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

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So welcome, everyone, to our morning's meditation.

And one of the invaluable areas to care for, be careful with

and caring is, has to do with our thinking, thinking during meditation. Some people are at war with our thoughts.

Some people are enamored with their thoughts. Some people are 100% committed to their thoughts.

Some people are subservient to the authority of their thoughts,

that every thought is true or something.

But in meditation,

the idea is to start learning how to think

and what to think about that supports samadhi.

And at this approach stage of samadhi, there can still be thoughts.

But the difference is that now the thinking comes from a deeper layer, level, deeper source within us than anxious

thoughts, desirous thoughts, thoughts that have a lot of clinging involved or force behind them

or a lot of ego or self around them. And the thoughts that come into play are quieter, softer, lighter, more like they float through

rather than they don't have any force, they don't have any force behind them,

or there's no tension connected to them.

And they are thoughts that have to do with the meditation itself.

Very simple thoughts about, yes, this is good, yes, here is where the attention should be.

What happens if I come a little closer in to the sensations of breathing?

What happens if it open up more widely to the sensations of breathing?

Can I just stay longer with the sensations of breathing? These very simple, sometimes they're a little

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