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<v Speaker 1>The light is the light of late afternoon on a

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<v Speaker 1>summer day that never ends, soft, golden, warm on the skin.

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<v Speaker 1>There are no shadows, there are no hard edges. The

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<v Speaker 1>garden is lit from everywhere. And nowhere you pass a

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<v Speaker 1>bed of white flowers, the flowers gnad. As you walk past,

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<v Speaker 1>you pass a trellis covered in climbing roses. The roses

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<v Speaker 1>are pale, pink. The roses smell of honey. There are

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<v Speaker 1>only the books. There are only the shelves. There are

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<v Speaker 1>only the soft green lamps, and the worn leather chairs,

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<v Speaker 1>and the thick carpet, and the centuries of stories held

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<v Speaker 1>in the wood, and the paper. You close your eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>The library is still there. You can feel it around you,

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<v Speaker 1>the shelves, the books, the soft hum of all the

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<v Speaker 1>words ever written, held quietly in this one place. The

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<v Speaker 1>library softens. The herond is part of the dream's stillness.

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<v Speaker 1>You rest your forehead against the glass. The glass is

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<v Speaker 1>cool against your skin. The coolness feels good. The coolness

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<v Speaker 1>reminds you that you are here in this hallway, in

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<v Speaker 1>this house, in this moment, in this house. No one

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<v Speaker 1>is waiting for you. In this house, nothing is required

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<v Speaker 1>of you.

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<v Speaker 2>The garden is where you are safe. You put your

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<v Speaker 2>hand on the glass. The glass is cool, The glass

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<v Speaker 2>is smooth. Through the glass, you can see the trees.

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<v Speaker 2>Through the glass, you can see the path you walked earlier.

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<v Speaker 2>Through the glass, you can see the bench half covered

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<v Speaker 2>in moss. Through the glass, you can see the heron

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<v Speaker 2>still standing in the pond. The heron has not moved.

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<v Speaker 1>The breath is the tide that has reached its lowest point.

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<v Speaker 1>The breath is resting on the other side of the door.

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<v Speaker 1>The mind quiets not because the mind has stopped, not

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<v Speaker 1>because the mind has gone away, but because the mind

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<v Speaker 1>has finally decided it is safe enough to stop. The

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<v Speaker 1>mind has decided to rest. The mind has decided to

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<v Speaker 1>let you sleep, And so you sleep. The night holds you.

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<v Speaker 1>The night is long. You fight yourself in a garden.

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<v Speaker 1>The garden is not a place you have been before,

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<v Speaker 1>though it feels familiar. The garden has the quality of

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<v Speaker 1>a place you might have dreamed as a child, soft edged, gentle,

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<v Speaker 1>lit by a light that has no visible source. There

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<v Speaker 1>is a path in the garden. The path is made

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<v Speaker 1>of small, smooth stones. The stones are cool underfoot.

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<v Speaker 3>The path winds gently between beds, of plants you cannot

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<v Speaker 3>quite name. The plants are not exotic. The plants are

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<v Speaker 3>the kind of plants you might find in any quiet garden, leafy, soft,

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<v Speaker 3>varieded in their greens. You walk the path slowly. You

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<v Speaker 3>do not have to reach any destination. You are walking

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<v Speaker 3>because walking feels good. The stones massage the soles of

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<v Speaker 3>your feet. The air is warm.

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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 eyes. 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. Let your

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<v Speaker 1>tongue rest gently against the roof of your mouth, or

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<v Speaker 1>curl softly at its bottom, whichever feels more natural. Either way,

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<v Speaker 1>the muscles of your face are learning to release. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>let your attention drift to the back of your head,

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<v Speaker 1>to the place where your head meets the pillow. Feel

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<v Speaker 1>the weight of your head being held, Feel the pillow

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<v Speaker 1>receiving you, feel the give, feel the support You do

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<v Speaker 1>not need to read. You only need to hold the book.

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<v Speaker 1>You only need to feel its hape. You put the

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<v Speaker 1>book back. You pull another. This one is larger. This

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<v Speaker 1>one is bound in green. The pages are heavier, the

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<v Speaker 1>pages are edged in gold. You open it to a

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<v Speaker 1>random page. There is an illustration, a woodcut of a tree,

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<v Speaker 1>of a figure walking beneath the tree of a sky

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<v Speaker 1>full of stars. The illustration is simple. You are in

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<v Speaker 1>a house. The house is not yours, though it feels

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<v Speaker 1>like it could be. The house has the quality of

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<v Speaker 1>a house from a story you read as a child,

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<v Speaker 1>or a house from a dream you had once and forgot.

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<v Speaker 1>The house is large. The house is empty of other people,

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<v Speaker 1>but not empty of presence. The house feels inhabited by

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<v Speaker 1>the memory of every one who has ever lived here.

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<v Speaker 1>The floors remember feet. Let your attention rise very gently

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<v Speaker 1>to the top of your head, to the crown, to

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<v Speaker 1>the soft place where the hair begins. That place is quiet,

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<v Speaker 1>now that place is letting go. Feel the muscles of

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<v Speaker 1>your forehead, the small muscles above your eyebrows, the tiny

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<v Speaker 1>muscles at the corners of your eyes. Feel them soften,

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<v Speaker 1>feel them release, Feel it steady, feel it sure. You

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<v Speaker 1>do not need to do anything about your heart. Your

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<v Speaker 1>heart knows what to do. Your heart has been beating

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<v Speaker 1>since before you were born. It will beat long after