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(FRENCH)[br]How do you feel[br]when you are deep in meditation?

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(Sr Pine) Dear Thay,

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how do you feel[br]when you are deep in meditation,

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fully meditating?

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It depends on the kind of meditation[br]that you are doing.

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Suppose you notice that a [br]feeling of pain is coming up.

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The painful feeling is disturbing you.

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Like a feeling of anger, sadness...

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you need meditation.

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This is meditation on anger.

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There are many kinds of meditation:

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meditation on love, on anger,[br]on beginning, on ending,

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many kinds of meditation.

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So you cannot use the word meditation,

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generally like that.

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In the case of painful feelings, [br]as a meditator, as a practitioner,

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you know how to practice mindful walking,[br]mindful breathing,

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in order to generate[br]the energy of mindfulness.

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With that energy of mindfulness

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you recognize that painful feeling.

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Breathing in, I know there is

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a painful feeling in me,

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Breathing out,

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I smile to my painful feeling.

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You embrace your painful feeling

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tenderly like a mother embracing her baby.

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Your feeling in that moment is that

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although there is a painful feeling

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in you, and you suffer.

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There is also a feeling of[br]peace and understanding,

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in you at the same time.

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Because your mindfulness is

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holding, embracing tenderly[br]your painful feelings,

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you suffer less.

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You suffer less during that time.

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If you don't do meditation then

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you are a victim of your painful feelings,

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and you are dominated by that feeling,

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you are overwhelmed.

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That is a meditation when you deal with

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a painful feeling or an emotion.

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When you sit down,

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just to enjoy your body,

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meditation on your body,

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not on the feeling anymore,

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but on your body,

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you breathe in mindfully.

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You focus your attention[br]on your in-breath only,

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and you release everything else,

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the past, the future, the projects.

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You bring your mind home to your body.

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You are suddenly aware[br]that you have a body.

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It is very nice to go home[br]to your body.

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When you are aware of your body,

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you may notice that there is tension

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in your body that makes you unhappy.

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Therefore you want to release that tension.

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So you practice,

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Breathing in,

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I am aware of the tension in my body,

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breathing out,

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I release the tension in my body.

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While you are practicing like that,

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you feel better and better all the time.

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In the beginning there is still some pain,[br]some tension,

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but as you continue, the peace,

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the calm, the well-being, increases.

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The feeling in you changes like that,

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for the better.

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So you have to learn[br]many ways of meditation,

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in order to deal with many states[br]of mind and body.

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Ok?

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(Half-Bell)

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