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Hi, I’m Sam and I’ll be your guide through this course. I’m glad you’ve taken this step to create a positive change in your life. Let’s jump straight into today’s practice. The first thing we’ll learn today is how the mind works. From the monk's experience of the mind, there are two things that you need to understand. One is awareness; and the other is the mind. Imagine your awareness is a glowing ball of light, like an orb that can float around. Now, imagine your mind as a vast space, a vast area with many different sections within it. Now this glowing ball of light called awareness can travel within the mind, and it can go to any area of the mind that it wants to. And when it goes to a particular area of the mind, It lights up that area. And when it lights up that area of the mind, you become conscious of it. With this little piece of knowledge, let's do a simple, practical exercise using the sounds in your environment.