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So this evening I'd like to talk about mindfulness or loving awareness as both a gateway and the

destination and to talk about the dimensions of it in a way that I hope is helpful for you who practice and in your practice.

And speaking of Gateway, it's important to say that these teachings and Spirit Rock and the community welcomes you all,

whatever particular body you were born into,

whatever your class or sexual orientation, or whatever your gender identity, or whatever

your race, whatever your political point of view, whatever background. whatever

background you have, the gates of the darma are open and inviting to say here are practices and understandings, may they serve you.

So as you listen to this tonight, to the teaching you can do it as a kind of meditation in itself as a reflection.

It's meant to empower, to encourage, to remind you of what's possible in your own heart and mind and what really matters in some way.

And in saying that mindfulness is both the gateway and

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