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

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Hello everyone and welcome.

And for this morning's meditation

to repeat that for this

for this week, we are engaged in the aspect of samadhi, which is not considered samadhi quite yet, but is

approaching samadhi. And it's fairly common to think of samadhi as a state of absorption.

Another word that maybe works better for some people,

a state of immersion.

And I think since ancient times,

and sometimes in the modern world,

I listen to people talk about their meditation.

It seems like people come up with this metaphor spontaneously on their own,

without knowing anything about the tradition,

that sometimes immersion in samadhi can feel a little bit like taking a comfortable safe dip under water in a cool, refreshing

or a warm pool of water, kind of floating and then sinking a little bit and getting completely

saturated and absorbed, immersed, and then coming a little bit and getting completely saturated

and absorbed, immersed.

And then coming out of samadhi is kind of like

rising up and the head comes out of it.

And so right now we're approaching.

And slowly the approach we get closer and closer.

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