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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bell
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.40,0:00:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear community, we are August \Nthe 10th in the year 2023,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.24,0:00:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are celebrating, savoring\Nthe last day of our Wake Up retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.82,0:00:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Love in Action", here \Nin the Upper Hamlet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.01,0:00:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Still Water meditation hall.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.73,0:00:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm having an interesting \Nmoment sitting here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.94,0:00:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we first started creating\Nyouth retreats, about 15 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.85,0:00:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a real challenge to try and\Nfind enough young people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.76,0:00:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a retreat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And first there was forty, then\Nthe next year there was like 65,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I remember \Nthe year we hit 100,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were so excited that\Nwe had 100 registrations!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we went to report to Thay.\NThis must have been around 2010.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thay, there's a hundred \Nyoung people in Europe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that want to learn about mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you believe it ?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was like - well done!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, we started to \Ncreate the Wake Up movement.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said (to Thay) it's a little \Nbit overwhelming!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, and his eyes \Nlit up with sparkles,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's like "excellent, it should \Nfeel overwhelming!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'm sitting here and I\Ndon't know how many hundreds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of you there are, but it feels little \Noverwhelming
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I guess Thay's smiling \Nwith a sparkle in his eyes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be careful what you wish for, \Nbecause it may come true.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that's going to make it easier,\Nbut hey, I think speaking in front of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual friends
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is both challenging and wonderful,\Nbecause on the one hand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel I want to share my heart\Nwith you all,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the other, of course, I have the\Nsame feeling that we all do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of whether I can be enough\Nin this moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I will share from my, my joy\Nmy experience and my practice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is my best, so,\Nwe will see.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had some little flowers here\Nthank you, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emotional support flowers,\Nwe also have an emotional
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support cello, that we might, that I might\Nneed to call on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 21 when I first came \Nto Plum Village
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was one of the people\Nwho as soon as there was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a chance to receive the five\Nmindfulness trainings, I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanted to do it. And I was\Nhere for three weeks that summer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was also one of the people\Nwho was like I am going to wait
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the last week.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I know some of us have\Nbeen here through the summer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have received the five\Nmindfulness trainings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this morning, and some of us\Nare here for the first time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we also made that commitment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have to say, \Ngetting on the train in Saint-Foy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the five mindfulness trainings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kinda in my pockets, in my back pack
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My life was different. It just was!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt that I had a path. I felt that \NI knew what was important to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt that what the experience was that\NI can't fall that far anymore.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like the mindfulness trainings\Nwere a safety net or something.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, I'm held in their embrace\Nthat has been my experience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although I was sharing\Nwith my dharma discussion family
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the path of the five mindfulness\Ntrainings is not exactly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a straight highway,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its more like this, and thats\Ndefinitely been my experience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That it has been an adventure,\Nan experiment, a work in progress
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a challenge and also a training,\Nlike really a training.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as many of us know whatever\Nkind of training we do, we learn
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by trying things out,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by realizing ... oops, \Nthat was not in alignment or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have strayed far off my path\Nat this point
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was wonderful and \Nhas been wonderful to\Nfeel that they are part of my life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't know if your facilitators\Nshared with you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the dharma name we get\Nwith our five mindfulness trainings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the dharma name for your life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even if you become monastics\Nyour monastic name is not as important
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your five mindfulness trainings name.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are kind of born into our\Nspiritual path with this practice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with this training.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this morning, definitely\Nmore than a hundred of us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe more than a hundred and fifty\Npossibly closer to two hundred of us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the different hamlets.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made a passionate, wholehearted\Ncommitment to take the insight
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and practises of the five mindfulness\Ntrainings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our lives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so when we get on the train \Ntomorrow, car or however we'r getting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these mindfulness trainings\Nwill be with us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even if we didn't make a formal\Ncommitment to receive them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please take the piece of paper\Nwith you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can penetrate our life\Nbecause in a way they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encapsulate everything we\Nhave been experiencing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together in this retreat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these trainings are, I guess, the \Nkind of Plum Village blueprint for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changing the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are nothing less than \Nour full vision for the kind of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loving action that can transform\Nsociety and the future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone asked me in the\Nearth retreat earlier in this year
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find the Plum Village teachings\Non the earth and climate so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fascinating, but do you have\Nsome kind of manifesto?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said yeh - we have the\Nfive mindfulness trainings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the person was like, no I\Ndidn't mean that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, oh I mean that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they are applied, they live\Nthey are kind of mult-dimensional.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each one of them is about bringing\Nthe energy of awakening and love
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly into the heart of our daily \Nlives, our relationship and our society.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, as we take the practice\Nhome, maybe you go home and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody comes up to you and\Nsays, how was your retreat?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you say ... brilliant, great\Nwonderful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to practice meditation\Nevery day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we may have a tendency to\Nthink that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most easily applicable thing\Nwe can take from this retreat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is ten minutes sitting every day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we may think, that's going to\Nbe my aspiration, my intention
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my volition, I'm going to put \Nit all into that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is good,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I feel we can be more ambitious\Nthen that, and I say that because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we only do 10 minutes of sitting\Nmeditation a day, and then the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rest of our life is the same,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the transformation will \Nnot be very radical.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what we can see in each one of\Nthese amazingly challenging
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inspiring trainings in the\Nfive mindfulness trainings is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're about far more \Nthan sitting meditation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, as a relatively active person,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I left Plum Village I, found\Nit really hard to do sitting meditation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it was very rare that I made time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was able to make time to do sitting\Nmeditation in my daily life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, my life was utterly transformed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the five mindfulness trainings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing I learned, I used to\Nsit on public transport and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be present for the people\Naround me, and present for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my feelings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And honestly, I think I got\Nmore kind of shift in my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perspective and way of living\Nin the way I sat on buses in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,central London then I would\Nhave done by sitting on my cushion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I lived like many of us \Na very
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,active and hyperstimulated life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was juggling a job in journalism and\Na masters degree.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like too much input, so if \NI sat on a cushion all I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heard or saw was just all\Nthe inputs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I was in relation \Nwith the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following my breathing and\Nbeing in contact with my body
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like I opened up a whole\Nnew way of experiencing life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was really transformative\Nfor me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as we think about what we\Nmight want to take away from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this retreat, i'm gonna sort of\Nreflect back to some of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that we've been experiencing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can see for ourselves\Nwhich of these elements
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do I want to incorporate in \Nmy daily life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things, perhaps\Nthe most important thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been doing on this\Nretreat is resting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relaxing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spending time in silence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both with people but\Nalso with nature
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we may ask ourselves
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my daily life, am I making\Ntime to rest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So resting without screens
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resting wihtout maybe headphones
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am I able to rest and listen to \Nmy body
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how might we incorporate\Na practice of resting in our daily lifes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So those of us that work from home\Nwe have a great chance to do relaxation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after lunch.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because no one can see you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you can find the Plum Village App\Nor your favorite relaxation teachers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can listen to a relaxation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it a part of your working day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can make a commitment to \Nourselves, a promise to ourselves
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend more time in our \Nnearest park, or to use
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our days off from study or\Nwork to actively go out into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nature.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can also , like, \Nlearning from this experience of being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people, in nature, is great.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we invite our friends \Nand organize to have more time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in nature together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is actively cultivating\Nourselves, our body and mind
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our awakening and also our resistance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I mostly want to talk to you today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about is, spiritual resistance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How the choices we make about\Nhow we live our life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are a fundamental, deep \Nform, or resistance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to collective consciousness \Nand to society.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So choosing to rest in our super busy\Nworld is a form of resistance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't need to consume, we don't \Nneed to do,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're gonna be in the way\Nthat is the future we would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like to see.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more simple, more connected\Nand more whole in ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not relying on external things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like consuming and doing to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing we've been doing on\Nthis retreat has been stopping
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking deeply. We have \Nhad a chance to step back
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our life, to step outside
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the constant
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pressures that we are under
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to kind of take stock to reflect \Na little bit and to listen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so the question about how we\Ncould take this kind of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stopping back with us could be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is there a practice that you \Ncan take in your life where
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day has at least \None moment of stopping in it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I went back from\NPlum Village, the something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I chose was drinking a\Nglass of water from the water
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cooler at work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my work was in a newsroom
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was a very overstimulated\Nenvironment, but I wanted to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep this connection to Plum\NVillage into my spiritual life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the spiritual dimension of\Nmy being because being in a -
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the politics department\Nof the newsroom -
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so its probably like the \Nleast, a very not spiritual place.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was determined, I was\Nthere for ethical reasons because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ethical news was possible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thats another story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I chose that the moment \Nthat I drank water was the moment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I would be deeply into\Ntouch with my spiritual life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I recited the poem that\Nwe have here in plum village
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for drinking water, many of us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know this poem, but if we are\Nhere for the first time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might have just seen it\Nnear a water tap somewhere
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this poem goes like this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, with the collective \Nconsciousness I don't have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first word.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain is a social brain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water comes from high\Nmountain sources,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water runs deep in the earth
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,miraculously water comes to us\Nand sustains all life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My gratitude is filled\Nto the brim.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was working in the newsroom\Nin Spring 2003
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a peace activist and it\Nwas at the outbreak of the Iraq war
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time I went to the\Nwater cooler, I recited this poem.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were screens all around me\Nthat had a live screen from the war
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,zone. And this was my act of \Nresistance. This was my resolve
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my heart alive, to keep my hear\Nopen and to stay in touch with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beauty and wonder of life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I could see clearly the \Ndestruction and injustice of war.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very interesting to practice\Nmindfulness in the workplace
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I invite you to try it out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could choose drinking water,\Nyou could choose maybe if you go
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a place of work or study, you\Ncould choose some part of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the distance when you are transitioning\Nfrom your home life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go int work, you can take \N200 meteres, and you can say
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to yourself, I will walk as a\Nfree person, as my whole
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self including my spiritual \Naspect from this lamppost
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that pedestrian crossing\Nand you make a resolve,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will do this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this was another thing I did.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Across the center of London
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had my anti-war umbrella.\NIn London it always rains
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except recently but that's \Na different story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry. No diversion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had my peace umbrella, in London\Neverywhere. Everyone about 15 years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ago still wore black in the city\Nand had black umbrellas,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so my umbrellas was white and\Nit had the words peace that I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had stencilled on to it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got lots of reactions as\NI would walk through the city
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my way to the newsroom, \Nbut that was my almost resistance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I can to a certain place\Nnear a cathedral, I chose a stretch
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was quite nice, right in the\Nheart of the city and I said
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will walk as a free person, free\Nfrom my anger about the war
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free from my fear about the days\Nwork ahead,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free from the fights, I will walk\Nas a free human being on this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful planet earth and I \Ndid this for 200 meters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these were delicious 200\Nmeters, and now whenever I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think of London, my heart goes\Nright back to this particular stretch
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whenever I have a chance to \Ngo there, I like to revisit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my corner of these few hundred\Nyards, that become like a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deep refuge for me\Nbecause when we make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a commitment to do that\Nwhat's amazing is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our whole body remembers\Nthe feeling, our whole
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,body remembers, I feel\Npeaceful and free here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so even if my mind is\Nreally stressed, about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was happening or \Nabout what I need to do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that step up onto the pavement\Nthose two steps through this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gate, the step to the right\Nwith the two trees,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the signals where, you\Nare peaceful, you are fee
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a free person.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is another way that\Nwe can take the practice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,home, that we can,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take something as simple\Nas walking to be an act of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resistence and an act of\Nfreedom right in the heart
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our daily life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was walking in the rush hour\Nthe people were often
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overtaking me, because\NI had a certain pace.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't as slow as slow walking\Nbut there was a certain pace
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I found could tasted free\Nto me. And everyone was like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overtaking me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And literally, each step\Nfelt like an act of resistance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't agree with the direction\Nthat my society is going in and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will express my resistance with\Nmy body, with each step.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I reclaimed my freedom
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from this rat race, from this\Ncollective consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing we have learned\Nto do on this retreat is to be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present with discomfort, with\Ndiscomfort in the body,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discomfort in our feelings, \Ndiscomfort in the mind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think these things are changing\Nnow but at least this was not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that I had a chance \Nto learn at school, it was only
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something I had a chance to \Nlearn at age 21 when I came
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Plum Village.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a lot of emotional maturity.\NI feel that I'm the kind of -
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a millenial and I\Nknow that many of us here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are Gen Z - so we're possibly \Nslightly different generations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's wonderful to see that the\Nemotional intelligence is there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the young generation. That we\Nare finding ways to understand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the landscape of our emotions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we hope that over the last\Nfew days, we've learned something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really tangible, felt ways that \Nwe can be with a painful feeling
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been learning how to\Nname it, or even beyond naming
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to feel it, in the body,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it might effect our breathing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our breathing becomes more tense,\Nor shorter or more jagged.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our jaw becomes tighter, and \Nwe've been learning how to encounter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accompany and embrace\Nunconditionally, challenging and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uncomfortable feelings that come up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just that this is a really \Ngreat skill to have.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel that as a human being when\Nwe can be with and master some
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the most painful feelings that\Nwe have, it's honestly, close to a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,superpower, kind of. It allows us\Nto have agency, to have freedom
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have a way out, of some really\Ndifficult situations that we will
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be encountering in our life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be able to feel the feel, feel\Nthe emotions and the painful feelings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, not be overwhelmed by them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we have an energy of \Nmindfulness, we hold on to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our breathing, we hold onto \Nour felt sense of our physical body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something as simple as feeling our\Nhands, or feeling our toes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We find a way to be and breathe\Nthrough difficult feelings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we've found on this retreat\NI'm thinking, I'm sure in every
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dharma sharing circle group, is\Nthat when we can be with a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,difficult feeling, it allows us\Nto be authentic. We can be real.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can share our whole self\Nbecause we're not afraid of it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've been able to speak\Nour truth in our dharma sharing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,circle, and we've been training how\Nto listen to other people's uncomfortable
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feelings and to accompany and offer\Nthat spiritual friendship and support.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this also a kind of superpower.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be able to show up for our friends
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without fear, but with a real strong,\Nand loving presence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that we are also taking home\Nwith us tomorrow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we are with our friends and \Nwhen they are having a difficult
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moment, we know how to come\Nback to our breathing, we know how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feel the reflection of their suffering\Nin our own body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take care of it there and be with\Nthem, not to change it in any way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to be not alone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been learning how to\Nbe together, even in suffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is so important for our\Ngeneration, because we know that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path ahead will be challenging\Nfor us. So learning how to suffer is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a really important skill and training.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this brings us to something\Nreally important, which is, something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Br. Phap Huu touched on in the \Nfirst talk, that mindfulness is not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to make us feel better.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of us may have come to \Nmindfulness through some kind
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of wellbeing program or because\Nsomeone said you can take care
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your mental health with\Nmindfulness so please practice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness to be well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are some offerings of\Nmindfulness that only go that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far. But in deep mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,authentic mindfulness, original\Nmindfulness, real mindfulness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know - whatever this\Nthing is that we do here, that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has ancient roots, more than\N2,000 years old, in our kind of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mindfulness, we don't just practice\Nmindfulness to feel well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We practice mindfulness to \Nunderstand our suffering and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find a way out, for ourselves,\Nfor our loved ones, and for our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,society. So deep in the DNA of\Nour kind of mindfulness, is a kind
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of radical transformation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A way out, changing things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Bell]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are leaving this retreat with\Na spiritual path.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Path.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it has something to do with\Nsuffering and it has something to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do with happiness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering , illbeing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happiness, illbeing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're learning how to handle\Npainful feelings and suffering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have been very actively\Nmusically, joyfully, learning how to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generate happiness. These are two\Nreally important skills.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we may think that\Nhappiness only comes from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside. And we may sort of \Noutsource our happiness ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh you know because the conditions \Nare not enough, I can't be happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we kind of give up our agency,\Ngive up our freedome to be happy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making it someone else or something\Nelse's responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here we reclaim our power, and we\Nsay that it is possible to learn to train ~
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a happy moment for ourself\Nand for the people around us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Buddhism we are not afraid\Nof suffering. We're ready to name it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To call it out, to look at it\Nhead on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that on this retreat\Nmany of you are also
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deeply aware and awake to\Nsuffering in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One sister reflected to me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes it might be that in\Nthe collective consciousness
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think that we have the right\Nto suffering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the right to suffering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the situation is so bad
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in every aspect.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we don't think we have the \Nright to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's quite interesting - think\Nabout that for a moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We allow ourselves to suffer\Nbut we don't allow ourselves to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be happy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a bit of a koan for us.\NMaybe its' not true.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can investigate that \Na little bit, why we might
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think it is. And perhaps it \Nhas something to do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the collective consciousness\Nthat surrounds us and we'll go into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our teacher said that learning how to \Nsuffer is an art and a training and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yesterday in the Q&A there was\Na really interesting question
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it was the second question\Nabout on the one hand we know that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are enough, and we alrady\Nare what we want to become
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can feel complete and whole
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sometimes with the energy of mindfulness\Nor professional settings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we become aware that we are lacking\Nin some areas.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want to train or to cultivate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I really appreciated this \Nquestion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because both are true. There is\Na kind of energy in mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we wake up to\Nfor example our habits
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the thoughts and feelings\Nthat are coming up in us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we may want right away\Nto do something, to change
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the situation, there's a kind\Nof dynamism. On the one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hand we accept it totally\Non the other hand we see
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the possibility for change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things are impermanent - we \Ncan effect things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So actually in Buddhism, the\Nspirit of training, cultivating
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really, really important, and\Ni think that the one skill
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've really got better at\Nin the monastery because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the nearer of the four\Nis how to suffer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the immediate result of\Nlearning how to suffer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you are also actually\Ndirectly learning how to be happy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because for me the obstacle for \Nmy happiness was my suffering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the compost in my suffering\Nhas given me more joy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's really interesting, because\Nit's not that my suffering has
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neccesarily gone away,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that I've learned to be with it\Ndifferently.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is something our teacher\Nsaid, to be aware of the misconception
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we somehow might need to take\Nour suffering out of us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put it down or take it out\Nthat I've learned that the way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can be with it, because my\Nsuffering is kind of real
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some sense, because it's\Nfelt, how can I be with it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ye, for me what I've learned is\Nthat my,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my suffering is not something\Nkind of fixed, it's a bit more like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a river. And this is really interesting\Nto kind of unpack a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we talk about taking care\Nof our suffering. The mind is an
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embodied mind. So we're taking\Ncare of our mind and we're taking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,care of our body at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not two different things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is really important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we are living in our body,\Nhow we are taking care of body
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we're eating, acting, consuming
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a direct link also to our \Nsuffering.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, our suffering may kind of\Nreflect, reflect the collective,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what I have kind of\Ndiscovered.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, my suffering has quite\Na bit to do with the suffering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my family.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LIke many of us I have a\Nstrong seed of despair
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also have another one of\Nfear and anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have another one that's a\Nlittle more like sorrow, or
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,melancholy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, when I've learned how to suffer\Nwith them, I've learned not to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see them as mine alone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to see them as something\Nthat belongs to a river of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ancestors. And so when I'm taking\Ncare of it, I'm taking care of it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of my father, his father,\Nand grandfather and grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other grandfather, and other\Ngrandmother.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would like to give you this\Nimage of our emotions being this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,river, kind of being fed by different\Ninputs, so that the lineage that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes from our ancestors and\Nsomewhat in the body, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so from our childhood and our\Nnurturing, and there are also
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the inputs from our society.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From kind of collective consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our way of consuming.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one of the interesting \Nthings about this week is that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have consumed a differend\Nkind of consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the kind of screen \Nconsumption, has probably
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gone down by like 90%.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have been with a lot of \Nnon-violence, a lot of compassion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and good will.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of presence rather than\Ndistraction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've had healthy good - very \Nparticular kinds of the day
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if this is normal for\Nyou to have three healthy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regular meals may be very \Nnew for our body and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our body may be feeling\Ngood aobut it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE've had a different kind of \Nexperience about our own
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consciousness, because our \Nown good seeds, have been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,triggered, while we've been here\Nthey've been kind of activated.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each of us, our seed of compassion\Nour seed of stillness, our seed of joy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in different ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we have been kind of\Nimmersing ourselves in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what Thay calls, community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of resistence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE have given ourselves the chance\Nto experience something difference
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this week, and to see how it feels.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all the insight that we've\Nhad about our own, suffering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our other's suffering, our families
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suffering, about different decisions\Nand choices, we have to make, is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have given our \Nconsciousness, a really deep
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of bath, in a different\Nenvironment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to recap something we were\Nlearning this week, we were learning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the different kinds of fuel.