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(Half bell)

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(Bell)

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Dear Thay, [br]dear Sangha,

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my name is Julie and[br]I am from here in San Diego.

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Two years ago, I received [br]the Five Mindfulness Trainings

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and since then I have been studying [br]for the Fourteen trainings informally.

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One thing that has been holding me back

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is because I have suffered from[br]Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.

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And over the past few years, this practice[br]has brought me a lot of peace

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and help me live in the present moment.

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The one that has been holding me back from[br]taking the Fourteen Mindfulness Training

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is that I feel I need to get[br]completely past it.

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And one of the things I am still [br]struggling with is nightmares.

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If you hear it, beautiful dear friends, I[br]have nightmares and fears in the evening.

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So, my question is, is there a practice[br]or something I can do to help

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with staying mindful even[br]when we get up from nightmares

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so that I can continue [br]the experience of peace?

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Every time you wake up from nightmare,[br]you feel so happy.

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(Laughter)

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And that happiness cannot be[br]without nightmare.

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(Laughter)

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And if you know how to cherish[br]every moment in our daily life,

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not only we enjoy our daily life[br]but we are awake

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but we are indirectly reduce the amount[br]of nightmare during the night.

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Because I myself have nightmare[br]from time to time.

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Because our consciousness[br]carries within itself

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the collective consciousness of society.

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My generation has gone through two wars -

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one with the French and[br]one with the Americans.

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And there was a lot of death, [br]destruction, despair

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and with the practice, [br]you can reduce slowly and heal

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but you cannot heal completely.

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And the suffering can also[br]play a positive role,

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provided you look like yesterday.

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Yesterday I was sitting on the mountain

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and saw a young American sitting [br]meditation up there, I felt so wonderful,

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it's completely different with the time [br]when young Americans went there,

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killed and get killed.

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So we are able to do this today,

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young Americans and young Vietnamese[br]are sitting together,

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producing compassion and joy.

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It is very beautiful, it's exactly the[br]opposite of what we had during the '60s.

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And that is when the healing[br]process continues

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so that the nightmare [br]can still be helpful for us

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to treasure, to appreciate [br]what we are able to have today.

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Each moment can be [br]a moment of happiness.

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(Half bell)

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(Bell)