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

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Okay, welcome, welcome folks. Good to be with you. Yeah, nice to see the names.

Okay. be with you. Yeah, nice to see the names. Um, so, uh, so Gilles, uh, teaching retreat. And, uh, here we are. So, yeah, let's practice together. I'm very happy to be with you.

So yeah, please settle in. You know, You know, The Thank you. The Relaxed and alert.

That's what we're aiming to inspire with our posture.

What kind of openness in your chest, whatever phenomena arise come what may available. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Don't be in too much of a rush to assume your inner Dharma posture.

Just give yourself a little time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Be patient, in other words, with the process of settling, with the wayward longings,

with the ways in which before we settle, it feels like we have to worry, just be patient with your mind as it gets enough reassurance from samsara that it's okay to relax. Thank you. You know, Thank you. And then we use our breathing to speak to our vigilance.

We breathe in such a way to signal to our body that's okay, to put down the defensiveness

to signal to our body that our, our clinging is not what's keeping us safe in this moment. Thank you. You know, You know, The Almost anything your worry can do, your breath can do better.

And our whole life

looks different from the perspective of

tranquility.

It's very hard to determine what's actually worth worrying about when we're in a state of hyperarousal.

So we breathe, we keep surrendering to the sensations of breathing.

Keep surrendering to silence, to not knowing. Thank you. You know, You know, You know, Thank you. Being alive is amazing, but the project called my life is a burden.

It's a burden, at least to hold it as a project in all moments.

And so we keep surrendering into the simplicity of the moment, knowing, yeah, we will pick up the weight of the project called my life again. But we don't need to carry it in all moments. What would it be like to be alive to breathe?

What would it be like to be alive to breathe without any sense of project, meditative or otherwise. Just put it down. Thank you. You know, You know, You know, You know, You know, You know, You know, You know, As we seclude ourselves in the moment, settle even just a little bit.

The tranquility connects us with the wholesomeness of the Dharma.

The burden of holding on the relief in letting go. The fire of hatred,

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