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(Half bell)

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(Bell)

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Dear Thay, 
dear Sangha,

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My question is about consciousness.

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I wonder if you could tell us something

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about the relevance or the importance 
of dreams in our sleeping time?

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About dreams?

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If we remember the dream,

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it might be very helpful.

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Because some dreams 
are like other events,

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it has a meaning.

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Sometimes we are surprised

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because during the day
we did not think of that at all.

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And yet, during the night, 
it appears like that as a surprise.

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Maybe our body, our mind, our ancestors
are trying to show us something.

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Maybe an ancestor wants us 
to look into some bad matter.

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Suppose you live in a country
that is in a war.

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People, children enjoy peace.

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Whole day long, you speak about peace and
you help people to practice in peace.

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And yet, during the night, 
you saw yourself in a war situation.

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And you run up to the bomb.

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And you are forced into the army 
and you wake up.

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You cannot imagine that.

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So if you remember the dream,

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you see that there must be a cause 
that makes the dream comes today.

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Maybe you enjoy the peace in the country

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but you ignore what is going on 
outside of the country.

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And people continue to run
under the bombings.

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Children and adults continue to die.

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So, we should not only enjoy peace

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but we should be doing something.

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We should suffer a little bit.

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So that has the kind of energy,

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we need some mud
in order to grow lotus flowers.

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And that is why I think 
each dream has its own message.

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We can receive the message
from our dreams.

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And also during the time
while we are not sleeping,

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images can come like that,
very suddenly.

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All of them come from the depth
of our consciousness.

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There must be a cause.

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They may want to remind us
of our suffering.

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In the practice of mindful eating, 


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when you stay in line waiting
for the time you are served the food,

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you practice mindful breathing,

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you look around

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and you see yourself living 
in a kind and beautiful environment.

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You have brothers and 
sisters in the practice

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And you can practice mindful breathing, 
mindful walking.

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It is so beautiful.

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And you enjoy the atmosphere 
and the energy of peace.

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And when you take some food
to put on your plate,

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you say that: "My plate is empty now,

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but in just a few minutes, 
it will be filled with good food."

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And at the same time,

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you realize that children 
in the third world, in a war country,

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there are children who are holding
broken plates like this

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waiting for hours and 
do not have anything on it.

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Suddenly compassion arises 
and there is some suffering.

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The happiness is that, in no time at all,
we have good thing out of it.

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The suffering is that, 
there are children on the streets,

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waiting and will have nothing to eat.

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That suffering is helpful, 
makes us into a good human being.

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So, getting in touch
with suffering is good.

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And that is why, we speak 
about the goodness of suffering.

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And everything is like that,

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a dream is made of non-dream elements.

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And our suffering, 
our happiness is the same.

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(Half bell)

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(Bell)