Q1 What is meant by the knowing the body, internally /externally from the Satipatanna sutta? 26:01 Q2 When observing the breath, should the meditator focus on the touch, the movement, the energy or the knowing? 19:09 Q3 I experience rushes of heat when sitting which finds tense areas, making them more tense and me angry. What is your advice? 21:27 Q4 You mentioned that the hands are a good place to release energy. Is this true for deep patterns arising in the heart? How do you move energy through your hands? 26:36 Q5 Yesterday you said that piti cannot be generated. I've been taught before to try to develop it. Is there a problem with trying to intentionally develop it? 30:38 Q6 Is cetana only dependent on the karmic blend and the conditions it meets? Are there other factors at play? 41:25 Q7 What can you say about the existence of devas... gods in Buddhism in general. 42:00 Q8 How important is it to collect punya? 44:40 Q9 How can we practice to dissolve the ego and with not noticing the ignorance of the ego?

Repeated comprehension of materiality; * Enlightenment factors promote the growth of wisdom; * Liberations and hindrances; * Seeing the breaking up of formations develops wisdom.

Q1 A few questions for some clarification regarding the three kinds of suffering and suggestions for meditation. 06:22 Q2 My mind often worries more about other people than about myself. I've heard you say that we take care of other people as we take care of ourselves. But I think sometimes we spend more time taking care of other people than taking care of ourselves. Can you elaborate on this? 13:28 Q3 Could you speak on skillful versus unskillful thoughts. 18:05 Q4 Can you speak about centering and arousing good mental qualities at the time of a migraine or brain fog or when the attention is very jumpy. 21:11 Q5 Is there a wise and skillful way to transform a life in pursuit of the fulfillment of big desires and pleasure i.e. lust and wealth into a spiritual practice? 27:22 Q6 How how can I practice non- self in other people's projections of me? 28:58 Q7 Who is the witness, the one being aware? 43:31 Q8 I get glimpses of the sensing presence and awareness, but as soon as it happens I get conscious of it and make it into an object. Then I get frustrated and start to make all kinds of ideas about awareness. How to allow longer glimpses? 42:30 Q9 I feel I have quite a lot of calm and not grasping, choices awareness kind of mind. Sometimes I experience negative stuff being flat, withdrawn and indifferent why does that happen? How do I develop my practice in aliveness and compassion?