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Sitting Mindfully | Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh | #mindfulness

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    What is the use of sitting,
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    hours and hours ?
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    The best answer is : because I like sitting.
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    Because sitting can bring peace and joy.
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    And if you cannot produce joy and peace
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    in sitting meditation,
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    sitting meditation is of no use.
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    It doesn't help you.
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    Even if you sit ten hours a day.
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    We have to learn how to sit.
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    So we can produce peace and joy.
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    We can get in touch with
    the wonders of life.
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    Within and around us.
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    For our nourishment and healing.
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    We just sit there and enjoy.
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    And many things are enjoyable, like our
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    in-breath and out-breath.
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    You breathe in, and
    you enjoy your in-breath.
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    You breathe out, and
    you enjoy your out-breath.
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    Mindfullness of breathing.
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    Everyone of us can do it.
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    You breath in, and you are aware
    that you are breathing in.
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    It's not difficult.
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    It can be very pleasant.
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    When you breath in with mindfullness,
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    you are aware that you have a body.
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    And you are breathing in,
    and nourishing your body.
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    And you are also aware that
    you are alive.
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    Sitting meditation can be wonderful.
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    You can get in touch with the wonderful
    aspects of life.
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    You focus your attention on your eyes,
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    and you find out are still in
    excellent condition.
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    Breathing in, I am aware of my eyes,
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    Breathing out, I smile to my eyes.
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    My eyes are still in good condition.
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    I only need to open them,
    in order to get in touch with the paradise
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    of forms and colors.
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    So my eyes are a wonder of life.
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    And if I continue, I will touch
    many wonders of life,
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    in my body and in my consciousness.
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    So mindfullness is enlightenment itself.
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    In buddhism, we speak of enlightenment,
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    but you don't need ten years
    in order to get enlightened.
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    You need a few seconds.
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    To get enlightenment.
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    Enlightenment is always
    enlightenment on what.
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    If you are aware that you are alive,
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    that is already enlightenment.
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    If you are aware that you have a body,
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    that is already enlightenment.
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    And enlightenment can make you free.
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    It can help you to produce
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    the energy of joy, of happiness, and peace.
Title:
Sitting Mindfully | Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh | #mindfulness
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