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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 lit up with sparkles,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's like "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, but it feels little 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, and 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
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 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.
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, learning 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 fundamental, deep form, or resistance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to collective consciousness and 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 alittle 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 no 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,,miracously 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 destruction\Nand 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 workplac
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 into 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.In\NLondon 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 taste 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, discomfort
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in feeling, discomfort