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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.22,0:00:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> This is a great way to get\Ninto the second practice set --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.75,0:00:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to do which is\Nmindfulness, the practice of mindfulness
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.78,0:00:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is really the practice of being more\Naware of what's going on in our experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.32,0:00:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness is the kind of fashionable word\Nfor it right now but call it awareness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.74,0:00:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,call it objectivity, call it -- it's\Nthere in every tradition and every --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.91,0:00:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lots of human beings and cultures\Ntalk about it in their own ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.01,0:00:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just being aware of what's\Ngoing on in your experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.63,0:00:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it turns out that there's\Nlayers and layers of stuff going on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.98,0:00:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we're often ping-ponging\Naround automatically with stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.55,0:00:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So patterns are being activated,\Nand we don't really realize it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.87,0:00:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're kind of walking around in a bad\Nmood, or we're walking around [inaudible]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.84,0:00:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on something, going around and around.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.69,0:00:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we're inside these loops,\Nthese loops of behaving and acting
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.42,0:00:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and responding, what does it feel like?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.81,0:00:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can feel like fate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.76,0:00:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels like we're always going to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.81,0:00:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've always been here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.61,0:00:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels -- it's so sticky, it's\Nhard to kind of get out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.69,0:01:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is truth -- the reason it's\Nsticky is because you're deepening a pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.76,0:01:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a groove that you go in a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.32,0:01:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like training your body and mind\Nto continue on in that kind of a pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.20,0:01:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's the sobering part.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.10,0:01:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mindfulness practice is really a beautiful\Npractice for kind of working with that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.16,0:01:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding, and noticing how that works.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.87,0:01:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the work of a practice so that's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.44,0:01:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The work of a practice is you have an idea that\Nyou want us [inaudible] and meditate and focus
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.57,0:01:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on your breath but you have a life\Nand your being triggered in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.17,0:01:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have shit that's going on\Nand stuff that's happening at work
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.65,0:01:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in your relationship and in your family\Nand you're thinking and worrying about it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.41,0:01:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're trying to sort\Nit out and that's totally fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.37,0:01:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first thing is to say this is\Ncompletely natural that I have this pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.47,0:01:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm inside, that this is just how it goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.84,0:01:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you first except that\Nyou're having that experience
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.67,0:01:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the concentration we have working\Nwith that is just to go back to the breath
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.15,0:02:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let it -- and do your best\Nto let it be in the background.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.20,0:02:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually you get pulled up with\Nit again but you notice it happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.09,0:02:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go back to the breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.95,0:02:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually the breath starts\Nto become richer and fuller.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.04,0:02:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real estate of the breath gets larger\Nthan the real estate of that sticky pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.08,0:02:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can sort of shift ratios that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.67,0:02:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the mindfulness way of\Nworking about it is to say okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.73,0:02:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, actually I'm going\Nto look at this pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.89,0:02:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to actually go into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.61,0:02:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of just being automatically inside\Nit, I'm going to start to explore it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.45,0:02:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to -- when I'm in this thing\N-- and you can explore it different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.31,0:02:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can -- one of the most constructive ways\Nis just to kind of see what it's made of.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.95,0:02:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like generally you'll find it's made of body\Nsensation, so emotional feelings and tugs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.03,0:02:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like anger in the jaw or like\Nheartache through the chest
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.46,0:02:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or vibrating agitation or whatever it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.22,0:02:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the body sensations are\Nreally providing the juice of a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.76,0:02:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our emotion and thinking patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.19,0:02:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can just stay with\Nthe feelings in the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.62,0:02:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll kind of do one like that\Nin a moment, a practice like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.08,0:03:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can also work with the head\Npart of it, the thinking part.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.23,0:03:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go in and go okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.99,0:03:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I actually just notice what\Nimages are coming up right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.06,0:03:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of just being in the images, can I\Nkind of have this objective witnessing thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.84,0:03:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I disembed from this trance\Nand just notice the images,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.01,0:03:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the face of your disappointed\Nmother or whatever it is?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.09,0:03:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or can you notice the talk?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.60,0:03:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's another component.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.73,0:03:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The voice in your head, the narrative you're\Ntelling yourself, the criticism, the --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.83,0:03:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know the voice of the other person, whatever\Nit is just -- and you kind of tried to --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.21,0:03:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's this weird move of just like the act of\Nnoticing it means you're no longer inside it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.62,0:03:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the single most\Nimportant thing a human being needs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.86,0:03:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know in their life, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.20,0:03:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, probably there\Nwill be a few so it's not
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.53,0:03:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the single most important\Nbut it's an important one.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.80,0:03:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is that you -- you're not\Nfated to repeat these patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.41,0:04:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can notice the thing is happening, the\Nactive noticing it means you're not inside it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.80,0:04:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're now outside it because the crazy\Npunch line in the contemplative world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.99,0:04:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Buddhist world, in the Hindu\Nworld, in the Taoist world, and even in --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.76,0:04:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talked about in different ways in the\NAbrahamic traditions, the crazy punch line is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.90,0:04:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you aren't -- like that's part of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.90,0:04:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the process of your personality\Nbut the act of being aware it self,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.06,0:04:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the knower is the same knower in everybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.76,0:04:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.68,0:04:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has no material.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.95,0:04:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The act of knowing is this act --\Nit's this expression of your freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.66,0:04:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's different than -- knowing\Nis different than thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.03,0:04:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what people don't really realize.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.23,0:04:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you're thinking about something.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.90,0:04:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking is tractable.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.86,0:04:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's images.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.42,0:04:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.95,0:04:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a little bit of tension in the face.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.31,0:04:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.67,0:04:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The knowing is just the knowing but we think\Nknowing and thinking are the same things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.13,0:04:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a mindfulness practice basically lets you\Ndisembed from the thinking so you can know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.21,0:04:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the knower is here and then\Nthat thinking is happening here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.09,0:04:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.68,0:05:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay. Because it's kind of a weird thing\Nto get around but that is the experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.52,0:05:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The experience is that you can pop out and\Nstart to observe the thing from outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.72,0:05:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.12,0:05:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out that process\Njust keeps going on and on
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.80,0:05:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on because the place you're noticing\Nfrom, which at first seems like oh, yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.94,0:05:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm noticing it as this empty\Nknower then gets slowly coagulated
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.92,0:05:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into being another thinking process.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.17,0:05:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you've got to pop out of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.13,0:05:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you've got to -- and then\Nyou've got to pop out of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.71,0:05:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's always another layer to pop out of.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.48,0:05:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just is like turtles all\Nthe way down basically.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.41,0:05:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's okay because it's like it's about\Ngetting free incrementally or continually moving
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.56,0:05:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a more spacious perspective\Nand then getting caught up again
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.37,0:05:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then more spacious perspective but over time
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.01,0:05:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that perspective becomes the\Nplace you take a stand in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.90,0:05:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to make that\Nmore tangible for you guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.89,0:05:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's actually try that as a practice now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.05,0:05:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a very uncomplicated way, it's just being\Naware of what's going on in your experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.100,0:05:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we start to look, it starts out kind\Nof crude like we can't really detect it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.91,0:06:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's sort of murky but the longer and more\Npatiently we are -- that we spend investigating,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.11,0:06:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more subtler qualities\Nbegin to get teased out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.82,0:06:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is this detection and this quality\Nthat emerges, this quality of clarity,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.13,0:06:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's like we start to become more\Nand more transparent to ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.15,0:06:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can think of it as -- it's like\Nthe conscious mind is starting to seep
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.04,0:06:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down into the unconscious or the subconscious,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.14,0:06:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these sort of subterranean levels were all\Nthe turbines are and all the machinery.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.72,0:06:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like it can start to get down in there\Nand like, you know, walk around on the floor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.91,0:06:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the factory and, you know,\Ntake a look around.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.43,0:06:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So hopefully that metaphor won't be -- it will\Nbe helpful and not disturbing so let's try it.