During the 2011 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosopy at the University of Toronto, discusses neurophenomenology (bringing neuroscience together with the perspective of lived experience); the nature of consciousness; the role of philosophy in inquiring about brain and experience; working with Francisco Varela; the work of Thomas Metzinger; Mind and Life’s collaborations among western philosophers and phenomenologists, Buddhist contemplative scholars, neuroscientists and others in the study of consciousness; and the long future of this area of study.