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May 30, 2018 - September 18, 2019
Parents who suffer a lot and are afraid of the world and other people water the seeds of fear and anger in their children.
The eighteenth-century French scientist Antoine Lavoisier declared, “Rien ne se crée, rien ne se perd” (Nothing is created, nothing is lost).
“The miracle is not to walk on water or fire. The miracle is to walk on the earth.”
You just say hi and bye, relax and let go. You bring your mind to the present moment and rest in awareness of your body. It’s like soaking mung beans in water. You don’t need to force the water to enter the mung bean. You let the mung bean be in the water, and slowly, slowly it goes in.
We should not continue to blame the other side for not practicing peace. We have to practice peace to help the other side make peace.
To be loved means first of all to be recognized as existing.
“Breathing in, I know this is an in-breath. Breathing out, I know this is an out-breath.”
“Breathing in, I follow my in-breath
all the way from the beginning to the end. Breathing out, I follow my out-breath all the way from the beginning to the end.”
“Breathing in, I’m aware of my whole body. Breathing out, I’m aware of my whole body.”
“Breathing in, I am aware of some tension and pain in my body; breathing out, I calm and release the tension and pain
in my body.”
“Breathing in, I recognize a pleasant feeling.”
“Breathing in, I’m aware of my heart.”
“Breathing in, I know my heart is there, and I’m very happy.”
“Breathing in, I’m aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart with a lot of gratitude.”
“Breathing in, I feel joy. Breathing out, I know joy is there.”
“Breathing in, I feel happy. Breathing out, I know happiness is there.”
“Breathing in, I know that a painful feeling is there. Breathing out, I calm that painful feeling.”
“Hello, my fear. Hello, my anger. Hello, my sadness. I know you are there. I’m going to take good care of you.”
It’s like when a room is cold, you turn on your radiator, and it emits waves of heat. Those heat waves don’t chase out the cold; they embrace and permeate the cold air, and after some time, the air becomes warmer. There’s no violence in this; there’s no fighting. That’s what a practitioner does. Mindfulness and concentration embrace the pain.
“Breathing in, I calm my mental formations. Breathing out, I calm my mental formations.”
When animals in the forest get wounded, they find a place to lie down, and they rest completely for many days. They don’t think about food or anything else. They just rest, and they are able to heal themselves quite naturally.
