For those that are new and particular to say that tonight's very unusual, it's probably

been about six months or so since we've done what we're doing tonight, which is we

instead of a dormitok, which is a talk about the path and the practice, it's open to

whatever questions might be in the room, whatever inquiry you might have about your practice

and bringing your practice into daily life.

It's particularly nice for me because for those that hear regularly, you know there's all

these lights coming down on me and I look around and can barely see anybody, now tonight

I really get to see you, so I feel more part of things, which I really like.

And I'm very interested in hearing whatever you might have as a question and I know it's

a little scary sometimes, too, because we're going to be asking you to step up and go,

it's come to a mic and so on, but just trust that whatever you ask, and I've seen this

so many times, it's a benefit to other people, if you're wondering it, other people are

wondering it, too.

So if you will, in terms of protocol, say your name and just whatever's on your mind,

we'll keep it somewhat succinct, not to go into a lot of background and personal story

because that won't get us as clearly to really exploring what's most alive for you, okay?

Part of the practice on these nights is to explore mindful listening, what it's like to

listen to others and listen to the dialogue and keep checking in and sensing your own response

to reactivity or what's going on for you can become an interesting practice.

Okay, so anybody willing to begin to come up for, aha, thank you.

I want to say thank you so much, Tara, my teacher told me about this group and this is

my second time here, my name is Bobby.

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