Topics Include: 1) Review of the First and Second Noble Truths. 2) When facing our own death, asking the question who is it that dies? 3) Stephen Batchelor: emptiness is the realization of something that had never been there in the first place. 4) Jeffery Martin and the concept of the Narrative Self: the Problem Solver, the Story Weaver, the Caretaker. 5) Why this narrative self is not who we really are. 6) What does this mean in terms of how we relate to who we think we are? 7) How does this idea of who we are relate to rebirth, reincarnation and karma. 8) Understanding the gift of the opportunity to be alive in this world.
Honolulu, Hawaii
September 21, 2019
60 min