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(Half bell)

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(Bell)

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Dear Thay, 
dear Sangha,

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

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Two years ago, I received 
the Five Mindfulness Trainings

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and since then I have been studying 
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
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.

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And over the past few years, this practice
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
taking the Fourteen Mindfulness Training

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is that I feel I need to get
completely past it.

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

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

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

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with staying mindful even
when we get up from nightmares

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so that I can continue 
the experience of peace?

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

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(Laughter)

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And that happiness cannot be
without nightmare.

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(Laughter)

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

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not only we enjoy our daily life
but we are awake

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

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Because I myself have nightmare
from time to time.

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Because our consciousness
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
one with the Americans.

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And there was a lot of death, 
destruction, despair

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and with the practice, 
you can reduce slowly and heal

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but you cannot heal completely.

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And the suffering can also
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 
meditation up there, I felt so wonderful,

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it's completely different with the time 
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
are sitting together,

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producing compassion and joy.

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

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And that is when the healing
process continues

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so that the nightmare 
can still be helpful for us

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to treasure, to appreciate 
what we are able to have today.

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Each moment can be 
a moment of happiness.

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(Half bell)

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(Bell)