In this episode, we deep dive into some questions about meditation after the Vipassana style. The questions range from ones concerning what the technique promises to do for you viz. judgment free observation of one’s sensations, how it compares to other styles of meditation, and how it also jibes (or doesn’t) with much of what passes as “spirituality” from within the self-help and self-development spaces. A discussion of the “negative” emotions and how Vipassana encourages sitting with them to get through them develops as the concept of what enlightenment is on this understanding arises. The notions of impermanence, the place of death in life, as well as some observations from philosophy and psychoanalysis are peppered in, as we strive to find some sort of accord between a multitude of differing perspectives.