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

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Good morning.

Good morning, everybody.

And as I say, every day, maybe it's not morning where you are.

Just a warm welcome greetings.

Okay, so today is the last day of my stories of Mara, these letters that Mara is sending to the leaders of his army.

But of course, we're going to begin with a guided meditation today.

So, feeling this transition to a sitting practice, taking a few moments to find a comfortable posture, and take your time to notice how you're sitting and make feel your way.

Like what it was, I feel like to be sitting right now.

And to do that in such a way that your awareness is light and open and spacious.

Adjusting your posture in a way that feels like it would be helpful.

And with the awareness being light, just noticing.

Sometimes we have a tendency to really hold on to whatever the object is that we're noticing.

Can we just be soft and gentle, still connected, but with some ease, some spaciousness?

And we're just sitting here.

And in this moment, you don't have to be anything for anybody.

You don't have to be any particular way we're just sitting here.

Allowing yourself to arrive, to land in this moment, taking your seat, whether that's a literal or figurative seat.

But noticing if there's this really subtle pressure, we might say, that there's a right way to do this.

And they have to get it right or see if you can let go of any nuance or subtle idea like that if it's there.

And instead, just tuning into how things are at this moment.

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