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

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Okay, welcome, welcome folks.

I'll be to be with you and yeah actively excited to meditate.

That may not mean my instructions are good, but I'm excited to meditate.

So yeah, let's... Good, but I'm excited to meditate.

So, yeah, let's settle in together. Thank you. Thank you. Maybe beginning by by

by finding something that's genuinely inspiring.

Something, anything that inspires the longing to get somewhere. The longing for the Dharma is different than that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Let's see where your attention is drawn.

See what aperture of attention, how coarse or subtle the anchor might be everywhere.

It's not grating yourself, It's not creating yourself.

It's just attuned to the conditions of the mind in this moment.

What serves? what serves. You know, You know, Thank you. The The raw materials of awakening perhaps are always here. are always here. Don't go looking out there.

Don't even go looking inside yourself.

If you're looking, you're lost. Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. We're practicing relinquishing the notion that

relinquishing the notion that pleasure is better than pain. Ordinarily pleasure signals that it's okay to relax a little bit and pain mobilizes our behavioral

repertoire and words and... We're practicing this very

this very radical inclusion. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Maybe we fear there's not enough goodness if we relinquish our willfulness.

At the moment, the path, waking up depends on our will and doingness.

But you've already done enough.

The willfulness cannot take us any further. Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. Maybe it feels like, well, it's my job to prop up the attention, direct the attention, to the breath, to whatever.

But, um, the awareness won't stop even if you cease propping up the attention. Maybe it's a little sad that I have no jobs left. But very relieving. Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. You know, You know, Thank you. The

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