The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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As you come into stoneness, begin bringing a kind of listening attention to your heart.

Feel the breath at the heart.

You might ask, what is my deepest intention for being here right now?

As you ask, listen for what feels most sincere.

What is your heart's longing?

What is it that most matters to you?

As you feel into what you care about, whether it is more presence in your life or more open-heartedness,

really understanding truth, living from truth, whatever it is,

just feel the actual experience of caring about this, your aspiration, that it matters.

Being aware of this body sitting here and breathing,

noticing if there is any areas of obvious tension or tightness.

And see if there can be a little natural letting go, loosening, softening.

One of the most powerful ways of creating an atmosphere of friendliness,

befriending ourselves is through the image of a smile.

You might sense wide open space, extending in all directions, a great open sky,

and just visualize and sense the curve of a smile spreading through that sky.

The receptive, open.

Imagine your mind mingling and becoming that great open sky.

Filled with the curve of a smile, wide open as if there is no longer a roof on the room,

merged with that open sky filled with the luminous, receptive energy of a smile.

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