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

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Hello and welcome to the second talk of a series called New Vision,

having a new vision through Buddhist practice.

And so the practices of samadhi, the practice of insight,

prepare the ground for being able to see in a new way.

And mostly what that means is to see with clarity, the clarity that comes when we don't

have filters of projections, judgments, commentary, past associations,

hurts, desires, that goes in the very act of seeing.

And it's interesting to go about daily life and notice the times we lock our physical eyes

to stare at something, to be searching for something, to be studying something because we're

afraid of it. And to notice contrast that with times that the physical eyes are at ease,

floating in their sockets, gazing upon something in the present moment,

allowing the present moment objects just be what they are as they're seen, independent

of our associations, meaning-making, projections into the future, independent of what it means and me, myself, and I,

independent of preferences,

independent of our impatience and our to-do list,

just taking a Sabbath for a few minutes to just be present and observe the experiences of here and now.

And in the Dharma, there comes a time when the mind is concentrated, stable in the present moment, the mind is soft and pliable,

and workable and workable in sense that, yes, if we want to be in the present moment, we can stay there.

And deeply at ease, deeply with a sense of well-being.

So there's no hurry, nothing to do, nothing to get, nothing to be,

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