'Mindfulness is the way to the Deathless.Unmindfulness the way to death. Those who are mindful do not die, whereas the unmindful are like the dead.' - The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 21. Awareness, or mindfulness, is the keystone of the Buddhist path and of any truly human life. The Buddha's teaching on what awareness is and how to practise it is vast, profound, and takes us far beyond what we might usually associate with the word 'mindfulness'. It requires a willingness to open our heart and a good deal of courage to enter upon this way. Are you up for the challenge? On Tuesday, Punyamala will be exploring how we can bring our mindfulness to the crucial juncture in our experience, the gap between feeling and craving. This point - the point of freedom, also sometimes referred to as the battleground of the spiritual life - is where we can start to change the habits that bind us to the Wheel. It’s the point where we can move from the reactive mind to the creative mind, move closer to the Buddha.