A powerful seminar that introduces the heart of viphashyana, or awareness, practice, including the steps toward making a relationship with it, how it relates to shamatha practice. Vipashyana, or "clear seeing," is described in very experiential, understandable terms. Threaded throughout are foundational ideas of Buddhism that inform both shamatha and vipashyana, including knowing oneself, working with neurosis, egolessness. Topics include a detailed description of working with the breath in shamatha; how mindfulness expands into awareness; "unconditional boredom"; how thoughts and emotions are experienced in vipashyana; the loneliness of the journey; and the role of the teacher. Basis for Part 2 of the book THE PATH IS THE GOAL.