So a few areas of emphasis in terms of the instructions and then we'll open it to questions.

And the one is to again say that if you keep at the center this intention to discover

what's happening here beyond the veil of thinking, that will really serve you.

You keep noticing thoughts, they're not the enemy, they're just, if you're inside them,

you can't see what's happening.

You know, it's like being in an airplane and flying into a cloud and thinking the world

is the cloud.

It's not until we fly through and sense the whole sky that we sense of the clouds here

and it's okay, but there's more.

And a really powerful practice is as soon as you wake up from thoughts, really just notice

the difference between being in the virtual reality and this mystery, this vividness

that's right here.

Come back slowly, reawaken your senses.

If you establish presence through the senses, then you'll stay longer.

One of the first teachings most people get in the realm of meditation is relaxed and

alert.

And this is really, this is the art, really, because we tend when we practice, as I mentioned,

yesterday to bring our life habits into the practice.

And so either instead of being alert, we're drifting in our trance of the future in the

past, or instead of being relaxed, we're trying to control ourselves so we don't drift.

You see the problem?

It's like, okay, I know I'm just to be here.

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