Equanimity Of Mind & Sensory Control Leads To Deep Calmness

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Equanimity Of Mind & Sensory Control Leads To Deep Calmness

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After learning the principles of meditation, states of mind, causes of suffering, method to become a seeker, and obstacles on the path, it is important that person should learn how to become a highest seeker.

Equanimity Mind Meditation Obstacles Upasana Six Treasures Peace Breath Retention Body Mind Spirit Ego Four Step Approach Inner Peace Body Mind Spirit Connection Duty Mantras Meditations For Everyday Life Senses

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Today we can say it's another milestone that we can pass on. You know when we do not learn these principles, We take our life for granted. I'm husband, I'm wife, Son, Daughter. So we work as an individual based on the culture, Society, And then we continue our journey. Oh, No, No, You are not good now for me, You were soulmate, Now you are soulmate. That kind of thing continues in our life and we are expecting a different result. So that is what an individual life and it is totally different when we have a life of a seeker. When we have a life of a seeker. So a person transitions to become a seeker by the fourfold practices. That is what we say the first is the knowledge. Knowledge what we have been talking about, Discernment, Knowledge, And dispassion behavior. So we want to bridge the gap between the discernment and dispassion. The more we practice discernment in our daily life, The life continues to change. You might have felt. Then we have to clear the garbage in the mind. We have to clear the garbage in the mind by the six treasures. So the entire journey is that whether I'm working on the mind or the mind is working on me. So we covered SD, Samah and Dhamma. Samah, Relax, Calm, Equanimity of the mind. That is how we start working on the mind. I think everyone is clear. Dhamma, We did talk about and many of you have taken up that cultivate new habits and replace the old habit. Dhamma, Sensory Control, Not Suppression, Not Reaction, Not Hesitation. Why I briefed this? If you do not practice discernment, Dispassion, Samah and Dhamma, The third treasure will not enter into your life. What is that third treasure? Third treasure, The name in Sanskrit is known as Uparati. Uparam, Two words are there, Uparam, Uparati. Sometimes Uparati is also translated as Sannyasa. Internally, You become a monk, Internal. But literal translation and then we will understand it. What is the internal translation? Literal translation, What is working on the mind? I understand and how it is different from the mind working on us. That is what is we are. So understand the meaning of this word Uparati or Uparama. Uparati, Two syllables means away, Away from enjoyments. So away from pleasure and enjoyment does not mean that you leave your ordinary life of eating food, Going to places, Going on vacation, Everything is okay. So what happens internally, You are away from the enjoyment of the senses caused by the desire that is projecting happiness. Every time you wake up in the morning, Let me have a cup of tea and you are aware. Have a cup of tea, But you are aware happiness is inside. It is not in the cup of tea, It is not in the coffee. I also take it, But I live, We live into that state of awareness. This is the first way to understand. And so when you practice two earlier treasures, Sama and Dhamma, Then only the third can take over the mind and you start working on the mind. Then the mind is 100% available to you when everywhere, In which condition, In all the condition. And then when it is available in meditation, So what happens? No thoughts, You are absorbed into meditation. That is one way to understand. Another meaning that you are maintaining an awareness that all the pleasures that comes from outside, From an object, From a person is a reflection of this happiness, Which is already inside me. Once we do not understand this, Then every day we are carried away by these pleasures. And we say, Okay, Go to one restaurant and the second and the third and the fourth, But we continue our journey, Mind is constantly working on us. And as long as this mind is working on us, No permanent peace, No happiness, No success in meditation. Now understand the very practical meaning of this Uparama. So it means doing my duty to be done at a given situation, Time, Condition, Whether you like it or you don't like it. It is my duty, I will do it, I shall do it, I must do it. What I said, Whether I like it or I don't like it. Let us open this phrase, What it means. You are warning your mind that is working on you. What is the warning? That mind, I will work on you, I will not work with the likes and dislikes. Normally you say, You know, I like meditation with this beard guy, Let me do it, It will not work. It will never work. I dislike this guy, You know, It's done, You know, He talks too much, It will not work. Do you focus on the principle? Let us open it a little more. It simply means you are getting back to yourself. What that means? It's a very simple but deeper principle. We have a tendency to reject or omit what we have to do and start doing what we need not to do. Did you understand that? Oh, Monday, Yeah, We have to meet at 8, Yes, Okay. I feel tired, So let me postpone, Drop the session. You are harming yourself. Go a little deeper, Tendency to do what I should not do has taken over my mind. I feel it's better not to do it, Postpone it, I omit what I need to do. It will create ripples of impressions of likes and dislikes that we do not notice. We give hundreds of reasons. We can give hundreds of reasons, Take my example, My mind may say I'm not getting paid by everyone, So let me, People react, Do not take interest, So let me leave it. Why should I leave it? It's my duty. I have to do it. I have to do it. Are you understanding what is to be done? It's a very interesting and very important principle. If you apply this principle in your daily life, It will, You may feel little pain because of likes and dislikes, But once it becomes your habit in the mind, You will enjoy your life. In personal, Professional, Social life, I'm opening up. Our duty, What is to be done is to be done is duty. Clear? We do not have a luxury to say I do not feel like doing it. I told you last, Did you feel that I missed a single session? So my mind is focused on what is to be done is to be done is duty. My son and daughter-in-law are here for the last one week. I said, No, No, I will complete my session and then I'm ready for you. Both the duties are to be done. Oh, Let me give a break. Why? Today I don't feel like taking a bath, So don't take it. Like and dislike, You have to drop it consciously from your mind. That is what the uparama is. I do not feel like doing it, So not to do it is not a duty. Apply this in daily life. You wake up in the morning, Your honey says, I'm not feeling good. Take care. This is my duty. I have to take care. Leave aside other important issues. Don't I have a freedom to do what I want to do? Yes. But when I want to do what I like, I don't want to do what I dislike. That must be done. It is an abuse of freedom. You are harming your mind. Are you understanding? Are you getting it? It must be cultivated. It took me almost a year to really understand and appreciate this principle. I was working in fed government in India, The health ministry. So once I understood, I used to reach half an hour before the time, And I used to leave half an hour later. And that half an hour, I said, Here are my reasons. I had administrative duties. I used to give the lessons like this in a group lesson and individual counseling. I always reached. One person was also there. You are crazy why you come here. It's a federal government job. You already know, Here also, In every democracy. When you are a civil servant, Okay, You come after a week. You cannot question, You know, Even if you go anywhere. Democratic institutions works in that way. So that guy said, You are crazy. You are not being paid little more than that. I said, I'm very happy. I feel very happy and satisfied and relaxed what I'm doing. He's still there in the same job at the same position, And I'm here. The result will definitely come. What you get by this principle is the mastery over the mind. You start working on the mind. Your mind is 100% available to you, And that mind can always succeed in meditation. Meditation is awakening to the knowledge of the real self. How? Because you are going beyond likes and dislikes. Otherwise, Likes and dislikes will dictate our behavior, And we will create those impressions. We will lose dispassion, And ultimately, The intellect will also lose the discernment. Do you see the chain? Do you see the chain? We have already covered discernment, Dispassion, Samma, Dhamma. So discernment is the foundation, Then dispassion, Then samma and dhamma, And now we are directly attacking consciously how the mind is working with the likes and dislikes. Leave all the likes and dislikes. Ask yourself, What is your duty? Done. Let me do it. Ah, You will be, What is the result? You will be amazed. If you follow this. What is the result? The first result, You are always spontaneous. Oh, You are spontaneous. You have seen the spontaneous answers flows out of your mind. Mind is so clear. Power of third treasure. That is why it is known as a treasure. It makes you effortless. Know what is your duty should be done. Do it because it will help us to grow, To evolve and rise in consciousness. Spontaneity will be the result. Are you sure? Spontaneity is the result. So what you like is not going to be what is to be done. I'm stressing again. And what you do not like is not what is not to be done everywhere. So what will happen? What will happen? This is also for everyone, But I'm pointing to Terri also, My friend. She has been saying, No, No, No, No, No, No, No. This assistant has come, You know, She is crazy. Why you become crazy then? I should not look at it. You know, It will change your entire behavior and attitude. What happens? Again, Stressing, What do you do? If you go by what you like and do not like, You will lose spontaneity. Do you understand? You will ignore duty. It is a dereliction of your duty. You abuse your freedom as a human being. No, No. Why should I do duty for my friend or my honey, My son and kids? No, I have to do it. It is to be done. Finished. Period. It is to be done. That is the beauty of Upramah. It gives you a satisfaction. So after the session, I'm very happy. Yes, To myself. I'm happy to myself. If you have understood it clearly, You will also be happy to yourself. If you do not understand, It's your problem. If you don't follow the principle, It's your problem. It's not my problem. Another result, You really know what it means by helping others and helping others to evolve. That makes you a real yoga teacher. There are many teachers here. Many teachers. If you don't practice Upramah or Uparati, You don't excel in your personal life, In your professional life, In your social life. But our focus is to succeed in meditation and awaken to the knowledge of the real self. Link, Spontaneity. Link, The knowledge continues to live in your mind. You know the basic fundamentals continues to live in your mind and that mind never works on you. It always you work on the mind. And you know what it means by helping others. Helping others means doing my own duty. Whatever, Whatever is the situation in any condition, In every situation. Okay, Reject what is your duty. Just for example, Reject your duty. What is duty means? What is to be done belonging to my personal, Professional, Social life, I must do it. I reject what I like to do. I must reject what I don't like to do, But it is my duty. Are you understanding? I've been stressing again and again. Once you do it, The last result, You will be amazed. You discover that it is the subtle ego that is working inside based on the likes and dislikes. You are able to drop your ego. You don't care the results of your action. It is duty I need to do it. The result will definitely come sooner or later. Whether you are doing any business, Whether you are living in a relationship, Doing anything, Duty, Duty, Duty. I must do it by passing the likes and dislikes from the mind to prevent the mind to gather these impressions, Which will start dictating me and my life. Are you getting it? Upama is a wonderful tool, The inner treasure. I should not, I have hit your mind by saying that don't abuse your freedom with reference to the duty. Commitment to one's duty beyond likes and dislikes. Another word for Uparati is known as monkhood. Internally you become a monk. That is a real monk. I went to, In 2017, I went to first year for a group session. There were 250 people and so there was a monk, The Buddhist monk, Lady monk. So who. . . So we had a couple of pictures. I put one picture on the Facebook. So there were 15 students of this monk and they instantly wrote me, Please delete it. You know, He's a, She's a monk. What kind of a monk you are? Upama makes you a monk inside. And the monk in Sanskrit is known as sannyasa. And the meaning of the sannyasa is all round purification of the mind, Which is living beyond likes and dislikes. That is beyond likes and dislikes. That is becoming a real monk. We will talk about this little more that, So how to perform that duty? What should be the mental attitude inside my mind? What should be the attitude in my mind when I am performing my duty? So our masters have categorized, There are five types of karma or action that we do in our daily life. We have to do only two types of action, Which is known as nitya and the namitya karma in our life. We reject kami karma. We reject nisuddha karma, The prohibited karma, And we reject the price, Chakta karma, That I will take up in the next session. Returning again, Briefing, Opa-rama, Understand, SDU. Christina, Create an abbreviation, Samma, Dhamma, Opa-rati. I want to be spontaneous? Yes. I want to get rid of likes and dislikes? Yes. Because the likes and dislikes will cause unwanted stress, Unwanted stress. And who is responsible? I am responsible because I'm abusing the freedom. Come on. I'm a teacher. Why didn't you attend the session at the time I said to you, You need not to think about it. Focus on your duty. Let people join. Enjoy your life. You know, Sometimes teachers' ego and then the students' ego, Then the clash. So then we are not learning Eastern wisdom. This is such a beautiful principle. The more you do it in your life, The better results you are able to change your behavior and attitude. The spontaneity is the result because your now mind is totally free inside. Anybody asked the question, If I'm a teacher, You know, The mind flows out of naturalness, Effortlessness. When that happens, The likes and dislikes, Thoughts never enters into your mind during the practice of meditation and you succeed. It will never come. I'm repeating. First is the discernment practice. Second is dispassion. We have already covered in detail. Third is the samma, First of the six treasures. Fourth is, Or the second treasure is Dhamma, Third is Uparama. With that, Let us start our practice. Eyes are closed. Eyes are closed, My friends. And eyes are closed. Now see that you are in the highest state of Uparama. And now I see body is steady. Now see that what is the result of, It is so spontaneous. Moment this weird guy says, Get ready for meditation. So you remember, Mind naturally recalls body is steady, Eyes are closed, Mind is looking, Facing within, It is looking inside the head or the heart. It doesn't take even a fraction of second for you to prepare. You know, Sometimes that is what I observe in you guys. You are ready. The mind is ready before I say this. Mentally fold your, Mental folding of the hands in Namaste Mudra. So now your mind is naturally, You are using your freedom of the mind. You are aware of the external notch. You are press, Mentally pressing the thumb gently at the center of the rib cage. So moving from all the fingers of the Namaste Mudra to the center of the palm, There you find the space. So when you follow these three treasures, The mind naturally, Naturally, It lives into that space instantly, Means spontaneously. Can I say in a different way that you're getting rid of the challenges that the mind poses during the practice of meditation. I rephrased it. What I'm searching, The mind says I'm searching the real self. What is real self? It is independent. It is pure consciousness. It is self-existent. It is self-evident. It is self-luminous. I have already explained the meanings of these words. You know, You see that everything returns in your mind. This mind with the Uparama is not moving and running after likes and dislikes. That is the problem of distraction and wandering mind. I believe you all have understood and then we say mind, I'm with you because you are with me. That is another essence of the mantra. It means may there be well-being for all. Now allow the mind to move with this wisdom. Allow the mind to move with this wisdom. Well-being is common factor in every living being. The moment you want to be spatial, The subtle ego returns. We may have a different color, Shape, Size, Gender, Age, But common point, Well-being. So Uparama picks up this. The mind with Uparama focus remains steady on the state of the well-being. That is why we recite the mantra. Another reason. Sarvesham shantirvavatu, Meaning may there be peace for all. So in spite of likes and dislikes, Reaction, You are looking at peace. See the beauty and the power of Uparama. Common point. Our real self is common to all. It is not spatial to one person. How you become spatial? You say I am more beautiful than you. Blah blah blah. So when the mind settles in the knowledge of Uparama, Peace is always there living with you. Sarvesham puranam bhavatu. May there be completeness in all. Eyes are closed, The body is steady, And in that state your mind is working on itself. Completeness I have already told you. Every person is whole inside. We don't create it. Sarvesham mangalam bhavatu. May there be happiness for all. Happiness is our essential nature. From the Covid virus, Who is also a living being, To an elephant including the human being, They all seek happiness. Human being has a choice to discover permanent happiness within. And that happiness is common to all. As we discussed in the previous session, I tell you that being comfortable and being carefree used to be the preparatory steps. Now it is a deeper step. Recheck. Look at the neck joint. Mentally. Aware and feel sensation, Comfort, Steadiness. I have already explained that. From there you move into peace or the space. You're living into that space. So when you live into that space or awareness of the space beyond sensation, Comfort and steadiness, That triggers the samma. That strengthens the dhamma. You see we are going very every subtler layers during the journey of meditation. Shoulder joints, Mind goes there and look at the beauty. Everyone is so steady. Mind is spontaneous, Natural. You experience sensation, Comfort and steadiness. Beyond that is namaste, Not me. So what is when that not me factor is not there in the mind? You're always there, But not me factor is not there in the mind. It leads you to the inner space naturally. The entire body, All the joints. When all the joints are there, Sensation, Comfort and steadiness is there. Space is there. Done. Being carefree was a preparatory step and now it is a deeper step. And the beauty is that during this journey you are not doing anything. Whatever is happening inside your intellect and the mind with reference to these principles that keeps the wandering mind, Distracting mind away. You dissolve it. You don't complain and blame. I have a lot of thoughts. So being carefree. I know you all remember free from all the cares. Who cares? The mind cares. How it cares like a salesman. And you already know. Somebody knocks the door. Salesman, You say I'm okay. I don't need this. So how the mind works like a salesman. That is what is distraction and wandering mind. You don't entertain. How? With awareness. That is what is being carefree. And at a very surface level, That is what is known as let the thought come. And go, But we don't understand clearly. And then we are carried away by them. We will continue in the third step. We'll continue purifying the mind. It needs more and more purification. How? First point of awareness. You are in the state of sensation, Comfort and steadiness. Second, You are carefree. Third point of awareness. Your mind is looking inside the forehead or the heart in the space. Fifth point of awareness. You start breathing. Quick, Short and gentle breath through both the nostrils and expanding ribs. The entire rib cage. Start. We will examine Uparama now. Applying Uparama. What you like. What you like. Not to be done. What you dislike. Not to be done. What you like. What is your duty to be done at this point? Start. Continue. Continue. Quick, Short, Gentle breath through both the nostrils in that state. I have already explained to you all the points of awareness. So what happens? This breathing becomes spontaneous. When it is spontaneous, Then what? Even if I say you to do it for 10 minutes, No problem. Otherwise likes and dislike returns. Continue. So so Continue. And check up on what is there or not. That is what I've been saying. Continue. So so so so And stop this now. First check. Do you still remember the flow of the flow of the nostrils? If the flow above the nostrils are equal, You are there. That is one. You have a deepening experience of sensation, Relaxation and stillness in the body. Just move the mind from the top of the head on the skin to the toes. Gently. Let take your time. So you experience sensation, Relaxation and stillness. Another indication. Move the mind inside the body from the top of the head to the toes in the space. Whether you see it is a space, Blankness, Whatever you want to say. Doesn't matter. But what do you experience? A sense of calmness and quietness. Do you remember, Aysa, Any sensation that you feel? Any sensation that you feel inside the body, Inside the skin at this moment in the state of stillness in the body is an indication of calmness. And if you see space clearly inside, It is a state of quietness. Open mind is there. Now you got a clear understanding why I was guiding and picking up these steps again and again. So now once you have a clarity and understanding during the practice, How dare the mind can take over you, My friend? Simple understanding. In that state now, We have many options of doing the Nyasa or let us do the Nyasa along the spine. Inhale deep, Silent, Slow, Moving the mind in the spine. Retain the breath for 15 seconds and mentally drop shantu ham. Shantu ham. Shantu ham. Means I am the peace looking into the space. And now release the breath, Check again, Equal flow is there. The mind doesn't expel the breath forcibly. If that is so, The mind is already deeper within. But it doesn't mean it is not happening to you. We should not do it. Why? Upramam that I just explained, Let us do it second time. Inhale deep, Silent, Slow, Mind moving inside the spine. And stay deep inside the heart. Hold the breath. I am the peace, Mind getting absorbed into the space. Shantu ham. Mind getting absorbed into the space. Shantu ham. Absorbed into the space, Release the breath. So release the breath, You don't lose your awareness, Upramam. So here the upramam is understood. Sensation, Relaxation, Stillness is maintained, The flow of the nostrils are equal. There is a gentle release of the breath, Not expelling the breath. Oh, That is so. Mind is already engaged with freedom. Third time, Inhale deep, Silent, And slow. Ten seconds, You remember. And retain the breath now, Looking inside the rib cage of the heart or the spine. Shantu ham. Mind says yes, I am getting absorbed into. . . That is what we are doing. Release the breath. Just do it by yourself. Couple of times. You already know. You inhale, Mind moves into the spine, Stays inside the heart, You retain the breath. Three times, Shantu ham, Absorbed into the space. Why should I disturb your meditation? Continue doing yourself. And now, Stop that retention of the breath and deep breath, Continue dropping the mind, Dropping the mantra shantu ham deep inside the heart with shantu ham, Without the breath. Shantu ham. Shantu ham. Simply dropping. But when you drop, You pick a point in the space, Check if the mind sees that is done. No more moving. It gives you a glimpse that everything is turned still. Why? Mind merges into the real self. That is one of the earliest definitions of meditation. Very early. Maybe it was 5, 000 years ago. Shanti shanti shanti. Shanti shanti shanti. Om. Shanti shanti shanti. Bring your mind on the right hand, Your mind on the left hand. Lift your both the palms, Place it on your eyes, Open the eyes inside. Know your experiences, We will share our experiences. Bring the hands down. How are you David and Jerry? Very quiet, Very peaceful, Very simple, Very nothing. Beautiful. That should be the deeper experience. Good. How are you Jerry? I am good too. I am really similar actually. Just felt from the time we closed our eyes, Really settled. That is a good sign. That is what the progress in meditation. So how are you Lara? I am good. It was also very quiet. And one of the things I was actually playing with because I was playing with one of your meditations yesterday. I think it was 107 with the space outside and inside and kind of combining that and moving the mind. So the talk today kind of, It feels like it intertwined with that a lot. With the daharna and pratyahara. It was really beautiful and then when we were holding the breath I just had this big deep pulsation in my heart which was nice. And I want to visit one other thing. After last week's meditation, Throughout probably the next two days I kept having this buzzing kind of right in between my eyebrows. And it was every time I would go kind of into a meditative space. So it was really beautiful. I want to say that this work lasts longer than just our time together. Good. That is good because if we continue the journey. And how are you Kate? And then we will go to Brandia. Very similar. Lots of stillness. Lots of stillness. Beautiful. You see the power of uprama. When that uprama as in knowledge settles inside, Mind becomes helpless. That dictates us. That always runs after likes and dislikes. I will talk in little detail of uprama in the next session. So how are you Kristina, Oh sorry, Brandy. I told that I will talk to Brandy first. Similar to everyone else who has shared so far, Peaceful and quiet. I really like that idea. It is simple but it is not simple about. . . Duty. Yeah. It is not about liking it or not liking it. It is just about doing it. I see that come into play sometimes with my breath and sometimes my mind wondering. That was a very nice meditation. Good. Good. How are you Kristina? Well, Thank you for this session this morning. I felt I didn't have any dead legs so that was honestly exciting. I just set myself up just preparing every day of being. . . Doing our role but also of not being attached. So I have noticed throughout when I am just washing my hands. My mind is thinking, Oh I am going to go make lunch. I am going to go take my sister here. I am going to go do this. Once I have dropped that throughout this past week and then now today I saw that. I was able to immediately be settled and not be pulled away from all the other things. Yes. Yes. That means the mind has accepted all the three. Remember D square and SDU. Samma, Dhamma, Uparati. How are you? If I speak your name correctly, It is Waladimiya? Sorry if I say it wrongly. What is your experience? Lara, She is your friend? Yes. Hi. The nickname and easier to say instead of Waladimiya would be Bo. I don't know how to put it on there. I just joined. Now why Bo? Bo? Why Bo? Because it is a lot easier than Waladimiya. I felt like a split open and melt into one. Good. It felt very, Very, Very whole, Very peaceful to do that. The best way to explain it is to split open and melt. There was a movie called Fantastic Voyage years and years back. People are shrunk down and they go into the body. Oh. Okay. So it reminds me of that but not on a physical level. Not at the physical level. So anyway. Beautiful. Beautiful. Melting is a good thought. How are you Terry? We don't see you. Is Terry there? If you are listening you can open it and Ashok, How are you? Hello, Sir. Namaste, Sir. Hello, Can you hear me? Yes. All ghosts are very nice and peaceful and I applied Oberati. I mean, Especially working with my mind or with my life. So that was very useful and I will practice the same in a whole day. Yes, Yes, Practice. Once we understand Oberati and you start practicing day by day, Every day, Every moment, And you see what is my duty as a teacher. Say for example, Simple example that any one of you get agitated, What is my duty as a teacher? Not to get carried away by your hesitation. Let me continue this session, Say Namaste, Bye bye. Just apply one principle and you are free. But if you go by like, No, I'm a teacher, How dare you to say that? Come on, Are you a special teacher? Leave it. Carry. Apply the same thing in business. So you know your duty, You are aware of it, Do it, Finished. Do it, Finished. And once you feel that, All your actions guided by Oberati in the mind, Governed by the intellect, What happens? You are living spontaneously. Simply by saying, You know, I'm very spontaneous doesn't work. You should know the principles, How this spontaneity works. You know, Many people I hear, You know, From, No, No, I'm very spontaneous guy. Oh, That's why you become angry and hesitating. You are very spontaneous. See the beauty, You all are seekers, See the beauty, The way this Eastern wisdom and these masters have discovered these principles. And these principles have been passed from one generation to the second and they are still relevant, Very much relevant today. Any question? Where is Terry? Maybe she is absorbed. So any question? No question. Thank you very much. Be happy, Live in Oberati. Thank you. Namaste. Thank you. Thank you. How do you feel about the Guruji? He is? How do you feel about the Guruji? He is very happy. How do you feel about the Guruji? He is very happy. He is very happy. Ah, Now I have understood your name. I am in Scottsdale.