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

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So good evening everyone. This is maybe a little bit loud. Let's see if, so how's that, let's see now?

That's okay? Okay. So maybe we can start a little bit slowly and it is because

of the weather maybe some people still coming.

And one way to start a little slowly,

see if you have any questions.

If those of you are here for the first two weeks,

do anything that came up for you in your meditation practice,

or if you tried it at home or questions from the instructions

last week or anything.

Yes. Yes, yes.

Yeah, if you speak loudly with my sake, there it comes.

I was wondering about, we talked about like your body and sensations in your body and

going towards things that are uncomfortable in your body. And what I wanted to know was I found myself sort of

bargaining with myself like well if I pay attention to it long enough and go deep into it, it's, you know, it will dissolve and won't make me feel so miserable anymore.

And then when that doesn't happen, I find myself not knowing what to do.

Because...

Yeah, so the wiser...

So sometimes that can happen.

We go into it and changes and something relaxes. But to spend too much

time wanting that is a distraction from the mindfulness practice. Because what we want to

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