Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Okay, my friends, I hear that you are loving the stories from Tick-N-Han-Han,

so the book is called At Home in the World Lessons from a Remarkable Life.

It's actually written in the same style as let it be

easy, just short stories on each page. So you don't need to read them in any order, keep them on

your nightstand, flick through. I find that I always get the message that I need. So today I'm

going to read the final story from this book because I'll leave you to read it and catch up on the many, many others. And I just feel like, I'm going to read the final story from this book because I'll leave you to read it

and catch up on the many, many others. And I just feel like this is relevant for our time,

for our community, for our listeners, for the upcoming year. It's called the Google Pax.

In 2013, I led a day of mindfulness practice for Google employees at the Googleplex. In 2013, I led a day of mindfulness practice for Google employees at the Google Headquarters

in California.

They call it the Googleplex.

There were about 30 monks and nuns in our delegation, and over 700 Google employees had

signed up for the day.

Starting early in the morning, we led sessions

of sitting meditation, walking meditation, eating in mindfulness, and total relaxation.

Exactly like a day of mindfulness in my home, plum village. The Google employees were young, intelligent, and creative, and we could see

they invested themselves wholeheartedly into the practice. The energy of concentration and

presence was very strong, and they practiced it very well. I think the reason they practiced

so wholeheartedly is because they suffer.

They were thirsty for a kind of spiritual practice that could help them suffer less.

We knew that they had been working very hard.

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