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

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Okay, so welcome back. Welcome back. Seems that there was a technical glitch and zoom in YouTube.

Stopped YouTubeing. I guess send. But here we are finding our way back.

So I didn't drop in the poem. So I'll share the poem with you now.

And we can talk about a little bit. The good news is it's that it's a short poem.

The poem goes like this.

A stockter in the grocery store. Her crown of snowy braids held in place by a great silver clip.

Her erect bearing, radiating tenderness.

The way she placed yogurt and avocados in her basket, meaning peace like the North Star.

I wanted to ask, what aisle did you find your serenity?

Do you know how to be married for 50 years or how to live alone?

Excuse me for interrupting, but you seem to possess some knowledge that makes the earth burn and term on its axis.

But we don't request such things from strangers nowadays. So I said, I love your hair.

And I'm sorry if you can hear all this noise is outside.

So I'll read this poem one more time.

I stocked her in the grocery store. Her crown of snowy braids held in place by a great silver clip.

Her erect bearing, radiating tenderness.

The way she placed yogurt and avocados in her basket, meaning peace like the North Star.

I wanted to ask, what aisle did you find your serenity in?

Do you know how to be married for 50 years or how to live alone?

Excuse me for interrupting, but you seem to possess some knowledge that makes the earth burn and term on its axis.

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