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

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So, it seems like you heard me before when I said something about the sound being off.

And that seems very odd because the usual button that we require we require for the sound was off so.

But now we hear me again.

So, welcome. And the topic for this week is mindfulness of emotions.

And these emotions are to be respected and cared for and attended to.

They are a very important part of life. and cared for and attended to.

They are a very important part of life,

but not only life, but they're very important part

of Buddhist practice.

They are integral to the whole unfolding of Buddhist practice and to not include our emotional life in the Buddhist practice is to shortchange oneself in the richness and the unfolding

of the practice.

And important as it is, maybe because it's so important, we want to create the right conditions for being present for the emotions, right conditions,

right conditions for our emotions

to reveal themselves to us,

the right way of developing a capacity to hold whatever emotion comes through and that begins with a posture

with a posture that we assume when we meditate.

And whether you're, whatever way you're meditating,

whether it's sitting or lying down or standing

or walking meditation,

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