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

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We haven't done this for a long time, make announcements about parking.

This thing about these to be more common, like someone's parking the driveway over there.

It's easy to miss the driveway.

And generally, what we like to do when we come to IMC is not actually to park on this block if you can help it.

Because we want to try to have good relationships with the neighbors on our particular block, the one-way street here.

Of course, if you need to park close by because of accessibility issues, please do.

You park right in front if it's available.

But if you're able to walk, it's also good for your meditation.

It's actually good to come early enough that you have a nice walk to come here and kind of prepares you for the meditation.

And it makes for good relationships with the neighbors.

So, when I was young, I grew up in four different countries.

And there was a period of time where we would actually move between them every year, twice a year, kind of between different ones.

And so, it was a lot of moving and a lot of living in different countries.

And I was born in Norway.

So, one of those four places was United States.

So, I was a foreigner in this country.

And I had this strong wish at the time that I didn't tell anyone.

It was something I thought about in my mind.

I really wished I could get a United Nations passport.

I had heard there was such a thing.

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