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Both mindfulness and psychoanalysis are disciplines of cultivating self-knowledge. They should not be mistaken or substituted for each other, but they can support each other. Mindfulness includes many forms but consists of being present in the moment and being aware of one's physical and mental experience in the moment. It is practiced often alone, with intermittent sessions with a teacher and in group retreats. Psychoanalysis was first developed by Sigmund Freud and has been continually revised in the past 100 years. It is both a science of human psychological life and a therapeutic practice to help alleviate human suffering and facilitate growth and development. What follows is a series of reflections about the relationship between the two disciplines.

Ancient traditional therapies do not always stand up to close scientific scrutiny. But when Professor Sykes put meditation under the metaphorical microscope for the second series of Alternative Therapies: The Evidence, which she is presenting on BBC Two on Monday, she was surprised to find that the saffron-robed monks of Kathmandu and the white-coated scientists of Harvard shared more common ground than might have been expected.

Ken Wilber shares a beautiful set of pointing out instructions on the "Myth of the Given" conference call....

Patrick Sweeney point out that, rather than simply helping us to cope, meditation helps us to see clearly through the veil that conventionally envelops our reality....