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

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So welcome, welcome folks.

Good to be with you. I'm looking forward to sitting together, practicing in one way or another.

So, yeah, please find your posture. Sitting, standing, hang down. I'm And if there's anything that feels good about stopping,

anything that feels good about stillness, just anchor there.

It doesn't need to be intense.

And the pleasantness can coexist with a lot of unpleasantness, but anchor to whatever

feels good in the stopping. Thank you. And to be drawn into concerns is natural.

And pleasantness. natural.

Pleasiness, mild pleasantness doesn't feel urgent at all, and so it feels irresponsible not to worry or plan tie up the loose ends of the day, week.

One facet of equanimity is just capacity to stay with what feels less urgent. Thank you. You know, You know, You know, Maybe there's something

about your breathing.

You're breathing.

Deliciousness of getting oxygen when you need it. The ripple of relaxation as we exhale what's been used to... Saty Paty Patanah says that we establish mindfulness by placing down creed and distress with respect to the world. In this sense, a mindfulness is

built on the foundation of something like equanimity. We can't turn inwards if we are trying inwards if we are trying to rearrange the external.

And we can't truly turn in words if we're turning in words in order to rearrange the external. Thank you. We get more comfortable just offering our heart up to the moment, trusting, then no matter what happens, it'll be Dharma. You know, You know, You know, You know, You know, You know, Maybe it feels right to open up the aperture of attention. Let me see how much the attention can relax and make objects

are substantial than they are.

The object becomes denser, weightier. In our practice were, uh, making what was heavy light. Thank you. In the world, it's a little quieter,

the awareness, a little louder. Thank you. You know, You know, You know, You know, You know, Thank you. Maybe even your autobiography becomes a little light. Run through with space. Equanimity allows the attention to move without snagging on objects.

Snagging the way a hangnail gets snagged on fabric.

Just keep opening. Thank you. You know, You know, You know, Thank you. The The The

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