 3 different levels of intensity of suffering, 3 different sources of suffering, present generated dukkha, old unmet dukkha, adopted dukkha, intense challenges, fear of uncertainty, belief, ego, news broadcasters, personality, science and technology, spiritual faculties, attaching to feelings, laws of consciousness, disciplining attention, attending to the heart’s sensitivity, tennis, writing, computer coding, preferences, balance, hurt ourselves, stroke, vociferously complaining, catastrophize, cause and effect, climate change, intense enthusiasm.