Sitting Mindfully | Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh | #mindfulness

What is the use of sitting,

hours and hours ?

The best answer is :
because I like sitting.

Because sitting can bring peace and joy.

And if you cannot produce joy and peace

in sitting meditation,

sitting meditation is of no use.

It doesn't help you.

Even if you sit ten hours a day.

We have to learn how to sit.

So we can produce peace and joy.

We can get in touch with
the wonders of life.

Within and around us.

For our nourishment and healing.

We just sit there and enjoy.

And many things are enjoyable, like our

in-breath and out-breath.

You breathe in, and
you enjoy your in-breath.

You breathe out, and
you enjoy your out-breath.

Mindfullness of breathing.

Everyone of us can do it.

You breath in, and you are aware
that you are breathing in.

It's not difficult.

It can be very pleasant.

When you breath in with mindfullness,

you are aware that you have a body.

And you are breathing in,
and nourishing your body.

And you are also aware that
you are alive.

Sitting meditation can be wonderful.

You can get in touch with the wonderful
aspects of life.

You focus your attention on your eyes,

and you find out are still in
excellent condition.

Breathing in, I am aware of my eyes,

Breathing out, I smile to my eyes.

My eyes are still in good condition.

I only need to open them,
in order to get in touch with the paradise

of forms and colors.

So my eyes are a wonder of life.

And if I continue, I will touch
many wonders of life,

in my body and in my consciousness.

So mindfullness is enlightenment itself.

In buddhism, we speak of enlightenment,

but you don't need ten years
in order to get enlightened.

You need a few seconds.

To get enlightenment.

Enlightenment is always
enlightenment on what.

If you are aware that you are alive,

that is already enlightenment.

If you are aware that you have a body,

that is already enlightenment.

And enlightenment can make you free.

It can help you to produce

the energy of joy,
of happiness, and peace.