So, I hope you enjoyed last week with Sherry. Again, a wonderful teacher. I feel really

grateful that I get to have these people come in when I'm not here. I know last week

for some was a tense week with taxes and so on. Somebody sent me this. I thought I'd

share it with you. That a man wrote letter to the IRS saying, I've been unable to sleep,

knowing that I cheated on my income tax. I've understated my taxable income and have

enclosed a check for $150. If I still can't sleep, I'll send the rest. So, I hear class

on virtue and I thought we'd start in a good way. So, death and taxes and for some people

pollen. That's the other one this season. One of my favorite reflections as many of you

know is around the phrase that our true sickness is home sickness. And I reflect on that

a lot. Somewhat in the language, I guide meditations, that when we feel at home, at home

in our bodies, in our heart and with each other, there's a quality of freedom. And that if

we're suffering, if we check, it's usually because in some way we don't feel at home in

our lives, in some way. And usually the signs are we're anxious, we're restless, we're

angry, we're in judgment. And if we look on a societal level, all the social else that

we are aware of come out of feelings of disconnection. I mean, think of it this way. If you're really

at home in yourself, are you going to be inclined towards addictive behavior, towards over

consuming? If you're really at home with other people, are you going to be inclined towards

resentment or lashing out or judgment or starting wars? You know? If we're truly at home

on the planet with the seasons and with the earth and with the life that's here, are we

going to violate our planet? So what we start seeing is that violence, violent activity

comes out of some, there's been some break in the sense of connectedness. And you can

even sense it with our bodies. It's not that our bodies, our bodies are meant to sick

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