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

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So welcome, everybody.

So before I start, I have two announcements, but it sounds like that volume is a little bit high.

Thank you, Jim. If we can turn it down, there we go, thank you.

Otherwise I, yeah, I end up doing something weird with my voice if I feel like the volume is a little bit off.

Two announcements. There will not be a gathering on December 25th, Monday night December 25th.

We will not have something here.

And the next week, January 1, I'm going to change the time a little bit.

I'm going to have a start 15 minutes earlier, so at 715 and end at 830. So the meditation will be 30 minutes will be a longer I'm

sorry shorter and so that and then the dermatoc will be the same

seven fifteen to eight thirty just with a night ands a little bit earlier

so those are my kind of like two announcements. I guess we have a few more Mondays with the regular schedule and then January 1 will be the new schedule.

I'll try to remember to and then January 1 will be the new schedule.

I'll try to remember to make sure that that's,

the calendar will be changed.

I'll try to remember to make sure that the website gets changed too. I mean that there's a notice. But if you end up showing up at 8 730 that'll be okay too.

Okay so today I wanted to talk a little bit about what are some of the supports for practice or what are like some of the fuel for practice or what are some of the fuel for practice or what are some of the nourishments for practice we might say

No matter however we define practice whether it's

Meditation redefine practice, whether it's meditation, mindfulness, practice or loving kindness practice or concentration practice or practicing with ethical behavior or practicing generosity and compassion

in whatever whatever we have as a practice or whatever we define our practice as, the truth is it's not like we always, every day, all the time feel motivated to do this right of course not we're not machines or humans

But what are some of the things that can be a support for us? I know sometimes like out there in the greater world they talk about well

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