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

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So hello and welcome to this now 30-second talk on samadhi.

And this week, the orientation is a little bit of a review.

And part of the way of presenting this is that when you're practicing meditation, especially

samadhi, but anything, it's really valuable to always think of yourself as starting over as a

beginner. Don't come with a lot of expectations

that you know what to do,

you know how to meditate,

and you're going to just sit down and do your thing.

It better not come with any expectations

and maybe realize that we're often just beginning again.

And that we're all beginners.

And sometimes it's the beginning steps of meditation

that we have to repeat over and over again.

It's invaluable to do that.

We're actually transforming ourselves,

changing ourselves in the background by just starting over and over again.

It's like getting a massage. Something's being worked and relaxing and opening.

And learn to be gracious, learning to be relaxed and willing to be a beginner over and over again

is how we can be an experienced beginner.

And one of the little secrets of an experienced beginner

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