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So tonight I want to continue the theme of identity and particularly talk about the identity of the Bodysotva.

How was it to talk, by way? How was it to talk by the way?

Did you enjoy it?

Some are nodding yes.

Was it a little too much?

A lot of people are nodding yes.

Isn't it nice that it's quiet again?

I mean, they're lovely people and all, but you know.

You really get a sense of the beauty of the silence as well and this evening that kind of missed in the rain like out of one of those beautiful Chinese, ancient Chinese watercolors.

So the question people have is how to leave the temple, going back to work, to family, to relationships, to the society and world and to the elections

and all of the you know

madness that's out there and beauty.

And so there are just a few simple things to remember.

The first, you've learned as you sat and walked and so forth to not be so judgmental.

Your mind has a mind of its own, it's a little bit mad sometimes you may have noticed

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