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Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.62,0:00:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Thay,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.81,0:00:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dear beloved community,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.85,0:00:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's so wonderful to be here with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.97,0:00:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had many things going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.31,0:00:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Sister Chan Khong said you must come,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.69,0:00:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so here I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.22,0:00:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.29,0:01:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always listen to sister Chan Khong.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.13,0:01:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Cheri Maples.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.67,0:01:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a police officer\Nseven years into my career
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.74,0:01:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I ended up, you can decide,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.41,0:01:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by accident or coincidence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.13,0:01:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a series of causes\Nand conditions that came together,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.25,0:01:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at my first retreat with Thay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.05,0:01:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before, I have noticed\Nwith many police officers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.56,0:01:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three things start to happen\Nover the course of their career,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.88,0:01:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that had already happened to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.47,0:01:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The effects of a career,\Nthere are three of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.87,0:01:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Physiologically,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.24,0:01:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happens --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.78,0:01:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of you might be able\Nto relate to this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.66,0:01:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you live very busy lives --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.88,0:02:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Research has shown that we all\Nhave a certain amount of adrenaline,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.56,0:02:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the normal\Nrange of adrenaline.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.29,0:02:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People that know how to be\Nrather than do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.41,0:02:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably are here and here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.52,0:02:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens with police officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.66,0:02:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can probably relate to this\Nwith multitasking and doing too,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.22,0:02:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the adrenaline starts to shoot up\Nbecause of hyper vigilance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.51,0:02:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being worried about your own safety\Nand the safety of everybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.39,0:02:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're always taught\Nabout what can go wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.49,0:02:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not so much about what can go right,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.54,0:02:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the majority of the time,\Nbut what can go wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.22,0:02:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of hyper vigilance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.59,0:02:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the adrenaline shoots\Nout of the normal area
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.66,0:02:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looks like a peak like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.39,0:03:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it takes twenty-four hours
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.50,0:03:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for it to come back into the normal range,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.12,0:03:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what happens is people go back to work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.77,0:03:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before that twenty-four hours is up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.05,0:03:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So their lives start to look like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.77,0:03:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I had to just show it visually.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.18,0:03:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up here, people are, you know,\Nmaking command decisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.71,0:03:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their feet, they have a sense of humor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.53,0:03:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the adrenaline has kicked in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.90,0:03:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then down here,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.86,0:03:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they start\Nto spend their lives at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.61,0:03:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this looks a lot like no energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.55,0:03:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listlessness, depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.55,0:03:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of the symbolic stuff\Nthat happens down here
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.05,0:03:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mimics depression really well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.74,0:03:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as sister Chan Khong said,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.64,0:03:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are four times as many\Npolice officers, in the US anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.42,0:03:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that take their own lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.47,0:04:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as compared to the number\Nthat are killed in the line of duty.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.48,0:04:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very real phenomenon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.86,0:04:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Physiologically,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.93,0:04:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many effects
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.99,0:04:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are very difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.74,0:04:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the first area,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.52,0:04:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and emotionally what begins to happen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.71,0:04:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the effects manifest\Nas irritation and impatience
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.39,0:04:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anger and depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.49,0:04:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of cynicism
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.99,0:04:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you were all\Na group of police officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.25,0:04:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I did a word association test,\Nand if I asked you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.31,0:04:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's the first word\Nthat comes to your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.52,0:04:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you hear the word\NBoy Scout leader?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.84,0:04:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guarantee you they would all scream out\Nin one, with one set word: pedophile.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.68,0:04:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because those are the Boy Scout leaders\Nthat they deal with.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.48,0:05:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a very cynical\Nsort of response that develops,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.04,0:05:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spiritually the effects,\NI think, of doing that job
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.25,0:05:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manifest as an armoring\Nand a numbing of the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.29,0:05:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very hard to be compassionate\Nwhen those things are going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.60,0:05:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing that happens
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.47,0:05:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you develop, what I call,\N"I used to" syndrome.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.71,0:05:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to know how to water the seeds of joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.93,0:05:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to bike.\NI used to play sports.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.38,0:05:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to garden.\NI used to write poetry.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.25,0:05:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to have hobbies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.43,0:05:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those things are gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.27,0:05:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your world becomes\Nsmaller and smaller,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.01,0:06:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of shift work and odd hours
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.08,0:06:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking that people don't understand,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.65,0:06:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you end up socializing and being\Nonly with other police officers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.72,0:06:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all those things get reinforced.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.01,0:06:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how I showed up\Nat my very first retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.66,0:06:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Thay in 1991.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.88,0:06:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a work injury,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.76,0:06:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was going to see a chiropractor,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.57,0:06:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this chiropractor was very close\Nto where I reported for work.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.66,0:06:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had a book of Thay\Nin the waiting room,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.45,0:06:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was called Being Peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.01,0:06:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I picked it up,\Nand I was leafing through it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.51,0:06:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went, "Hmmm,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.84,0:06:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is very interesting."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.68,0:06:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I was ordered\Noff work for a little while,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.11,0:07:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw a flyer on her bulletin board
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.09,0:07:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a retreat that\NThich Nhat Hahn was doing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.75,0:07:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Munda Line, Illinois, in 1991,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.78,0:07:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I thought, well, I will give it a try.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.38,0:07:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came very armored and defended.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.96,0:07:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really ready for people to hate me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.81,0:07:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was a police officer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.22,0:07:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That happens a lot, even among people\Nwhose progressive politics they share.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.57,0:07:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'd see the uniformity and immediately\Nmake a decision about who I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.05,0:07:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the the attitude\NI came there with, and what happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.52,0:07:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to show it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.86,0:07:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very interesting what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.30,0:07:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you imagine ...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.28,0:08:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.65,0:08:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, the retreats were pretty quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.93,0:08:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did -- Thay taught\Njust about everything:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.57,0:08:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we did sitting meditation,\Nand we did eating meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.72,0:08:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we did walking meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.57,0:08:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There weren't nearly as many\Nmonastics then as there are now.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.14,0:08:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sister Chan Khong was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.08,0:08:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many of the monastics\Nhave had such a huge impact on my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.88,0:08:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you see there?\NAnybody?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.79,0:08:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A red dot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.22,0:08:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's where I was living and --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.67,0:08:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think what meditation\Nand mindfulness is about
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.17,0:08:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it helps you see\Nthe white space, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.82,0:08:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this spaciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.76,0:09:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all this spaciousness that's available,\Nand we go right to the red dot.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.27,0:09:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we are with all this\Nspaciousness available to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.37,0:09:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we hang on so tight to our little red dots:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.13,0:09:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our thoughts and our emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.79,0:09:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out here love is available,\Nhappiness is available.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.48,0:09:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No coming, no going is available,\Nemptiness is available
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.81,0:09:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spaciousness of being\Nin everything and nothing at one time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.49,0:09:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how, even after that first retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.06,0:09:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to understand\Nsome of that intuitively.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.00,0:09:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hadn't read a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.22,0:09:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I wanted to do was practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.32,0:09:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to think of meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.16,0:09:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as just resting my mind
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.16,0:09:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this open awareness,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.16,0:10:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at that retreat I touched peace\Nin a really fabulous way.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.94,0:10:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many strange things happened\Nafter that retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.75,0:10:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came back,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.23,0:10:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was working nights\Nas a sergeant then,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.23,0:10:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was going on calls,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.95,0:10:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't understand\Nwhy everybody around me had changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.31,0:10:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'd seem to have\Ngotten kinder in my absence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.44,0:10:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even people I was arresting.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.75,0:10:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.08,0:10:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't make any sense to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.95,0:10:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know somebody had gone around
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.94,0:10:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sprayed Prozac or some other\Nanti depressant while I was gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.69,0:10:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it took me a little while to get
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.05,0:10:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was my energy was different,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.84,0:10:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people were responding to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.97,0:10:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was an incredible teaching for me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.32,0:10:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there it was, the proof in the pudding.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.15,0:11:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that retreat also what happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.60,0:11:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as sister Chan Khong referred to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.47,0:11:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this whole thing about the\Nfive mindfulness trainings came up,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.100,0:11:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course the first one\Nis reverence for life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.44,0:11:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "I can't take these,\NI carry a gun for a living,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.19,0:11:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I never know what's going to happen."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.16,0:11:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to this day, I can't remember\Nif it was Thay or sister Chan Khong,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.35,0:11:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of them said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.53,0:11:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who else would we want to carry a gun\Nexcept somebody who will do it mindfully?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.52,0:11:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.72,0:11:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh! A whole new way to look at things.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.16,0:11:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened for me was such a transition
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.54,0:11:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it took a while,\Nthe changes were incremental,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.31,0:11:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I stopped doing my job\Nin a mechanical way.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.87,0:11:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I started to see
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.31,0:11:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what was right in front of me
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.31,0:11:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I seem to have missed\Nwith the other attitude:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.87,0:12:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a suffering human being\Nwho needed my help
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.00,0:12:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and often didn't have\Nany place else to turn to.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.78,0:12:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started taking my time\Non the calls I went on,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.25,0:12:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started trying to connect with people\Nfrom a different space,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.19,0:12:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had these experiences early on.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.25,0:12:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorites that I like to tell
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.00,0:12:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the experience of going\Non a domestic violence call.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.03,0:12:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a mandatory arrest\Npolicy in those days,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.19,0:12:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if anybody was threatening somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.12,0:12:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a physical way, in any way whatsoever,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.33,0:12:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were supposed to arrest them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.16,0:12:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a mandatory arrest.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.79,0:12:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went on this call,\Nand I didn't have any backup,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.45,0:12:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a woman came running out and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.20,0:12:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My husband has my child\Nand I'm really scared.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.39,0:12:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just broke up, and he won't let her out
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.09,0:13:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come be with me, I'm picking her up.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.67,0:13:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an agreement about who\Nis supposed to have the child when,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.55,0:13:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now it's my turn.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.92,0:13:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I asked her to go wait\Nin the car down the block,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.86,0:13:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went and I knocked on the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.100,0:13:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is -- I'm about five-three --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.63,0:13:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this six-three, six-four inch man,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.91,0:13:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who looked very angry, opened the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.01,0:13:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could just see the suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.59,0:13:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just so obvious to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.39,0:13:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a very calm voice I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.15,0:13:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May I come in?\NI'm just here to listen and to help."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.01,0:13:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came in, and I saw\Nhis daughter over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.02,0:13:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "You know what,\NI see your little girl over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.67,0:13:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know you love her,\Nand I know how much you care about her,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.89,0:13:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see that she's scared,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.17,0:14:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know you don't want that to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.88,0:14:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how about if we let her go out\Nand be with her mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.71,0:14:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you and I talk."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.20,0:14:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.36,0:14:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So rather than escalating this situation
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.86,0:14:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the point where\Nan arrest had to be made,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.58,0:14:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was just a matter of being\Ncompassionate and mindful.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.43,0:14:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I violated every policy in the book,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.29,0:14:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with my gun belt\Nand my bulletproof vest
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.44,0:14:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat down next to this guy,\Nwhat you're never supposed to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.39,0:14:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the couch and he started\Ncrying in my arms.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.42,0:14:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was an incredible experience for me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.68,0:14:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of what a little kindness\Nand compassion can do,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.76,0:14:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that there are alternative ways\Nto respond to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.02,0:14:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course when you're angry,\Nirritated and cynical yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.57,0:15:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really hard\Nto see those possibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.13,0:15:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ran into this man three days later.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.89,0:15:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was walking\Ndown the street that I lived in
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.12,0:15:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he came up behind me,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.34,0:15:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, it's not good\Nto come up behind a police officer.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.45,0:15:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.50,0:15:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He picked me up\Noff the ground and he said:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.93,0:15:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You! You! You saved my life that night."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.00,0:15:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He picked me right up.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.00,0:15:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a wonderful experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.69,0:15:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I served two of the teachings of Thay
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.07,0:15:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Order of Interbeing\Nin our community,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.12,0:15:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our international community,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.78,0:15:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I think are\Nso important is we focus --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.33,0:15:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's such an emphasis, not only\Non happiness in the present moment
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.80,0:15:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having a foundational\Nmindfulness practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.25,0:15:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but building community\Nand engaged practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.49,0:16:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those two things you don't find\Nin too many other --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.09,0:16:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the emphasis on that --\Nin too many other Buddhist traditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.41,0:16:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've heard teachings\Nfrom a lot of different traditions now,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.75,0:16:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those two things are just so special.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.55,0:16:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started thinking\Nof a sangha, community.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.96,0:16:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joined a sangha\Nright after that retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.10,0:16:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I started thinking\Nof community as wherever I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.89,0:16:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started thinking\Nof my workplace as a sangha;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.92,0:16:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started thinking\Nof my family as a sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.25,0:16:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I did direct-action-things\Nin the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.68,0:16:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started thinking\Nof all of us as a sangha.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.07,0:16:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think community\Nis such a big piece of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.01,0:16:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2002 I came to Plum Village,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.33,0:16:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so eleven years has passed now,\Nand I've been practicing,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.85,0:16:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practice is getting deeper and deeper,\Nand going on retreats,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.52,0:17:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I became a member\Nof the the Order of Interbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.63,0:17:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay transmitted\Nthe 14 mindfulness trainings
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.13,0:17:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to myself and 32 other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.79,0:17:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was here for the three-month retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.17,0:17:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had such an incredibly grounding time.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.54,0:17:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days you wrote a letter to Thay,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.73,0:17:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you still write a letter\Nif you you want to be ordained,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.51,0:17:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't think that he read these,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.76,0:17:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I just put it in the bell.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.69,0:17:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My letter was really about ...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.52,0:17:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was still struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.39,0:17:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with feeling like both the victim\Nand oppressor in this job
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.30,0:17:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bouncing back and forth between those.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.54,0:17:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next day there was a Dharma talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.48,0:17:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't remember which hall it was in,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.57,0:17:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Thay gave a Dharma talk\Non the different faces of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.18,0:17:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sitting in the back,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.88,0:18:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he mentioned police officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.97,0:18:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was sitting in the back,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.49,0:18:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just had tears\Nstreaming down my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.78,0:18:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another big transition took place,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.85,0:18:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more softness, more understanding\Nof Thay's teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.04,0:18:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about "we're all victims and oppressors."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.01,0:18:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that happened\Nin the ripple effects of this --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.01,0:18:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even know who it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.63,0:18:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she will never know\Nthe ripple effects of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.29,0:18:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're here, please come tell me --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.19,0:18:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were doing working meditation\Nand chopping vegetables,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.26,0:18:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "I have this very, very,\Nridiculous image in my head
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.63,0:18:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of police officers holding hands\Nand doing walking meditation together,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.69,0:18:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating peaceful steps on the earth,"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.10,0:18:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she looked at me and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.44,0:18:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cheri, you can make that happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.85,0:18:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can make that happen."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.04,0:19:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thursday there was\Na question and answer session,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.47,0:19:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I got up and I asked Thay
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.32,0:19:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he would come do a retreat\Nfor police officers.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.48,0:19:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm very worried about\Nwhat the response will be,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.76,0:19:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much to my happiness\Nit's the opposite of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.92,0:19:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looked up and he said,\N"Yes, I think we do it next year."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.98,0:19:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which meant there was\Na year to organize things
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.91,0:19:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to get police officers\Nto come to a mindfulness retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.08,0:19:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a Buddhist teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.90,0:19:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were many things that happened\Nduring the course of that year,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.20,0:19:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one of the --
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.27,0:19:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even have time to go into them,\Nthey were quite ...
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.21,0:19:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very, very hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.02,0:19:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a big reaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.49,0:20:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All over I started getting hate e-mails
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.21,0:20:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of: I'm Christian, and I want\Nto offer a stress reduction retreat.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.71,0:20:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The separation of church and state,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.79,0:20:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it was going to be\Na nonsectarian retreat, came up,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.15,0:20:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was very challenging.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.77,0:20:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had wonderful people\Nin my own Sangha
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.52,0:20:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had contacted people\Namong the monastics.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.41,0:20:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That helped a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.52,0:20:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Thay came and we made this happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.87,0:20:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were, I don't remember\Nhow many people.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.67,0:20:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were about 16 officers\Nfrom my own police department
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.93,0:20:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were there,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.27,0:20:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after Thay's first Dharma talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.51,0:20:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was "Violence Begets Violence",
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.72,0:20:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talking about how, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.65,0:21:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you put out violence,\Nyou are going to get violence pretty soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.59,0:21:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the police officers,\Nafter that first talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.60,0:21:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounded me and they were like,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.35,0:21:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cheri, what are we supposed to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.30,0:21:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you mean: you can't\Nfight violence with violence?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.01,0:21:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does he mean by that?\NWhat are we supposed to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.54,0:21:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to talk to him."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.48,0:21:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.18,0:21:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Well,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.55,0:21:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never had a personal talk\Nmyself with Thich Nhat Hahn,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.46,0:21:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I will see what I can do."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.42,0:21:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, another long story short,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.46,0:21:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay came and talked\Nto just the police officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.46,0:21:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the end of that hour\Nthat he spent with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.83,0:21:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole room went ...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.88,0:21:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just so beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.60,0:21:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after that there was\Nnever another problem
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.91,0:21:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or objection that entire week.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.47,0:22:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that so affected me\Nat the end of that retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.96,0:22:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Thay said: "Are we going to hear\Nfrom the police officers?"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.54,0:22:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Thursday night\Nbefore the retreat ended,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.06,0:22:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police officers gave a presentation,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.87,0:22:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have never heard\Npolice officers share like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.20,0:22:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Share what life is like for them\Nas a police officer,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.62,0:22:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and never before have I
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.35,0:22:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seen a community be so receptive
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.18,0:22:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what they had to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.56,0:22:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was so --
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.89,0:22:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could just see them lighting up,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.26,0:22:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was just so meaningful
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.18,0:22:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there were people\Nwho were willing to be receptive to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.32,0:22:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of that retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.86,0:22:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sixteen officers\Nfrom my department and I
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.39,0:22:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,held hands and did walking meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.94,0:23:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you never know what\Nthe ripple effects of anything can be.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.30,0:23:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then all kinds of things happened
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.58,0:23:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once I got back to Madison\Nout on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.58,0:23:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, one of the things that happened
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.49,0:23:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- this is a story that I just love --
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.84,0:23:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the people who was\Nat the retreat came up to me and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.47,0:23:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cheri, I just saw two of your officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.05,0:23:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two of your young officers\Nwho were at the retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.74,0:23:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were arresting somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.08,0:23:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they recognized me.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.52,0:23:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They arrested the person,\Nand they put them in the back of the car,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.72,0:23:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they turned to me and they bowed.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.78,0:23:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.90,0:23:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said: "Well, when we bow\Nto the person that we're arresting
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.16,0:23:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as to the community\Nthat we're doing it for,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.55,0:24:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will really have arrived.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.22,0:24:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there were miracles that happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.76,0:24:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, in 2007, I went to Vietnam.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.83,0:24:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably many of you were there also,\Na big group of Westerners and --
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.64,0:24:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Thay and the monastic community\Nand that had a big impact on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.70,0:24:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Toward the end of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.37,0:24:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sister Chan Khong\Ndelivered the message to me
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.61,0:24:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Thay wanted\Nto make me a dharma teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.51,0:24:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transmit the lamp to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.44,0:24:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.89,0:24:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in 2008, that transmission\Nof the lamp happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.91,0:24:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the gatha, my gatha for Thay\Nthat I'd like to share with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.57,0:24:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we always,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.85,0:25:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay and the person\Nalways exchange gatha's.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.07,0:25:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.81,0:25:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that mindfulness\Nis the path to peace
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.27,0:25:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.69,0:25:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that peace\Nis the path to mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.02,0:25:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.21,0:25:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that peace is the path to justice
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.14,0:25:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.59,0:25:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that justice is the path to peace
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.84,0:25:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.52,0:25:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know my duty is to provide\Nsafety and protection to all beings
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.49,0:25:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.73,0:25:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am humbled and honored\Nby my duty as a Peace Officer
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.99,0:25:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing in,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.34,0:25:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I choose mindfulness as my armor\Nand compassion as my weapon
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.67,0:25:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathing out,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.83,0:25:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I aspire to bring love\Nand understanding to all I serve
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.52,0:25:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was really wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.09,0:26:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.16,0:26:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you as the sangha\Nthat holds up all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.55,0:26:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three interrelated areas
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.09,0:26:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I found my own\Npersonal work happening in
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.77,0:26:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the course of the years
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.66,0:26:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the practice\Ngot deeper and deeper for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.66,0:26:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was my own inner work,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.60,0:26:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my own meditation\Nand mindfulness practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.01,0:26:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is of course\Nthe foundation for everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.53,0:26:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second area was relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.31,0:26:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the third area was engaged practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.80,0:26:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is an African-American man\Nin the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.52,0:26:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the name of Cornell West,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.63,0:26:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who said the epitome
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.73,0:26:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how I think we should\Nview police scene, and he said:
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.50,0:26:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Justice is what love\Nlooks like in public."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.72,0:27:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justice is what love looks like in public.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.90,0:27:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How different would our system look,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.47,0:27:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we adopted this definition of justice
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.44,0:27:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the foundation for our whole system?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.67,0:27:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would just be incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.22,0:27:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things\Nthat the Buddha was so good at
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.17,0:27:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is providing the architecture\Nfor our distress
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.69,0:27:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also providing\Nthe architecture for our liberation.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.81,0:27:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Thay was so wonderful
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.56,0:27:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at conveying the Buddhist teachings
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.18,0:27:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such a simple way\Nthat could be understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.40,0:27:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that happened for me
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.73,0:27:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can probably be described --
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.43,0:27:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how Thay describes it is\Nthe psychology of mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.84,0:27:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the psychology of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.81,0:27:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are two things\Nthat were asked to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.81,0:28:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is a good curator\Nof the museum of our past,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.15,0:28:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other is a good gardener\Nof our store consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.21,0:28:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we're a good curator\Nof the museum of our past,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.85,0:28:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means that we can reframe our past,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.38,0:28:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can understand it\Nin the service of our own freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.10,0:28:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if we carry it too far,\Nand we don't balance it with the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.28,0:28:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get attached to the wound itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.62,0:28:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because then we're constantly\Njust taking tickets,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.44,0:28:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bus tickets back to our past,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.100,0:28:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we get attached to the wound itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.96,0:28:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over here, we're learning\Nhow to be a good gardener.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.93,0:28:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're learning what to incline\Nour mind toward.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.15,0:28:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're learning what we can incline\Nour mind toward, our hearts toward,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.65,0:28:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and water the seeds of joy\Nand kindness and understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.03,0:28:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.02,0:28:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in order to be able to do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.71,0:28:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.05,0:29:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how our experience\Nis born moment to moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.11,0:29:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we can start to recognise,\Nstart to watch what arises
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.15,0:29:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and notice how our experience\Nis born moment to moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.54,0:29:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we can do that,\Nwe can also make conscious decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.86,0:29:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how to incline the heart and mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.72,0:29:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is probably\Nthe most powerful thing
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.39,0:29:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has happened to me\Nover the years of this practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.26,0:29:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't tell you how many people\Ncome up to me and say:
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.66,0:29:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cheri, you've gotten so much softer."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.53,0:29:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I guess it's true!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.59,0:29:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, those protective layerings\Nof armor removed one at a time.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.24,0:29:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You learned about craving and aversion
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.91,0:29:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to work with with both of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.06,0:29:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the ways\Nthat I noticed about myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.19,0:30:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very subtle form of craving\Nthat I really wanted to heal,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.26,0:30:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was this craving to be calm.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.16,0:30:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This craving to be calm
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.24,0:30:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all of the achievements\Nthat go along with it and blah blah --
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.84,0:30:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the doing that goes along with it;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.98,0:30:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the identity that gets created.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.77,0:30:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you build up this identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.10,0:30:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to learn that you\Nhave to strip it down,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.61,0:30:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because so much of this practice
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.93,0:30:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about dissolution of the the ego.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.02,0:30:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately in our society
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.38,0:30:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,success often gets equated with doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.45,0:30:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that I love
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.27,0:30:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what Thay has helped me understand
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.84,0:30:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the quality of your doing
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.91,0:30:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will always be dependent\Non the quality of your being.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.72,0:30:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to really make that manifest,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.18,0:31:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it requires a certain discipline
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.93,0:31:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that you cannot let the things\Nthat matter the most
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.48,0:31:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be at the mercy of the things\Nthat matter the least.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.74,0:31:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often we think:\Nif I just going to get this done,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.72,0:31:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll just get this done\Nand just get this done,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.21,0:31:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'll focus on my practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.38,0:31:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we become habitual waiters.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.54,0:31:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We become habitual waiters.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.30,0:31:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We become addicted to doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.36,0:31:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have so many exhausted people\Nrunning around that are addicted to doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.58,0:31:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, in my culture anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.05,0:31:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a lot of people\Nwho are tired and wired.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.96,0:31:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which leads to a lot\Nof contentious behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.75,0:32:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding is so key to this practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.36,0:32:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you a little story
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.18,0:32:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when I think back on it\Nmakes me smile so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.92,0:32:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was my first week\Nof being a police officer,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.95,0:32:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a rookie police officer on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.90,0:32:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had just come off
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.20,0:32:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of our experiences\Nwith our field training officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.20,0:32:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're now riding alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.09,0:32:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the first things\Nthat happened to me
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.32,0:32:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the lieutenant of my shift --
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.42,0:32:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we have these briefing sessions\Nbefore every shift starts -- said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.72,0:33:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Maples, there's a homeless guy
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.36,0:33:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down there in the basement,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.24,0:33:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where our squad cars are\Nand where our evidence room is,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.35,0:33:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to go down there\Nand get him out of there
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.52,0:33:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and skip briefing to do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.57,0:33:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, "OK,"
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.20,0:33:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I go down there,\Nand I make contact with this man,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.74,0:33:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who proceeds to tell me\Nhe doesn't have to go anywhere
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.54,0:33:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he's the president\Nof the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.38,0:33:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than understanding him\Nand trying to put myself in his position,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.90,0:33:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm arguing with him that he's not\Nthe president of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.33,0:33:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm getting more and more nervous
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.24,0:33:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know\Nall these veteran police officers
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.51,0:33:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to be coming down the stairs,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.22,0:33:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I'm failing\Nat my very first assignment, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.04,0:33:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, this is not going well ...
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.35,0:33:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, one of the veteran\Nofficers walks down.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.11,0:34:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Hey, rookie,\Nlet me show you how it's done."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.33,0:34:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes and he gets a key
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.84,0:34:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the squad closest\Nto where this homeless man is standing,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.98,0:34:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he opens the back door,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.69,0:34:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says, "Mister President,\Nyour limo awaits you."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.36,0:34:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.98,0:34:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the guy gets right in\Nand off they go.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.22,0:34:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that also taught me something\Nabout working for social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.84,0:34:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that I think\Nis really important
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.26,0:34:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we have to learn the difference
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.15,0:34:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between self-esteem and self-compassion,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:49.23,0:34:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because until we learn how to bring\Ntrue self-compassion to ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.80,0:35:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the practice doesn't really work well\Nwith other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.26,0:35:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I say self esteem, I mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.67,0:35:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we used to have a lot of -- we still do --
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.00,0:35:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new age spirituality stuff\Nin our bookstores
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.36,0:35:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's all about self-improvement, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.24,0:35:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can make a full time job\Nout of self-improvement,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:17.20,0:35:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which leads to high self-esteem,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.23,0:35:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I guess that's better\Nthan low self-esteem.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.80,0:35:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the problem with high self-esteem\Nis you're still comparing yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.90,0:35:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.02,0:35:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact sometimes\Nyou're competing with them
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.30,0:35:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and secretly hoping\Nthey do worse than you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.60,0:35:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a very good way\Nto live a spiritual life.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.75,0:35:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With self-compassion we're learning how\Nto not just bring empathy to ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.52,0:35:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but goodwill to ourselves,\Nin a phenomenal way.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.99,0:35:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that I've noticed
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.74,0:36:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when I'm able to do that\Nwith the tools in the practice
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.77,0:36:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the volume of 'me' goes way down.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.24,0:36:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm happiest\Nwhen the volume of me is lowest.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.24,0:36:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the volume of me goes up,\NI start getting ready,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.11,0:36:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all those habit seeds\Nare ready to spring into action.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.14,0:36:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I had more time, but I know\Nyou've been sitting here for a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.30,0:36:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think I want to go directly to --
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.98,0:36:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do want to read\Na quote by Thomas Merton,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.39,0:36:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I want to tell you\Nabout the five things
Dialogue: 0,0:36:39.39,0:36:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I think need to happen\Nin the policing profession.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.59,0:36:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.67,0:36:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thomas Merton said this,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.55,0:36:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is to me such a --
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.74,0:36:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the epitome of Thay's teachings:
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.49,0:36:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"To allow ourselves to be carried away
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.55,0:37:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a multitude of conflicting concerns;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.26,0:37:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to surrender to too many demands;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.19,0:37:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to commit oneself to too many projects;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.33,0:37:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to want to help everyone and everything
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.06,0:37:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to succumb to violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.80,0:37:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The frenzy of our activism\Nneutralizes our work for peace;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.39,0:37:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it destroys our own\Ninner capacity for peace;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.47,0:37:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it destroys the fruitfulness\Nof our own work
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.18,0:37:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it kills the root of inner wisdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.36,0:37:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which makes work fruitful."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.03,0:37:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things I want to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.77,0:37:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've done a lot of engaged work.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.65,0:37:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have prison projects in Wisconsin now,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.43,0:37:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that went from being in one prison\Nto being in the entire system,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.43,0:37:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm now happy to say\Nthat we are about to be able
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.56,0:37:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start teaching\Nmindfulness to the guards.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.18,0:37:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been doing segregation,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.68,0:38:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people have noticed\Nthat culture's changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.13,0:38:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with all the scientific research\Nthat's out there on mindfulness now,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.12,0:38:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are now asking us to bring it,\Nnot just to the correctional officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.07,0:38:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to probation\Nand parole agents as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.43,0:38:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is huge.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.42,0:38:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you about a couple\Nof other little projects,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.07,0:38:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:24.15,0:38:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's so important to keep our --
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.26,0:38:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's why we have\Nsixty days of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.79,0:38:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as members of the Order of Interbeing --
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.71,0:38:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's so important to keep\Nthe energy of our practice alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.74,0:38:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've heard this\Nterm that they use now,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.39,0:38:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called compassion fatigue.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.23,0:38:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any of you heard of that term,\Ncompassion fatigue, burnout?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.33,0:38:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, burnout is a sign that we're\Nviolating our own nature in some way.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.14,0:38:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's usually regarded as a result\Nof trying to give too much,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.71,0:39:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think it could result\Nfrom trying to give what we don't have,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.93,0:39:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the ultimate\Nin giving too little.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.60,0:39:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's where\Ncompassion fatigue comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.43,0:39:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the gift that we give
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.20,0:39:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an intregral and valued part\Nof our own journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.76,0:39:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes from\Nthe organic reality of inner work,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.31,0:39:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to renew itself\Nand be limitless in nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.76,0:39:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that means we have to keep\Nour practice very strong and very alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.61,0:39:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With respect to relationships,\NI just want to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.55,0:39:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me relationships are\Nthe litmus test of spirituality.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.66,0:39:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If our practice doesn't\Nshow up in our relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.03,0:39:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then something is wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.99,0:40:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This single, from a practice perspective\Nprobably the single most important thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.92,0:40:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resource that I developed over time\Nin my own practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.86,0:40:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially as a cop\Nwho carried a gun on a daily basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.89,0:40:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I started to experience
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.72,0:40:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the incredible healing power\Nof non-aggression.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.12,0:40:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned to bring to any interaction
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.35,0:40:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the intention not to cause more harm,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.02,0:40:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that included those times\Nwhen I had to use force,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.44,0:40:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that intention was always there.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.04,0:40:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the other things that Thay\Ntaught me that was so valuable,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.50,0:40:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that compassion can be gentle\Nand compassion can be fierce.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.60,0:40:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wisdom is knowing when to employ\Nthe gentle compassion of understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.09,0:40:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the fierce compassion\Nof good boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.49,0:41:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.54,0:41:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think how we talk\Nand relate to others
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.34,0:41:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is probably the most important peace-work\Nthat we can engage in.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.17,0:41:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember at work when I was\Ncaptain of personnel and training,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.87,0:41:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the great things,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.17,0:41:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I was then in charge\Nof training the whole department,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.35,0:41:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I could get\Nsome really good things done.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.78,0:41:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I remember sitting at my computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.31,0:41:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working on this Academy,\Ncurriculum for the Academy,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:34.37,0:41:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when one of my young officers\Ncame in and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.45,0:41:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Captain, can I please talk to you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:40.35,0:41:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And internally I went, "Argh!",
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.73,0:41:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I didn't want\Nto interrupt what was happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.34,0:41:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to get this done.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.79,0:41:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was such a lesson to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.78,0:41:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I immediately recognized\Nwhat was happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.78,0:41:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made a commitment
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.100,0:42:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was going to switch\Nthe foreground and the background.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:02.27,0:42:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That relationships were going to be\Nmore important to me than tasks.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.09,0:42:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That meant managing a to-do list.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.08,0:42:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it meant some people would be upset,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.93,0:42:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it meant that I didn't get\Nas many things done as I did before,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.38,0:42:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what could be more important
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.50,0:42:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than giving my presence\Nto another human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.50,0:42:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the ripple effects of that,\Nyou can never, never know.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.21,0:42:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there were many other things,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:34.98,0:42:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm going to --
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.38,0:42:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do want to talk to you ...
Dialogue: 0,0:42:39.89,0:42:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the current criminal justice system
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.23,0:42:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I think needs to change in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:45.35,0:42:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't speak
Dialogue: 0,0:42:48.20,0:42:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what's going on in Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.94,0:42:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Vietnam or Thailand
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.37,0:42:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or other countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.82,0:43:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can speak from what's\Ngoing on in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.22,0:43:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is that our current\Ncriminal justice system
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.62,0:43:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is based on this very faulty premise.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.06,0:43:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That premise is that\Nthe punishment of the perpetrator
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.42,0:43:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to heal the victim\Nand rehabilitate the perpetrator.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.91,0:43:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I found is that\Nneither one of those things are true.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.38,0:43:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems to reflect a collective belief
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.68,0:43:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that contributes to all kinds\Nof interpersonal and systemic dysfunction,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:32.44,0:43:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what this premise\Nfails to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.43,0:43:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the basic premises\Nof restorative justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.40,0:43:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is that it's not\Nthe wrong-doer's repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:43:46.07,0:43:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that creates forgiveness,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.88,0:43:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's the victim's forgiveness\Nthat creates repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.72,0:43:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've seen this happen\Nover and over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.43,0:44:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do we have to do
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.90,0:44:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the criminal justice system?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.63,0:44:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I've been focusing on five things.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.35,0:44:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is we need to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.82,0:44:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what working as a police officer does.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.47,0:44:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you take soldiers\Nor people that are on the SWAT-teams,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:24.96,0:44:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the ops-teams in policing,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.28,0:44:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the effects that I talked about\Nare much more intense.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.69,0:44:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we teach people\Nhow to keep themselves physically safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.02,0:44:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We teach them how to keep themselves\Nphysically safe and others physically safe
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.05,0:44:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by using force and how to use force.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.09,0:44:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we don't teach them\Nhow to keep themselves emotionally safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.69,0:44:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's where I receive such gift,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:54.63,0:44:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is with mindfulness from Thay.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:58.08,0:45:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so important that we begin
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.13,0:45:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provide criminal justice professionals
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.30,0:45:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the training\Nthat will help them identify
Dialogue: 0,0:45:08.81,0:45:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how their world works\Nand how it can be undone,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.78,0:45:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in the emotional realm.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.55,0:45:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's important that we\Nnot just do stress reduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.94,0:45:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing about mindfulness,\Nand we know this from the trainees,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:25.76,0:45:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it brings a whole\Nethical framework along with it
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.78,0:45:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's really important\Nnot to leave behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.97,0:45:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I do, as somebody\Nwho is a police officer,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:35.30,0:45:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I know how to translate that language
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.93,0:45:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into language they understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.36,0:45:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't talk to them about Buddhism.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.65,0:45:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the language, I know the culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.19,0:45:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of you know this same thing\Nwherever you are:
Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.72,0:45:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know the language,\Nyou know the culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.08,0:45:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to figure out how to translate it.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.98,0:46:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So focusing on the emotional health
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.42,0:46:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of criminal justice professionals\Nis very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.00,0:46:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing that is so important
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.52,0:46:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is we need to take seriously
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.97,0:46:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the conscious and unconscious biases
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.84,0:46:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that police officers\Nand other criminal justice professionals
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.25,0:46:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are walking around with
Dialogue: 0,0:46:22.30,0:46:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that leads to racial profiling
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.63,0:46:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the incredible racial disparities\Nthroughout our system.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.09,0:46:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these unconscious biases\Nshow up, not just in the obvious ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.82,0:46:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in the worst possible ways\Nof deadly force,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:39.59,0:46:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they also show up in ways that --
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.06,0:46:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with coworkers\Nand people we interact with.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.00,0:46:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That builds resentments\Nand fuels divisions
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.19,0:46:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and threatens our own safety\Nas well as the safety of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.57,0:47:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With respect to racial disparities,\NI think police officers can be trained
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.10,0:47:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to slow down the decision making process.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.34,0:47:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to watch young officers stop a car,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.78,0:47:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would say to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.03,0:47:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, I want you to talk me through
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.77,0:47:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reasons you made that stop\Nand what was going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.52,0:47:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now I want you to talk me through\Nwhere your reasonable suspicion was
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.30,0:47:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for having them get out of the car\Nand search the car.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.63,0:47:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to talk me through\Nthe thought process that happened."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:27.47,0:47:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There usually is an opportunity for me\Nto really make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.15,0:47:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're dealing with racism\Nand racial disparities,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.82,0:47:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are decision making points\Nin any organization
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.12,0:47:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be identified,\Nwhere race can be a factor.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.52,0:47:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are hundreds of them\Nin the criminal justice profession.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.13,0:47:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's important, I think,\Nthat every single one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.52,0:48:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identifies those decision making points\Nin our own organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.73,0:48:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really sit down and think about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.59,0:48:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, with respect to discrimination\Nand oppression in our collective lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.49,0:48:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,activists face many challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.98,0:48:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of us who have experienced\Nmarginalization of some kind,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.98,0:48:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's how do we free ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.58,0:48:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the adaptations\Nthat we've made to our oppression.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.90,0:48:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for those areas
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.19,0:48:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have unearthed\Nthe unearned assets of privileges,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.53,0:48:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do we cut through
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.55,0:48:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our sense of privilege\Nin some areas of life
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.54,0:48:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our inferior status in others?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:43.39,0:48:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we get over our superiority,\Ninferiority and equality complexes?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.14,0:48:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third thing that I think has to happen
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.53,0:48:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is coordinated community responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.80,0:48:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to start taking seriously
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.96,0:49:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the proposition that public safety
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.97,0:49:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really depends on the capacity\Nof neighborhoods
Dialogue: 0,0:49:07.64,0:49:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how to build the capacity\Nof neighborhoods.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.15,0:49:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in terms of engaged Buddhism,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.43,0:49:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've come up with several\Ndifferent ways to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.47,0:49:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hope I get a chance to do\Na Q&A session at some point
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.19,0:49:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then tell you about those.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.01,0:49:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the fourth strategy\Nis that we would put a lot more effort
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.14,0:49:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into reducing environmental\Nopportunities for crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.43,0:49:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we would gather more data\Nto notice what the patterns really are,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.45,0:49:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would be proactive\Nrather than reactive,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.01,0:49:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we don't keep responding\Nto the same thing over and over,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.42,0:49:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rather than having officers\Ntied to radio calls, go here, go there,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.12,0:49:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would be more connected\Nto neighborhoods and technology
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.16,0:50:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and crime prevention resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.89,0:50:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, police officers have to\Nreally begin to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.77,0:50:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in order to be effective\Nthey can't rely on their authority,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.57,0:50:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have to rely on so much more,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.38,0:50:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that they have to rely on a much\Nlarger coordinated community effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.04,0:50:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A fifth thing I want to address
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.33,0:50:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we should all be\Nvery, very concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.61,0:50:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the militarization\Nof our police departments.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:28.15,0:50:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The police mission\Nis very, very different.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.44,0:50:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The police mission\Nis to serve and protect
Dialogue: 0,0:50:35.53,0:50:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our neighbors, our friends,\Nour community residents.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.48,0:50:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we don't do that\Nby militarizing our departments
Dialogue: 0,0:50:45.33,0:50:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turning people into enemies.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.76,0:50:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's where communities\Nreally come into being,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:52.90,0:50:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's pressure\Nof police departments to change
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.65,0:50:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes all the difference\Nin the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.04,0:51:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on the other hand,\Nit's very, very important
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.47,0:51:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- the last thing I would say --
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.14,0:51:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that police officers need your support,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.60,0:51:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need your understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.26,0:51:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen what happens when they get it,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.54,0:51:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they need to hear from you,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.28,0:51:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they need to understand you.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.73,0:51:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the more situations\Nthat we can put police officers
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.14,0:51:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and residents of communities in
Dialogue: 0,0:51:27.25,0:51:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they just have\Nthe opportunity for dialogue.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.39,0:51:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that makes\Nall the difference in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.22,0:51:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the other thing\NI want to say to all of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.86,0:51:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what cultures\Nand organizations that you work in,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.64,0:51:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one of the things\Nthat I got committed to,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.70,0:51:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a result of my own engaged Buddhism,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.13,0:51:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is noticing the unwritten\Nand unconscious agreements
Dialogue: 0,0:51:56.86,0:52:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that existed in the organization,\Nin the culture of policing.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.04,0:52:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those things aren't in the policy manual,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.98,0:52:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the things we get\Nsocialized to in any community
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.16,0:52:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be identified.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.15,0:52:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once you identify those
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.74,0:52:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you bring them into\Nthe conscious arena for discussion,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.96,0:52:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more ethical behaviors\Njust start to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.15,0:52:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because people are examining\Nand thinking about those behaviors.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.69,0:52:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so often in our associational lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:34.21,0:52:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in the organizations\Nand communities we're part of,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.14,0:52:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we tend to think of ourselves\Nas effect rather than cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.58,0:52:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody else,\Nthe leader is responsible for this,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.15,0:52:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody else did this.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.32,0:52:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seem to believe\Nthat someone or something else
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.46,0:52:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.77,0:52:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that someone needs to do\Nsomething better for things to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.62,0:52:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We forget that we're a member\Nof this organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.00,0:53:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People come out of a meeting and say,\N"Oh, that was a terrible meeting."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.24,0:53:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, "Were you there?"
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.71,0:53:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a terrible meeting\Nbecause we all made it a terrible meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.93,0:53:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What could you have done to improve it?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.73,0:53:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in authentic community membership,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.89,0:53:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're always holding ourselves accountable
Dialogue: 0,0:53:21.30,0:53:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the well being\Nof the larger community.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.03,0:53:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We become more than just\Njudging critics and consumers,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.73,0:53:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we start to shift\Nthe belief that this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.24,0:53:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this organization, this meeting,\Nthis gathering,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.96,0:53:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is ours to construct together.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:37.59,0:53:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what has to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.30,0:53:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.93,0:53:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make such an important\Ndifference in any given moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.18,0:53:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be the person
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.95,0:53:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes the difference\Nin a contentious interaction;
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.53,0:53:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be the person\Nthat because of your practice
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.91,0:53:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pauses and refrains
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.79,0:54:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and holds that grounding;
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.09,0:54:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can be the person
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.24,0:54:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rather than exacerbating\Npain and violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.26,0:54:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transforms that by the way\Nyou bear witness to it;
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.62,0:54:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can be the person
Dialogue: 0,0:54:09.13,0:54:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who instead of telling people\Nhow it should be,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.41,0:54:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you bring those unconscious\Nand unskillful ways
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.86,0:54:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the conscious arena\Nof question and dialogue;
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.21,0:54:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can be the person\Nwho chooses not to gossip
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.30,0:54:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to recruit others to your viewpoint\Nbehind closed doors in an organisation.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:31.50,0:54:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let me just say in conclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.80,0:54:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that probably the most\Nradical political act
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.66,0:54:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that any of us will engage in
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.46,0:54:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how to learn live in more harmony
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.84,0:54:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with everyone and everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.39,0:54:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To change the world or to love everybody
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.26,0:54:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is too big an ambition\Nfor any single person,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.24,0:54:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to respond to this moment
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.03,0:54:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with engagement and compassion
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.86,0:55:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is possible for each and every one of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:03.15,0:55:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what Thich Nhat Hahn inspired in me
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.39,0:55:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a strong belief
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.53,0:55:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even something like\Ncarrying a gun for a living
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.76,0:55:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be an act of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:13.16,0:55:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if one is also armed
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.74,0:55:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with mindfulness\Nand a compassionate intention.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:19.03,0:55:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, thank you for your presence,\Nyour practice and your attention.