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(French) Why do I sometimes feel as if there is a heavy ball on my heart?
Why do I sometimes feel as if there is a great, heavy ball
weighing down in my heart?
The practice of mindfulness may help
us to find out why that feeling... comes...again
Sometimes something has been transmitted to you
by your mother, your father, your ancestors,
some sorrow,
some fear,
some worries
And it's good that you have encountered
the practice of mindfulness
because with the practice of mindfulness
we can help transform that for our mother,
for our father,
for our ancestors
Because we are the continuation of
our father, our mother, our ancestors
They are still in us
with their happiness and their suffering,
their talents and also their shortcomings
So that feeling may be a result of...
some worries, some fears, some anger
by former generations
We have to accept them
So you practice breathing in
and you accept it:
"this is a feeling of heaviness..
"in my chest"
And it can be transformed by
the practice of mindfulness,
by the practice of love and understanding
And you are aware you are breathing in
for your mother, for your father,
for your ancestors
And you know that the practice of smiling,
of releasing,
of compassion
can very well transform that kind of sorrow,
that kind of anxiety, that kind of fear
And you do that out of love
You do that for your mother, for your father
for your grandfather, your grandmother and so on
Many of us feel a kind of suffering
that we do not understand
We don't understand why we suffer like that
We have not created that suffering,
the reason why it is there
The only answer is that it has been transmitted to us
by society, by ancestors
And we have to accept first
And accepting makes it easier
And then the next step is to
breathe in and out mindfully
and smile to it
And realise that the practice
of mindfulness, concentration and insight
can help transform,
because understanding and compassion
these are two kind of energies that have the power to transform everything
It is like the sunshine
The sunshine can melt the snow
and dry...
and help...dry the tears
So if we practice understanding suffering and compassion
it can help transform the
suffering of our father, our mother in us,
our own suffering
And sometimes it can be done very quickly
provided that you don't worry,
that you know it can be transformed
And after five minutes of breathing, walking
or resting, you may feel that it is gone
And the next time when it comes, you do the same
and if you continue like that,
one day it will disappear
and will not come back
But we have to keep the practice
We need someone to remind us to practice
That is why it is wonderful
to have co-practitioners
in our neighbourhood, our family
Everytime we feel that, we remember to practice
and if we do not remember to practice
someone else will tell us
to go back to our in-breath and out-breath and practice
Thank you for asking the question
It helps many people
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