1 00:00:00,000 --> 99:59:59,999 I have arrived, I am home. 2 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It's very simple, but that is the practice. 3 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And walk in such a way that you arrive, and you feel like home. 4 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You do not walk like a sleep walker anymore, 5 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you are walking as a free person, you are walking like a Buddha. 6 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 To be a Buddha and walking on Earth is possible. 7 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And Buddha is a man who is awake, who can be in the here and the now, 8 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 who can enjoy the present moment. 9 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You can be a Buddha, walking on this beautiful planet. 10 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Is very important that you feel at home in the here and the now, 11 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 only when you feel at home in the here and the now 12 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that you really have peace. 13 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Without peace, there's no happiness. Enjoy. 14 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Peace is the absence of conflict. 15 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 When you deny the here and the now, when you are not satisfied with yourself, 16 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 what is there when you are searching for something else, 17 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you are not at peace with yourself. 18 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 When you breathe in and you bring your mind back to your body, 19 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you make peace within mind and body. 20 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Very often, in the early life, you left your body alone. 21 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 When you spend two hours with your computer, 22 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you forget completely that you have a body. 23 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 In that moment, body and mind are not together, 24 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 we are not truly alive, 25 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 our body and mind are away from each other. 26 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So, breathing in mindfully you ride your in breath 27 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and you go home to yourself. 28 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You bring your mind home to your body, 29 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and eternally, you are fully present in the here and the now. 30 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And that's only two seconds, three seconds for breathing in, 31 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to bring the mind home to your body. 32 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And there, mind and body together, you are established in the here and the now 33 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and you get in touch with the wonders of life. 34 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 That's simple enough. 35 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So, every breath you take, every step you make, 36 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 should be able to bring you home to the here and the now, 37 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that is the basic practice. 38 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And you don't have to struggle, to force yourself to do that, 39 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 because breathing in like that can be very pleasant, 40 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and making a step like that can be very pleasant, 41 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 there is no violence, no force, just awaken, a wake up from a long dream, 42 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 from a long sleep. 43 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You wake up to the fact that life is available in the here and the now, 44 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that you are alive, of the wonders of life in you and around you, 45 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that you can enjoy being alive, right here and right now. 46 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And you have more than enough conditions in order to be happy, 47 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so that is insight, that is mindfulness and concentration. 48 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 That back the value of your breath and you step; 49 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a breath made like that, a step made like that can bring you 50 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a lot of freedom and happiness. 51 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I have arrived, I am home. 52 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You feel comfortable in your home, your true home is not in Germany, 53 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in Holland, in Singapore, your true home is the there and the now, 54 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 where you can touch the wonder of life, your ancestors are available 55 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in the here and the now. 56 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I have arrived, I am home, in the here and the now. 57 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The here and the now is where I arrived, 58 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is my true home. 59 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I am solid, I am free. 60 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 This is not wishful thinking, solidity is what you cultivate by walking. 61 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Every step helps you cultivate your solidity. 62 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 To be solid means to be established, to be in the here and the now. 63 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The past cannot pull you away, the future cannot pull you away, 64 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you are established in the here and the now, 65 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 solidly established in the here and the now. 66 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And with one step, breathing in, you can contemplate that solidity, 67 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and you are free, I am solid, I am free, 68 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you are free because the past and the future, 69 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 your projects, your sorrows cannot pull you away anymore. 70 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So, while walking you can cultivate more solidity and freedom, 71 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and that has the power to heal you, 72 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and to bring you happiness. 73 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So that's one song I like to memorize and to practice walking or breathing, 74 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 "I have arrived, I am home, in the here, in the now. 75 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I am solid, I am free in the ultimate, I go. 76 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 In the ultimate means that you see that 77 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 this physical body of yours is not the only body you have. 78 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You have a cosmic body, 79 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and you have to recognize your cosmic body, 80 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and you look into your physical body, you see your cosmic body, 81 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the air, the water, the heat, the soil, 82 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and you are made of stars. 83 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 You know very well that without the sunshine, 84 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 there would be no life on Earth. 85 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So you are made of sunshine.