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

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And we're not just sitting here.

in a lineage.

kind of continuation of wisdom and love started long, long ago. You're going to be here. Thank you. We don't have to invent wisdom or love.

just take our cues from the momentum of the darma. You're going to. You're going to. Just let your whole body settle. I'm going to the Give your blessing to every imperfection. then.

There are always a thousand things right and a thousand things right and a thousand wrong.

We afford ourselves the luxury of not needing to sort all of that out.

So with a supple heart we take what's offered. You're going to. You're going to. The The less safe we feel, the more unprotected we feel, the more urgent and sticky our thinking becomes. So we relax our body, relax our mind, and attempt to reassure ourselves, our system, that right now it's safe enough to let go.

to fall into the present. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. Maybe we can say that all thinking is coping.

Coping with some sara coping with the intensity of being an animal sentient, vulnerable. I'm going to But we practice knowing, knowing pleasant is pleasant and unpleasant simply is unpleasant. We've practiced listening to the alarm bells that go off in our body,

but not over interpreting them as alarm bells, but simply is unpleasant. A kind of sense of safety and seclusion grows.

And there's less need to elaborate our

ritualistic safety behaviors,

checking on this and that. You're going to be here. We deepen our peace by making peace, making peace with imperfection. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. Our thinking is so innocent. How can we blame something that's been conserved across eons of evolutionary time. But the silence beckons us. welcomes you with open arms. Just as you are. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to. You're going to be here. You're not going to.