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

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So, we'll start with guided meditation, short guided meditation,

and maybe I'll start off giving some instructions and then we'll kind of go into the silence.

So, hopefully there's a little bit for everyone.

So, just taking a moment and getting settled in the seated posture.

It's always been interesting to me that some of the most experienced meditators that I know

really take their time to find their posture.

Maybe we could say that during the whole meditation we're continually finding our posture,

we're continually discovering what it means to be centered, to be balanced.

To be upright, I don't think the sitting posture is some particular place we get to,

but is this exploration?

So, just to take a few moments and feel into this body.

What does it mean for this body to be grounded?

And alert.

What does it mean for this body to be at ease?

Letting the eyes close if that feels helpful.

And perhaps taking a few deep deliberate breaths.

And with each out breath.

Just noticing this letting go.

There's some way in each out breath we can let go of the momentum of the thinking mind,

the momentum, the conditioned habitual thoughts, and let ourselves be here.

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