Avi: A number of times at CEC, we’ve explored a compassion practice where we open to the many circles of our friends, relations, and ancestors, drawing on their lineage and support. Tonight we’ll begin with this connecting to the strength in our network of relationships past and present. Then we’ll go a step further, extending our awareness to those areas where the culture is contracted or knotted up. Our goal is not to unravel these knots, but to bring a fierce compassionate consciousness to them.