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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,,Dear community, we are August \Nthe 10th in the year 2023,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are celebrating, savoring\Nthe last day of our Wake Up retreat,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Love in Action", here \Nin the Upper Hamlet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Still Water meditation hall.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm having an interesting \Nmoment sitting here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we first started creating\Nyouth retreats, about 15 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a real challenge to try and\Nfind enough young people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,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 he lit up with sparkles,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excellent, it should feel 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, overwhelming\Nso I guess Thay's smiling with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sparkle in his eyes, be careful what\Nyou wish for, because 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, and
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, 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.\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\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 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\Nand I have to say, getting on the train
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some form, with the five mindfulness\Ntrainings in my pocket, in some form
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my back pack, my life was different.\NIt just was!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt that I had a path.\NI felt that I 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\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 sharing famiy
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 has 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 monastcs\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 apassionate, 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
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 meet 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 not 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.