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

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Hello, everyone.

So, for those of you who didn't hear earlier the week that when this finishes

that they're on 745, we'll switch over to a Zoom room.

And those of you who can stay will have a community meeting, just a gathering,

and maybe talk a little bit about the Dharma or our community.

And I can answer some questions, maybe do a breakout group, we meet each other a little bit.

And hopefully, somewhat simple and friendly time together, and that's a little different than being on YouTube.

I'll post the link later here in the chat, and also it's posted on the IMC homepage.

You'll find two places there. One is under the bottom right where there's what's new.

And then on the calendar, I'm the calendar for today.

So, excuse me a minute.

So, in some conventional way, meditation involves an inward looking,

being really present here for oneself.

And there are variations of meditation that operates somewhat differently,

but it still involves a heightened development of,

a heightened development of personal qualities, nothing else of our capacity for awareness.

And so, there is a kind of focus on this apparatus we are, as a human being.

And I'd like to propose that in the field for the practice of compassion,

that it's invaluable for us to be deeply connected to ourselves in a positive way,

that there rush to be compassionate without having first established a healthy relatedness to this being that we are,

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