The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.

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As for a few words about the practice,

if a person

doesn't think about it, just lives their life on a habit,

just gets up and goes about life,

just going along with whatever their mind is thinking,

doing, wanting, wanting.

Then often the reference point for their lives

might be not a very healthy reference point.

It might be emotionally how they're feeling emotionally.

It might be their thoughts and what they're thinking.

It might be things around them that they're attuned into,

which might be unfortunate.

It might be ugly or something they don't like.

They have a version too.

We could have reference points for our lives,

which are not inspiring,

not conducive to some calm or peace or delight or joy.

When we do mindfulness practice,

we can become aware that we have a selectivity process.

We might notice after a while that,

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