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

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So good morning and welcome to this 20th talk on samadhi.

And the topic for the last four days has been related to the unification, the inclusivity of

samadhi, and that we want to bring our body, everything settled together, be here, supportive for the

centering of attention in the present moment, centering it on something like the breathing.

And part of this unification bringing together being whole is involves time.

That we're also living in time, which the only way to live in time is to live in the present moment,

in the way I'm talking about it,

to be continuous through time with awareness.

And in a way where awareness is not hijacked by preoccupations and concerns,

where awareness is not pulled away this way and that, by desires and aversions, fears,

that were settled.

And one way to think about this that works for me is that that of maybe even like riding a slide or being carried in a fast-moving river that's quite safe, but you have to be really present to be in the current and flowing down in a canoe or a raft.

Or surfing, body surfing, board surfing on a wave going.

There's a variety of things that we do that we get carried and flow, skiing for some people.

Maybe sports, sports that are more active as we're doing the sport.

Part of what can be so enjoyable about it is that we're no longer caught up in our preoccupations.

Something about what we're doing brings us into the present moment, into the present

moment activity in a continuous way. And if thoughts are operating, they either have receded

in the background, they're not really relevant, or they're supportive characters in the event.

And so rather than thinking being the main actor,

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