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

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I'm about to practice.

So I think a few of you might have occasion to notice that you're thinking mind,

a distraction from meditation.

Occasionally happens to people, kind of accidentally.

And their mind wonders often thought,

and you can be thinking about something that's nothing to do with meditation.

And then we bring it back, and when it goes off again, we bring it back,

it goes off again.

And sometimes maybe even closer, it goes off for a long time.

It takes five minutes to more meditation to realize where I've been.

I'm supposed to be here, come back, come back.

So one approach around this thinking mind that takes us away

is actually to use it to be present.

So rather than avoiding thinking, just harness your thinking,

to think profound thoughts about the present moment,

about the value of mindfulness in the present moment.

Think the most profound thoughts you can have.

Maybe as profound as, I think it's a good idea to be present right now,

to be connected here, to be awake to what's happening now.

That's profound.

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