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<v Speaker 1>The lamps have green glass shades. The light they give

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<v Speaker 1>is warm. The light is gentle on the ice. The

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<v Speaker 1>light is the kind of light you want. When you

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<v Speaker 1>are reading late into the night. You walk between the shelves.

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<v Speaker 1>Your footsteps are quiet on the thick carpet that covers

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<v Speaker 1>the floor. The carpet is patterned in deep breads and blues.

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<v Speaker 1>The carpet is old, The carpet is soft.

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<v Speaker 2>You feel held by the garden. You feel held by

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<v Speaker 2>the moment. In the garden, nothing is asked of you,

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<v Speaker 2>nothing is needed from you, nothing is waiting for you.

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<v Speaker 2>You can stay here as long as you like. The

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<v Speaker 2>garden does not track the time. The garden does not

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<v Speaker 2>keep count. The garden simply holds you the way the

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<v Speaker 2>tree holds the birds that nest in its branches. The

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<v Speaker 2>dream softens at the edges.

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<v Speaker 1>The day is finished. Whatever you carried through it, the meetings,

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<v Speaker 1>the errands, the conversations that asked more of you than

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<v Speaker 1>you had to give, you can set it all down now,

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<v Speaker 1>not tomorrow, not in an hour. Now. Picture yourself walking

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<v Speaker 1>to the door of a room you have not entered

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<v Speaker 1>in a long time. The door is old, the door

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<v Speaker 1>is heavy, It has a brass knob that is slightly

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<v Speaker 1>cool to the touch. Your feet sink slightly into it

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<v Speaker 1>as you walk. You read, chuck, and pull a book

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<v Speaker 1>from a shelf. The book is small. The book is

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<v Speaker 1>bound in soft brown leather. The title on the spine

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<v Speaker 1>is in gold, but you cannot read the language. You

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<v Speaker 1>open the book. The pages are thin. The pages are creamy.

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<v Speaker 1>The pages are filled with words in a script you

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<v Speaker 1>do not know, but you do not need to know

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<v Speaker 1>the words.

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<v Speaker 3>The shelves fade, the lamps stem. The chair dissolves into

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<v Speaker 3>the feeling of being held. The dream becomes the sense

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<v Speaker 3>of being in a place that is vast and quiet, mankind.

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<v Speaker 3>The lamp has a soft fabric shade. The lamp is

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<v Speaker 3>the kind of lamp that gives the kind of light

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<v Speaker 3>you would want if you were reading a book late

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<v Speaker 3>at night. But to night, the lamp is off to night.

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<v Speaker 3>The only light in the room is the light from

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<v Speaker 3>the window. The light from the window is the light

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<v Speaker 3>of the moon. The room is quiet. The room is patient.

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<v Speaker 3>The room is waiting for you to settle in. Feel

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<v Speaker 3>it steady, feel it sure. You do not need to

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<v Speaker 3>do anything about your heart. Your heart knows what to do.

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<v Speaker 3>Your heart has been beating since before you were born.

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<v Speaker 3>It will beat long after this moment has passed. Trust it,

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<v Speaker 3>Trust it to keep going while you rest. Let your

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<v Speaker 3>attention sink to your belly. Let your belly.

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<v Speaker 1>Soften, Let it rise with thee in breath, Let it

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<v Speaker 1>fall with the out breath. Feel the weight of them sinking.

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<v Speaker 1>Feel the way the bed accepts them. Feel the slow

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<v Speaker 1>release of tension you may not have known was there

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<v Speaker 1>now your arms. Let your upper arms feel heavy, Let

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<v Speaker 1>your elbows feel soft. Let your forearms rest. What your

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<v Speaker 1>wrists be still, What your hands open, What your fingers

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<v Speaker 1>curl softly, not cripping, not reaching, just resting. The hounds

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<v Speaker 1>have done so much today. Tonight you are allowing yourself

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<v Speaker 1>to enter.

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<v Speaker 4>The room is large. The room is exactly the size

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<v Speaker 4>it needs to be. The ceiling is high, high enough

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<v Speaker 4>that the air in the room has room to move.

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<v Speaker 1>The floor is made of wide wooden planks, polished soft

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<v Speaker 1>by years of other feet.

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<v Speaker 5>Tonight they can do nothing. Let your attention return to

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<v Speaker 5>your chest. Feel your chest rise, feel your chest fall,

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<v Speaker 5>Feel the rhythm of your breathing. Do not change the rhythm,

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<v Speaker 5>just notice it. Notice how the breath comes in. Notice

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<v Speaker 5>how the breath goes out. Notice the small paws between

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<v Speaker 5>That pause is where peace lives. Feel your heart beating

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<v Speaker 5>inside your chest, Feel it doing its work. The grass

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<v Speaker 5>is the green of new growth. In the center of

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<v Speaker 5>the circle, there is a single tree. The tree is old.

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<v Speaker 5>The tree is large. The tree's branches spread wide, making

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<v Speaker 5>a canopy of leaves that filters the light into dappled

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<v Speaker 5>patterns on the grass. You sit beneath the tree. You

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<v Speaker 5>lean against the trunk. The trunk is solid, The trunk

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<v Speaker 5>is warm from the sun. You feel held by the tree.

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<v Speaker 5>But the garden does not feel smaller. As you go deeper,

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<v Speaker 5>the garden feels larger. The garden seems to expand as

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<v Speaker 5>you move through it, the way a dream expands as

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<v Speaker 5>you move through it. The garden has no edges. The

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<v Speaker 5>garden has no end. There is always more garden. There

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<v Speaker 5>is always more quiet. You come to a clearing in

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<v Speaker 5>the center of the garden. In the clearing, there is

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<v Speaker 5>a circle of grass.

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<v Speaker 4>The grass is soft.

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<v Speaker 1>The world will still be there in the morning, but

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<v Speaker 1>it does not need you tonight. On the other side

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<v Speaker 1>of the door, the body rests. The body is heavy.

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<v Speaker 1>The body is warm. The body is held by the bed,

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<v Speaker 1>the body is held by the blankets, the body is

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<v Speaker 1>held by the night. On the other side of the door,

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<v Speaker 1>the breath slows, The breath becomes almost nothing, The breath

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<v Speaker 1>becomes the smallest, rise and fall.

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<v Speaker 3>Breathe in.

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<v Speaker 5>Two three four.

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<v Speaker 4>Talk two three four, five, six, seven eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Let the outbreaths treat