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I guess, to my own mind, Um,

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I feel like the question up there is more important

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than the practice. But for me, the practice

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is to get to the answer to the question.

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So for me that for me this conference is not

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about glorifying contemplative practice, although I may do that

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because I think it's great. But it's about investigating

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how we can be more fully in our lives and

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live these lives more completely. That's my personal,

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um, a viewpoint of this. So, um

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, how are we getting? So first of all

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, who is going to be in this conversation for

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the next few days? I guess I've been very

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privileged to be the chair, so I have a

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better view of who's in the room, and I'm

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just completely amazed at the number of really amazing individuals

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showing up. There's a real diversity of views.

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You can look at this from several different views.

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Uh, you can look at it from the professions

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that are here and again. This slide is not

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big enough to include all of the different professions that

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are represented in this room, and I did not

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immediately anybody off this list I just had to quit

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somewhere. It was about midnight three nights ago when

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I was typing this throw down as many as I

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can think of. But there's really an amazing diversity

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of professions. And if you look around, you

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also see a very, uh, large diversity of

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age is, uh, we very specifically included students

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in this conversation, and there's even some of us

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that are looking at retirement here and some something that

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are in retirement. So it's a It's a great

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cross section. In that point of view, we

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have attempted to create a audience of gender, race

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and ethnicity diversity so that we have several, um

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, or point of view there. And there is

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also a great diversity of practice, um, experience

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with contemporary practice in the room. There are some

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, uh, amazingly experienced practitioners, and we will

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hear from one tonight who I'm just so grateful was

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able to come. But there are sitting among the

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room there are there are many of you that have

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years and years of experience. There are many of

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you out there, probably they don't have much experience

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and some of us in between so it was very

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wasn't intentional to create this kind of cross section toward

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this conversation, and I view every voice is important

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. And I welcome everyone, including this conversation.

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Um, so this, uh, this diversity was

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part of my my intention. I don't know what

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the committee would increase. Treatment is part of my

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intention to really create a conversation among individuals that represent

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, uh, a cross section of the fabric of

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society. So it's not only industry is not only

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academics, it's not only students, it's not only

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education. It's not only engineers that really try to

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get a broad cross section of people from all across

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all walks of life. And there's probably people in

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the room who who are safely out of the professional

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game. Um, and that's great, too.

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So the idea was that two bring to open this

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conversation to all of these different voices so that we

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So we begin to understand how deeply these practices have

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penetrated society and all of us around us, and

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sort of my feeling that we may not really have

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a great, um, appreciation for how, how

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much practices going on out there. It's sort of

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like hidden taste and the intention behind this was to

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create a conversation that really speaks from wholeness from the

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wholeness of society as we asked me to address this

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fundamental question. So how are we going to have

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this conversation? Because, you know, there's a

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lot of us here, and we come from a

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lot of different places. So we're gonna do listen

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, a number of ways, um, one is

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by listening to wisdom of the people that have been

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doing these practices have recognized that brought these practices into

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their lives into their professional lives. So I'm thinking

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keynote speakers here. Also, we have we have

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some sessions devoted to. I'm listening to our own

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experience, which I'm thinking the normal papers. We're

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going to have panels, some panel sessions and so

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on. But we also have some very innovative aspects

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to this workshop that we're going to have for the

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next few days. Um, first of all,

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we're going to engage in some of these practices directly

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and practice as a group. And so we've made

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a large effort to provide a forum here, uh

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, to provide opportunities for you to try out these

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practices. If you don't know what they are or

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have experienced them before, or if you want to

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try a different kind of practice than you normally have

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. So there will be some sessions in the conference

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where we really get down and do some serious practice

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. And the other part of this conference, which

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I think is just really exciting, is that we

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are going to spend a lot of time engaging in

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dialogue with each other and this dialogue. Um uh

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, it will be one on one and in small

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group, so it's almost a retreat like environment,

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and the, uh, the structure of the way

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that we're going to try to do this is with

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appreciative inquiry. And the Center for Appreciative Practice at

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the University of Virginia is the lead on this aspect

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of the conference. And they will be, uh

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, putting together and guiding you through those sessions where

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we're talking with each other. So if I could

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, some of them are here, I think is

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everyone here. Now you can stand up there,

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and they have done a tremendous amount of work to

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make this happen. And I'm very excited about this

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aspect of the conference. What we're actually gonna do

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50% of our time, we're gonna be talking with

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each other. And on Friday we're going to be

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exploring, uh, exactly what we've learned so far

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from our contemporary practices. Experience them in their lives

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and warning. We'll be talking with each other on

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that and in the afternoon, through the panel sessions

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. And then on Saturday, we're going to look

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into the future and spend most of the day on

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Saturday trying to answer the question of how contemporary disciplines

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may, um, help us promote excellence and innovation

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as we as we move forward. Um, now

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this this, uh, this process is rather structured

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in the structure is explained in your program. So

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now I'm the kind of guy that when I go

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to a conference like this and I get a program

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like this, what I do is I turn to

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the three pages that have the talks on one,

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and I ripped them out, and I throw the

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program away. But I'm asking you not to do

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that. You keep your program with you because there's

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actually a workbook pages, and there's explanations in it

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that will be very helpful as we go through the

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weekend. Yeah, So, uh, so that's

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so you'll hear more about that as the as the

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workshop progresses, you'll hear more about the details of

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how we're going to carry out that conversation. Now

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we're gonna do a lot of talking. I've been

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to a lot of conferences where there's been a lot

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of talking, and I really wanted to do something

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different here. I really wanted that's talking to come

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to something. So we are going to try to

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bring this conversation to some kind of conclusion, Um

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, so that when you walk away from here,

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you feel like, uh that something has happened.

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So there's a couple ways that we think this is

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going to happen. The process itself is very open

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ended, so we didn't try to structure it.

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We're just gonna let something emerge, And, uh

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, but we hope to at the end to have

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working groups to address the future of how we want

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to take contemplative practice forward from from where it is

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right now, we're also putting together a website.

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It's gonna summarize. It's all of our conversations.

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, uh, the group from, uh, appreciated

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practice group will be documenting the results of the conversations

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will be collecting some of the output and summarizing that

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, and we hope to have that available on a

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website so that you can access it if it's,

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uh, of interest to you from wherever you go

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home. In a parallel with that, we are

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doing some video documentation. Um, and this is

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occurring in the form of interviews. Some of these

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interviews have taken place already. Uh, some of

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the interviews will take place here at the conference,

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and we may be asking you if you want to

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Wow, do one of these interviews. I just

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want to mention the interviews documentation team. Anyone who

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has dealt with video knows that this is not an

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easy process. Until we we have. I have

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a lot of respect for all the people are putting

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work into this because it's a lot more work than

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one would naturally expect. So as the video team

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is here, could you stand up, please?

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A. Alright. Their home doing homework is what

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I understand. Um, so there will be some

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video documentation going on. You can see that there

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is already some in the room, and please let

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me know if you are uncomfortable with this. I

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think most of the energy is going to go into

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interview process so they'll be off in a room somewhere

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with a person who knows what's going on. And

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I think that some of it is going to be

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just walking around and capturing some footage of the conference

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. But the real intention here is to, uh

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, to extract the essence of our of our conversation

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and documented so that we have something to work with

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the next time around. And as we go forward

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, go forward. Um, there's also a social

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media content, uh, that we're working on again

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. This is, uh, the website, and

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video documentation is work in progress. We hope to

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have that, um, finalised in better shape about

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later in the month. So So the whole the

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whole idea here. Two mhm. Sorry. The

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whole idea is that when you leave this room when

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you leave this building Saturday afternoon and if you want

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to be engaged in developing contemplative practice or or develop

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developing a practice, um then you will know exactly

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what to do that you will have in your hand

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a structure so that you can participate in the further

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development in this field if you wish. So that's

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that's the goal of this conference is that we don't

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just have a good time and then go home and

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wonder what to do next. We want to come

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out of here with clear ideas about how we can

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take this field forward, if that's appropriate. So

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again, I want to come back to the basic

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questions like that. I'm working with a journalist workshop

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, which is how can we connect with our own

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humanity and in this rapidly evolving technical technological society.

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engage in contemporary practice because it helps you answer this

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question not just to engage in the practice. And

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so I guess one of the answers is at the

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end of the weekend, we would say, Well

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do we get now in this society? And I

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context of my experience with this conference and you know

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, I was just astounding. And how much support

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I got for this county when I was organizing this

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conference. I had, you know, last February

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, I didn't have any idea what, How when

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it turned out what I was going to do,

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and I just started organizing and everyone came forward to

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support. I mean, I'm just, like,

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so grateful for that. It's just amazing. Yeah

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it wasn't just support, but it was support offered

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from the heart and kindness. So it was really

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more? You know, I ask people to do

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things that I said, Can I do more?

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, and so this was an opportunity for me to

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Really? Mm. You know, I have We've

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all suffered and I've suffered with the rest of you

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. I've engaged in some contemplative practice that has really

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helped me personally. And so this conference is a

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opportunity for me to take my personal life skills and

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offer them to the community. So it's very real

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. It's been a real joy for me to be

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able to integrate that personal and professional in this work

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. And I have to say that joy is probably

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biggest experience that I had, um, during the

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organization. One of the first things that I did

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when I was looking for the notes was Go on

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on foundation and and look for I looked at a

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video, a Ted video with Goldie Hawn and Dan

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Siegel, and they were talking about their mind up

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program for K through eight. And she said,

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was just a lot of joy. It was a

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joy to go to school just I don't see that

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anymore. I want to put the joy back into

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education and I thought, Wow, I wish I

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would sit there because, you know, there was

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a lot of joy in my education and I look

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out there now and I'm not sure I'm seeing it

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in students. And I'm trying, you know,

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it would be the best thing that could come out

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of this is that we could, um, reconnect

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with that joy in our in our lives. So

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I have a couple of aspirations for this conference.

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Uh huh. First of all, I hope that

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you you leave with many friends. It's been my

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experience that other contemplative practice conferences that happens. And

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as I said, there's a very incredibly diverse cross

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section of people here. Um, just reach out

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and explore those around. You think you have a

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tremendous experience and the second aspiration have is that during

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this workshop you can reconnect with the joy that inspired

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you to your professional path, just like I had

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reconnected with joy and putting this reconnected with my joy

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in my profession in order to bring the school so

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welcome. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Thanks again

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. So the, uh, I actually have another

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aspiration from this conference, and that's not to forget

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anything I want to say. So I have to

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. I have to say that the student one of

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the things that students did is generate this T shirt

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, which I think is really cool. And,

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uh, they're, uh they're they're for sale out

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there in the hallway. All proceeds from the T

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shirt go to support the student part of the conference

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so that students can be here. And I would

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like to suggest that, uh, these are I'm

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sorry. I would like to suggest that this is

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a completely appropriate conference where At least I hope so

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because I'm going to work. All right, So

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I'm you know, I'm an engineer, and I'm

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trying to learn the art world. So I'm looking

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at this this, uh, logo and there's firing

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. Right? Fire was the first technology. Oh

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, I like it. And also, the other

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side of it is geometric designs. And of course

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, that's the essence of mathematics, which underlies,

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uh, that's the language of science and technology.

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This is a very cool local itself. And there's

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a limited edition. I always tell my students that

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I reserve the right to solve all of the easy

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problems in class. And uh huh, assign all

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the heart problems at home. So that's true of

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the conference chair to He gets to do all the

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good jobs and leave the all of the other jobs

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to the other people. And I have to say

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that my next task is probably the best plum job

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of the conference, which is to introduce uh,

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Dr Mark McNamee, who's our senior vice president and

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provost. Dr. McNamee served as a has served

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since nine since 2000 and one, and he is

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the university's chief academic officer responsible for all undergraduate graduate

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research and outreach programs. Um, Dr McNamee has

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extended our efforts to expand research opportunities in biomedical and

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health sciences, Informatics, information technology and nanotechnology,

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additionally has led efforts to restructure our schools and colleges

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in order to position Virginia Tech to enhance excellence across

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disciplines. His work has resulted in one of the

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largest reorganizations in the university's history. He has also

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played a critical role in diversifying the university's ranks.

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Dr. McNamee is a biochemist with expertise in Euro

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Trans, uh, bitter receptors. It retains a

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keen interest in all aspects of brain and cognitive science

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and fully appreciates the role of contempt of contemplative practices

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. Um, you have to say that the office

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of the Provos, it was very early supporter and

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very strong supporter of my efforts to organize this conference

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. And, uh, it's that support that got

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me through many dark hours. So I personally am

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very grateful. And I think you all should be

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grateful to document Mhm. Yeah. Is it okay

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, right? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Mhm

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. Thank you, Doug. and, uh,

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half of the entire Virginia Tech administration. Um,

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yeah, I'm really happy to welcome you to this

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very special conference. But in terms of the practices

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for a technological society done in, his colleagues and

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students have done an amazing job. They worked so

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hard to create this opportunity they're always can enjoy.

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I realized we're living in a time when the normal

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stresses in life that I think always used to hello

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is also dealing with the avalanche of all the extra

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stimuli we have to deal with. A lot of

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that has been enabled by technology, which can be

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a great friend that caused a great challenge to us

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. Now, in an academic environment in particular,

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many of those are part of we also face the

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challenge. We put so much pressure on ourselves to

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excel in so many different areas, usually during multitasking

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all the time. That creates the sense there's never

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enough time for anything to reach the kind of standards

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we expect. Uh, and so it's my my

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belief that we can regain a sense of centeredness and

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sustainable good health by embracing various contemporary practices. For

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example, mindfulness in all its various forms. Uh

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, one way to remain focused, intentional and open

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minded to the president, Meditation, the arts,

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Uh, movement, practices, journaling, etcetera.

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They also provide ways in which we can find,

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uh, find things that work for us. Person

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, realities. Most helpful for me. Personally,

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I found a combination of Kong and mindful attention to

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present situations helps me my daily activities. It's not

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always easy. It's easy to stray, but I

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think that, uh, I try to always come

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back to the moment and see if I can get

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re centered. What I found about Saigon, which

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is a wonderfully smooth practice and very peaceful, very

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gentle for me, it's also a way to stretch

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to use my body waste. I don't normally use

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it all. It helps me in my overall physical

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feeling and sense of well being right. And I

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think this may surprise some posts, but I've also

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found that, uh, simple mindfulness practices actually,

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uh can be very useful in significant academic situations and

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decisions. Um, for example, we just completed

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the promotion and tenure process in Virginia Tech. For

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those of you in academia, it's a fairly significant

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part of your lives of. And when the university

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committee meets part of that committee, we we take

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a few moments of quiet reflection and focused attention before

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we opened the discussion of each and every case that

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were considered. And I think that that social practice

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has made a difference in the way people talk about

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particular cases in the way that they are prepared to

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think about what's most important and to offer suggestions and

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comments that are useful on. I also found on

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, as we approach the sixth anniversary of April 16th

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tragedy that has a look back and reflect on my

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experiences that being present in the moment experience with individuals

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who are suffering in different ways helped me to get

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through that process, and I believe it was helpful

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to others to know that sort of thinking about the

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past of the future. You can experience the present

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moment and then try to move forward from that as

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best we could. So this conference, I think

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, has been very beautifully designed can provide opportunities for

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us to learn about effective practices that are being used

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. But I also like the idea there's going to

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be opportunities for discussion, uh, to talk about

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next steps to meet people to network. Come on

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. And that's not always true. But don't mention

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many conferences. You just sit and listen. Um

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, figure out you check your email and things like

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that. So I'm hoping that all of you do

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engage and participate fully in the process, learning about

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contemplative practices and sharing what you know. And also

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, I hope you keep an open mind about things

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you do now. The other thing that I find

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exciting is that as an academic institution, uh,

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we can we can add to the scientific understanding of

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the mind body spirit connections again as a brand.

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As a neuroscientist, I think these are uncharted waters

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that there's so much more to learn. I think

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it would be so helpful. We have a new

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research institute, Virginia Tech Caribbean Research Institute, located

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and growing up. And they have a very strong

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active government. Cognitive neuroscience. Whether using, uh

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, advanced advantage presidents imaging brain scanning technology, uh

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, to to ask fundamental questions about how people think

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and respond, particularly they're interacting with one another.

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You know, the decision making how we look more

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new information. I think that eventually we will vary

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biological and independent of how the mind works and combine

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that with more. You want spiritual, philosophical,

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understanding, mhm. There's so much to be done

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and it's all very interdisciplinary. I think the participants

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and the supporters of this conference show that this interest

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in this these kinds of approaches across disciplines, and

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I hope that by working together we can find very

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useful ways to, as you mentioned, get a

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better appreciation for our humanity. But I also believe

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that it's going to be helpful to society just in

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terms of minimizing the impacts of chronic illness of chronic

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um, ailments that can be aggravated by stress.

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And that, in fact, can lead to so

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many lost work. Hours can lead to so much

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unhappiness and healthcare costs. I think we we have

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an opportunity in this room and going forward to see

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if we can, in fact, through everything we

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did, um, make life better for many more

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people. So I'm looking forward to the various sessions

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and I hope you on, um, I think

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we can bring and I hope out of this we

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can bring contemporary practices most totally in the mainstream for

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our faculty, our students, for the community at

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large. And I think little steps forward can make

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an enormous difference. So again, welcome to Virginia

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Tech. I hope you get to enjoy the campus

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. I hope God outside a little bit that walk

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around campus beauty of this region. Um and,

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uh, you know, uh, some new friends

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. So thank you very much. And I'll be

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seeing you all weekend. That was given as promised

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. Thank you, Mark. And thank you again

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for your very strong support of the conference. Um

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, I'm now going to introduce a friend of mine

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who is going to introduce the main speaker tonight.

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Um, I was I was supposed to have a

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bio of him, but I somehow I don't have

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it. But I don't care if he's such a

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close friend and has made it possible for us to

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hear that appreciate tonight. Mark Duncan recently joined Pamplin

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College of Business in the Department of Management. Um

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, he has quite a lot of, uh yes

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. He came to the University of Miami, but

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he also has a lot of entrepreneurial skill out in

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the in the real world, as we say here

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within the ivory towers. So to introduce the main

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speaker tonight, Mark Junk? Yeah. Thank you

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, dog. So Okay, welcome, everybody.

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Uh, it's a real pleasure to introduce our speaker

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. It's not easy to convey the deep experience and

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knowledge of the speaker here tonight. Um, but

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thank you all for coming to attend this special event

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Before I introduce our speaker. I just want to

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give a special thank you to Douglas again for providing

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strong diligence that really made this conference possible. As

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we all know, we're fortunate to have his eminence

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stronger. Um, Cultural Rinpoche, as our opening

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keynote speaker for this conference, Ricochet is uniquely positioned

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to address this gathering as he has deep training and

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experience both from the eastern and Western perspectives on these

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topics. Delta Ricochet is a prominent lama of Tibetan

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Buddhism, known in the world as a scholar,

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a teacher and meditation master. He began his monastic

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training at the age of four. It included direct

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to knowledge from the heads and senior teachers of all

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the major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Ruby, she

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is able to directly communicate with many people in the

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world as He is fluent in Tibetan, English,

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Nepali, Sherpa, Chinese and also know Sanskrit Indian

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French. In addition to the traditional training of a

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prominent lama of his stature, Rupert, she has

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a Western education that culminated in his doctorate degree from

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Harvard University in 2000 and four. Indeed, he

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is the first high Tibetan lama to earn a PhD

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in the West. Rupert's academic training allows him to

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very accurately translate the full subtlety and effectiveness of meditation

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practices for students in the West. This is very

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today's activity in the world is truly global. He's

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the spiritual director of Dharma Katya, a non profit

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organization established in New York to promote these precious meditation

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teachings in the United States. He's also has a

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substantial activities in Asia. Most recently, Rinpoche opened

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the Lumbini World Center for Peace and Unity, which

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is the largest environmentally friendly temple and meditation hall complex

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at the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lumbini, Nepal

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. Let's please give a warm welcome to our speaker

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tonight. A mhm? Yeah. Okay. Yeah

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, sure. Oh, acceptance here at work.

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Mhm. So God look good. That's the view

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. Get here. Yeah. Thank you. Thank

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you, Mark. Good evening. everyone. Um

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mhm. You know, we can buy good,

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bad, But what is what is it that brings

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a good sleep? We can go to a good

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school. But what is it that gives us the

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ability? Um, two. Learn a very challenging

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subject. We can have food, shelter, water

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. But what is it that get us through a

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crisis without much stress or with the minimum of stress

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? How can we keep an inner strength confidence in

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a freedom and serenity? Each of these questions has

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the same answer. One same answer that is your

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mind. It's your mind. But we have to

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remember that we are in a very, um we're

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in a world of information. There's too much information

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to the point that we don't know which one is

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right and which one is wrong and become not very

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helpful to the point that our mind is completely fragmented

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. Our minds are all over. It's like our

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minds start to become like a needle with two heads

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and it stopped. It doesn't work. Yeah,

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on top of all our thoughts the crazy thoughts that

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we can have even when you close your eyes.

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Now we have all this forceful advertisements, which suggests

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you what to do, what you should do or

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the breaking news. An instant message, for example

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, that sometimes during your family life so our mind

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is bombarded with all these informations. It's not only

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that to make the matter worse, we're in the

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world of speed. We don't even have time to

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think. We just have to do. And then

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we lose our creativity because we don't think we just

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do. And this blurs our vision, our understanding

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of the world. Imagine that I have a instance

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a burn incense or a cigarette, and I turned

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it very fast, right? And instead of seeing

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that small fire, you will see a fire ring

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, which is not the reality, but because of

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the speed you see, you get the wrong vision

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and this is happening in our everyday life, and

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it's getting worse. Mhm, Yeah, 24 7

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. We have all these informations forcing us to digest

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them. Interestingly, we have college classes on everything

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under the sun, it seems, but very few

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on how to use our mind and almost nothing on

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how to open our hearts and how to calm down

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our racing thoughts and our pounding emotions, Which goes

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nowhere. Yeah, you just get the message.

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So this is the environment. So now you know

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how important is our mind? But at the same

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time, what kind of environment we have? How

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much better would our life be? E v can

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gain control over our mind. If our mind is

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not enslaved by other all these informations and all the

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distractions, the world would be much better. Our

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individual world will be also much better Yet the fact

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is mhm with a very small technique that I'm going

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to introduce you which I name as three moment practice

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or three moment techniques. We can change our lives

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better. We can change our running away mine to

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a control of mind. We can transcend our anguish

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, mind to more undisturbed mine. So that's what

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I'm going to talk about. The three moments technique

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which can change our life. Uh huh. Yeah

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. So is it only the mind that is important

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for us? The answer is no. According to

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one of the ancient tradition, a living tradition still

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practice. There are two very important that we need

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to know about the human existence and that is the

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reality of body and reality of mind. The reality

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of body. Um, the technical words are the

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Nazis, planas and windows in Sanskrit, which means

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channels, literally winds or energy and essence, which

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I understand as in generally energy of the body,

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um, the energy flow or the balance of that

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energy mhm and the circulation. These are important.

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But why? While I want to highlight how important

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these are, which are part of the contemplative practices

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tonight, I'm going to focus on the reality of

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the mind. Uh, which traditionally, uh,

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vocabulary for this is there are three things. The

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bliss, clarity and non thought again, In a

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simple word, I think it's happiness, clarity and

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arrested mind, happiness, clarity and rested. Mind

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why I want to focus on this because we,

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as a human being, strive for something all the

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time. We strive we do things. Why we're

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doing it. Yeah, we're doing for happiness.

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That is the ultimate answer. When you buy when

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we want to get a job or buy a house

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, Yeah, What we're really expecting is that these

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things will give us security so we don't have to

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worry much that is the happiness. Yeah, no

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00:43:29.889 --> 00:43:35.920 A:middle L:90%
worry. More secure. That's the happiness. So

615
00:43:35.929 --> 00:43:39.389 A:middle L:90%
that's what we are aiming for. So whatever we

616
00:43:39.389 --> 00:43:43.099 A:middle L:90%
do, we study. We look for a job

617
00:43:43.110 --> 00:43:49.289 A:middle L:90%
we buy things, were looking for happiness. We're

618
00:43:49.289 --> 00:43:53.440 A:middle L:90%
striving for happiness all the time, every day,

619
00:43:55.329 --> 00:44:02.269 A:middle L:90%
from birth to the death and often, as I

620
00:44:02.269 --> 00:44:07.110 A:middle L:90%
give you example earlier the housing jobs and so on

621
00:44:07.989 --> 00:44:14.019 A:middle L:90%
, we assume we think that these external things can

622
00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:16.849 A:middle L:90%
give us the happiness. That's why our mind is

623
00:44:16.849 --> 00:44:21.869 A:middle L:90%
always outward to look searching something, searching happiness from

624
00:44:21.869 --> 00:44:30.360 A:middle L:90%
outside. Okay, of course, external things gives

625
00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:39.590 A:middle L:90%
us. It helps us if we have food and

626
00:44:39.590 --> 00:44:45.110 A:middle L:90%
shelter. If we have means to pay our bills

627
00:44:45.889 --> 00:44:51.010 A:middle L:90%
if they have good friend, if we have partners

628
00:44:51.690 --> 00:44:55.219 A:middle L:90%
, If you have good weather, we are happier

629
00:44:57.389 --> 00:44:59.710 A:middle L:90%
. But the point is even we have all of

630
00:44:59.710 --> 00:45:05.380 A:middle L:90%
these things. You still can't be unhappy. So

631
00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:07.139 A:middle L:90%
that is the point. Even you have all these

632
00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:10.449 A:middle L:90%
things all the external things that you believe that will

633
00:45:10.449 --> 00:45:15.989 A:middle L:90%
give you security and worry free life. You still

634
00:45:15.989 --> 00:45:20.210 A:middle L:90%
can worry. You still can have happiness. So

635
00:45:20.210 --> 00:45:22.389 A:middle L:90%
while it add to our life is not the real

636
00:45:22.389 --> 00:45:28.719 A:middle L:90%
answer. So what is the real answer. Mhm

637
00:45:32.050 --> 00:45:37.920 A:middle L:90%
. We need to know that happiness, worry free

638
00:45:37.929 --> 00:45:42.519 A:middle L:90%
. All these things are a state of mind.

639
00:45:42.530 --> 00:45:45.780 A:middle L:90%
Happiness is a state of mind. So that means

640
00:45:45.789 --> 00:45:50.289 A:middle L:90%
the root of the happiness is in the mind itself

641
00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:55.789 A:middle L:90%
is not outside. Yeah. Mm. So we

642
00:45:55.789 --> 00:45:59.050 A:middle L:90%
have been doing our best. We've been striving,

643
00:45:59.059 --> 00:46:05.150 A:middle L:90%
but we have been striving for a wrong cause.

644
00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:07.699 A:middle L:90%
Not the real, not a not a cause of

645
00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:20.849 A:middle L:90%
a reliable happiness. Mhm. And as we look

646
00:46:20.849 --> 00:46:22.949 A:middle L:90%
for happiness, it seems that we are treating happiness

647
00:46:22.949 --> 00:46:30.110 A:middle L:90%
as a destination rather than your own path or the

648
00:46:30.110 --> 00:46:35.909 A:middle L:90%
journey itself. So which means that we have to

649
00:46:35.909 --> 00:46:38.400 A:middle L:90%
work a lot with lots of pains and worries and

650
00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:40.510 A:middle L:90%
fears and so on. But then we get to

651
00:46:40.510 --> 00:46:45.449 A:middle L:90%
destination for a short time because you will have a

652
00:46:45.449 --> 00:46:50.090 A:middle L:90%
new destination right after that, soon after that.

653
00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:52.849 A:middle L:90%
And when you get there, it takes a long

654
00:46:52.849 --> 00:46:54.289 A:middle L:90%
time to get there. But you will remain there

655
00:46:54.289 --> 00:46:57.239 A:middle L:90%
for a very short time. So that's why it's

656
00:46:57.239 --> 00:47:01.699 A:middle L:90%
not really Yeah, not really, uh, worthwhile

657
00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:07.559 A:middle L:90%
. The important thing here, the teaching is that

658
00:47:07.570 --> 00:47:10.050 A:middle L:90%
we have to treat. We have to find happiness

659
00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:15.710 A:middle L:90%
on the journey itself. not in the destination.

660
00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:20.699 A:middle L:90%
Yeah. So that means what that means to live

661
00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:27.659 A:middle L:90%
in the present, live in the present so that

662
00:47:27.659 --> 00:47:42.679 A:middle L:90%
we can appreciate better Mhm. Now our challenge,

663
00:47:42.690 --> 00:47:49.239 A:middle L:90%
how to do that? The challenges to work with

664
00:47:49.239 --> 00:47:54.909 A:middle L:90%
the emotions we are we humans are, yeah,

665
00:47:57.480 --> 00:48:02.269 A:middle L:90%
emotional beings. We have emotions mhm. If we

666
00:48:02.269 --> 00:48:07.849 A:middle L:90%
try to run away from the emotions, then we

667
00:48:07.849 --> 00:48:12.039 A:middle L:90%
are not successful. Then we're not really practicing and

668
00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:16.800 A:middle L:90%
we cannot run away from emotions. Mhm. So

669
00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:20.730 A:middle L:90%
the challenge is to face the emotions, work with

670
00:48:20.730 --> 00:48:23.159 A:middle L:90%
the emotions, use it as our assets, use

671
00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:29.579 A:middle L:90%
it as a fuel to go forward to improve ourselves

672
00:48:30.650 --> 00:48:34.699 A:middle L:90%
. It's ridiculous. So emotion is like electricity.

673
00:48:35.070 --> 00:48:40.170 A:middle L:90%
Yeah, it can be very powerful, very useful

674
00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:44.369 A:middle L:90%
. If you use the right or it can be

675
00:48:44.369 --> 00:48:46.800 A:middle L:90%
really harmful, it can destroy you. It can

676
00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:54.539 A:middle L:90%
destroy your life. So there's no good or bad

677
00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:58.500 A:middle L:90%
about emotions. Is how you use it, how

678
00:48:58.500 --> 00:49:01.070 A:middle L:90%
you handle it so we can. With the practice

679
00:49:01.070 --> 00:49:06.219 A:middle L:90%
, we can use the emotions as a fuel to

680
00:49:06.219 --> 00:49:10.690 A:middle L:90%
push ourselves forward in a very positive way. Mhm

681
00:49:14.070 --> 00:49:17.139 A:middle L:90%
. If you don't, we can be the victim

682
00:49:17.150 --> 00:49:23.929 A:middle L:90%
of emotion, victim of the emotions, because no

683
00:49:23.929 --> 00:49:27.619 A:middle L:90%
one really wants to hurt others. No one to

684
00:49:27.619 --> 00:49:30.920 A:middle L:90%
say bad things to others. People are generally good

685
00:49:30.929 --> 00:49:36.119 A:middle L:90%
, but they do. They can do bad things

686
00:49:36.130 --> 00:49:38.429 A:middle L:90%
. They can harm people. Why? Because they

687
00:49:38.440 --> 00:49:44.000 A:middle L:90%
at that moment that human being become the victim of

688
00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:46.500 A:middle L:90%
their emotions is not the problem of the person,

689
00:49:46.510 --> 00:49:52.699 A:middle L:90%
but problem of being the victim of negative emotions.

690
00:49:52.170 --> 00:49:59.050 A:middle L:90%
So the practice here is to turn that to control

691
00:49:59.050 --> 00:50:01.230 A:middle L:90%
your mind. So then you can change the whole

692
00:50:01.230 --> 00:50:05.750 A:middle L:90%
thing from being a victim of emotion to the manager

693
00:50:05.750 --> 00:50:07.889 A:middle L:90%
of the emotion you manage. You control the emotions

694
00:50:16.860 --> 00:50:22.599 A:middle L:90%
, and there is a power in having the ability

695
00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:28.389 A:middle L:90%
to do to change our life. In three moments

696
00:50:28.760 --> 00:50:45.170 A:middle L:90%
with the three moments technique, and with that practice

697
00:50:45.170 --> 00:50:49.050 A:middle L:90%
, one can first reach to a state that is

698
00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:54.030 A:middle L:90%
undisturbed by the emotions. So you're gaining some inner

699
00:50:54.030 --> 00:51:01.079 A:middle L:90%
freedom, and because of that inner freedom, you

700
00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:06.780 A:middle L:90%
can get a sense of happiness, unconditional sense of

701
00:51:06.789 --> 00:51:12.659 A:middle L:90%
happiness, a happiness that doesn't depend on that's not

702
00:51:12.659 --> 00:51:15.320 A:middle L:90%
a restriction on the street. Um, depend on

703
00:51:15.320 --> 00:51:20.840 A:middle L:90%
anything else, depend on others encouragement. It doesn't

704
00:51:20.840 --> 00:51:24.050 A:middle L:90%
depend on others, compliments or anything else. It

705
00:51:24.050 --> 00:51:30.940 A:middle L:90%
is something coming up within yourself, Uh huh.

706
00:51:30.659 --> 00:51:37.719 A:middle L:90%
So what is happiness now? Thank you. Happiness

707
00:51:37.730 --> 00:51:43.429 A:middle L:90%
, as we usually understand, is contentment. Your

708
00:51:43.429 --> 00:51:46.110 A:middle L:90%
content with what you have. You're satisfied. You're

709
00:51:46.110 --> 00:51:51.889 A:middle L:90%
happy with what you have. Happiness is peace of

710
00:51:51.900 --> 00:51:55.550 A:middle L:90%
mind. That's what you think. Which means your

711
00:51:55.550 --> 00:51:59.449 A:middle L:90%
mind is not distracted. Your mind is calm.

712
00:51:59.460 --> 00:52:02.130 A:middle L:90%
Your mind is at its own place. Your mind

713
00:52:02.130 --> 00:52:10.750 A:middle L:90%
is arrested. Yeah, and I think it comes

714
00:52:10.750 --> 00:52:16.289 A:middle L:90%
from 22 things. Two ingredients. Um, warm

715
00:52:16.289 --> 00:52:27.380 A:middle L:90%
, hot and cool hat. Compassion and the system

716
00:52:27.469 --> 00:52:38.119 A:middle L:90%
counseling. Compassionate system. Um Mm hmm. And

717
00:52:38.949 --> 00:52:44.949 A:middle L:90%
it can be directly connected or related to two things

718
00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:52.880 A:middle L:90%
. That is a physical or mental condition. And

719
00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:57.250 A:middle L:90%
often, uh, we find that mental condition happiness

720
00:52:57.250 --> 00:53:00.960 A:middle L:90%
related with mental condition is much stronger. It can

721
00:53:00.969 --> 00:53:05.380 A:middle L:90%
overcome the physically related, um, comfort or happiness

722
00:53:06.050 --> 00:53:09.380 A:middle L:90%
. Let's imagine for a while that you are.

723
00:53:09.750 --> 00:53:13.679 A:middle L:90%
You offered someone to carry a backpack. Mhm.

724
00:53:14.849 --> 00:53:20.599 A:middle L:90%
In a florist. The path is not easy.

725
00:53:21.949 --> 00:53:24.880 A:middle L:90%
It's a rugged path. And now you carry it

726
00:53:25.550 --> 00:53:30.389 A:middle L:90%
. How do you feel? Mhm. Do you

727
00:53:30.389 --> 00:53:36.090 A:middle L:90%
think Delighted You're happy? Yeah. You wanted to

728
00:53:36.099 --> 00:53:37.800 A:middle L:90%
help this person, and now you're being able to

729
00:53:37.800 --> 00:53:46.219 A:middle L:90%
do that. Yeah. Now imagine again. Someone

730
00:53:46.230 --> 00:53:50.880 A:middle L:90%
asked you someone force you to carry a backpack.

731
00:53:51.650 --> 00:53:58.480 A:middle L:90%
Mhm. Mhm. You're not willing to carry it

732
00:53:59.150 --> 00:54:00.099 A:middle L:90%
, but this person force you and you have to

733
00:54:00.099 --> 00:54:04.230 A:middle L:90%
carry it. You have no choice. You carried

734
00:54:04.530 --> 00:54:07.559 A:middle L:90%
. How much heavier is that? Is the same

735
00:54:07.559 --> 00:54:15.170 A:middle L:90%
back and you're not happy. Okay, Exactly.

736
00:54:15.739 --> 00:54:17.670 A:middle L:90%
For the same thing. For the same action,

737
00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:24.440 A:middle L:90%
you get a very completely different result and experience and

738
00:54:24.440 --> 00:54:30.519 A:middle L:90%
your experience and your emotions experience of the world around

739
00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:36.670 A:middle L:90%
you at the time. And your experience. Uh

740
00:54:36.679 --> 00:54:38.469 A:middle L:90%
, your experience and outcome are completely different. Your

741
00:54:38.469 --> 00:54:47.380 A:middle L:90%
emotions are different. So it's a perception. Our

742
00:54:47.380 --> 00:54:59.889 A:middle L:90%
perception translate our experience into our emotions. So this

743
00:54:59.889 --> 00:55:05.480 A:middle L:90%
example tells us how yeah, mental condition is more

744
00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:15.760 A:middle L:90%
powerful than physical condition. When I was little,

745
00:55:15.769 --> 00:55:21.219 A:middle L:90%
maybe 9, 10 11. I don't know around

746
00:55:21.219 --> 00:55:28.820 A:middle L:90%
that time, um, I study, you know

747
00:55:28.829 --> 00:55:32.519 A:middle L:90%
, um, I have tutor. I have I'm

748
00:55:32.519 --> 00:55:37.550 A:middle L:90%
blessed. I have a personal tutor. Um,

749
00:55:37.239 --> 00:55:40.780 A:middle L:90%
yeah. So our bedroom. Right. But the

750
00:55:40.780 --> 00:55:45.320 A:middle L:90%
bedroom is also my living room, and it's also

751
00:55:45.320 --> 00:55:47.760 A:middle L:90%
my classroom. Yeah. So I studied there.

752
00:55:49.139 --> 00:55:52.170 A:middle L:90%
Mhm. Um, but then there are other students

753
00:55:52.940 --> 00:55:58.239 A:middle L:90%
will come to my bedroom to study, which is

754
00:55:58.239 --> 00:56:02.119 A:middle L:90%
their classroom. Yeah. So we studied. Maybe

755
00:56:02.119 --> 00:56:07.239 A:middle L:90%
about two hours and then, um But they can

756
00:56:07.239 --> 00:56:09.050 A:middle L:90%
leave earlier and they come later and they leave earlier

757
00:56:09.429 --> 00:56:15.050 A:middle L:90%
. So I have to study maybe about 10 minutes

758
00:56:15.050 --> 00:56:19.389 A:middle L:90%
extra because I don't have to go anywhere. I

759
00:56:19.389 --> 00:56:22.929 A:middle L:90%
don't have to commute. And that 10 minutes is

760
00:56:22.929 --> 00:56:27.820 A:middle L:90%
so long. I felt it's like one hour extra

761
00:56:27.820 --> 00:56:32.329 A:middle L:90%
hour and I asked my tutor, Why do I

762
00:56:32.340 --> 00:56:37.420 A:middle L:90%
just study longer if I can do the same homework

763
00:56:37.429 --> 00:56:37.989 A:middle L:90%
? If I can finish the same thing, why

764
00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:42.630 A:middle L:90%
should I? He said. You don't have to

765
00:56:42.630 --> 00:56:50.219 A:middle L:90%
travel. So this is the perception. Yeah,

766
00:56:50.230 --> 00:56:55.610 A:middle L:90%
I can feel that 10 minutes. Nothing is very

767
00:56:55.610 --> 00:57:00.349 A:middle L:90%
painful. That's longer than one hour study. I

768
00:57:00.349 --> 00:57:05.809 A:middle L:90%
was maybe 10 11. So now I understand that's

769
00:57:05.809 --> 00:57:19.570 A:middle L:90%
a perception. But it is said that every moment

770
00:57:19.579 --> 00:57:22.019 A:middle L:90%
of those when we have such experience, we have

771
00:57:22.019 --> 00:57:28.380 A:middle L:90%
a great opportunity to turn that into something completely different

772
00:57:30.000 --> 00:57:34.179 A:middle L:90%
to a mental state that is not distracted by those

773
00:57:34.179 --> 00:57:39.489 A:middle L:90%
negative feelings. Mhm. Yeah, So once you

774
00:57:39.489 --> 00:57:45.159 A:middle L:90%
have the undistracted mind, you can have the happiness

775
00:57:46.530 --> 00:57:53.210 A:middle L:90%
. Usually we have very little undistracted mind for most

776
00:57:53.210 --> 00:58:00.699 A:middle L:90%
of people. One example they give is right after

777
00:58:00.699 --> 00:58:04.610 A:middle L:90%
when you wake up, you will have a little

778
00:58:04.610 --> 00:58:09.250 A:middle L:90%
bit of calmness in mind, but I'm not sure

779
00:58:09.719 --> 00:58:15.900 A:middle L:90%
if that's true because many people are not really happy

780
00:58:15.900 --> 00:58:19.940 A:middle L:90%
when they wake up. And I have this experience

781
00:58:19.940 --> 00:58:22.760 A:middle L:90%
to when I was small, but you have to

782
00:58:22.769 --> 00:58:27.880 A:middle L:90%
know that we had to wake up at 4 a.m.

783
00:58:28.219 --> 00:58:31.409 A:middle L:90%
In the morning. At that time I was maybe

784
00:58:31.409 --> 00:58:38.130 A:middle L:90%
15 16. And what if you ask me what

785
00:58:38.130 --> 00:58:43.210 A:middle L:90%
is the single most difficult thing for me, then

786
00:58:43.210 --> 00:58:44.969 A:middle L:90%
that would be the answer waking up in the early

787
00:58:44.969 --> 00:58:50.760 A:middle L:90%
morning, so I'm not sure if it's true for

788
00:58:50.760 --> 00:58:55.250 A:middle L:90%
everybody, but I think still they're very subtle moment

789
00:58:55.250 --> 00:58:58.760 A:middle L:90%
, very short time in the early morning. Before

790
00:58:58.760 --> 00:59:01.960 A:middle L:90%
you have any kind of thoughts, there is a

791
00:59:01.960 --> 00:59:06.710 A:middle L:90%
communist. It's still true. There's a communist when

792
00:59:06.710 --> 00:59:09.489 A:middle L:90%
you wake up before you have any thoughts and then

793
00:59:09.489 --> 00:59:13.909 A:middle L:90%
soon you have you have to you have this onslaught

794
00:59:13.920 --> 00:59:17.489 A:middle L:90%
of the thoughts and then you Soon you try to

795
00:59:17.489 --> 00:59:20.860 A:middle L:90%
worry. I mean, you. You start to

796
00:59:20.860 --> 00:59:24.460 A:middle L:90%
worry, uh, about the life, and then

797
00:59:24.460 --> 00:59:30.380 A:middle L:90%
you face the hectic day and then you think about

798
00:59:30.380 --> 00:59:36.320 A:middle L:90%
past and future. And usually we are in the

799
00:59:36.320 --> 00:59:38.570 A:middle L:90%
present moment for a very short time, you know

800
00:59:38.579 --> 00:59:42.360 A:middle L:90%
, very seldom we are most of time, either

801
00:59:42.360 --> 00:59:53.440 A:middle L:90%
in the past or future. Mhm. But the

802
00:59:53.440 --> 00:59:57.019 A:middle L:90%
happiness can only come from the present moment, not

803
00:59:57.030 --> 01:00:01.050 A:middle L:90%
pass the future past and future. Living in the

804
01:00:01.059 --> 01:00:05.639 A:middle L:90%
shadow of past and future means worrying. There is

805
01:00:05.639 --> 01:00:12.510 A:middle L:90%
a worry. You may think good friendship of the

806
01:00:12.510 --> 01:00:19.519 A:middle L:90%
past. And now you're not happy. You're worrying

807
01:00:19.519 --> 01:00:21.610 A:middle L:90%
about the future. Whether you can achieve it or

808
01:00:21.610 --> 01:00:29.079 A:middle L:90%
not, you're worrying. You worry that you don't

809
01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:31.929 A:middle L:90%
have enough time to get things done. But actually

810
01:00:31.929 --> 01:00:37.760 A:middle L:90%
you're wasting time by worrying. You know, this

811
01:00:37.760 --> 01:00:40.170 A:middle L:90%
is very true. We're wasting time worrying, so

812
01:00:40.170 --> 01:00:47.099 A:middle L:90%
it's not efficient. It doesn't help us. So

813
01:00:47.099 --> 01:00:51.280 A:middle L:90%
it's very important to zoom in and get into the

814
01:00:51.280 --> 01:01:02.019 A:middle L:90%
present moment. So we're doing something will be a

815
01:01:02.019 --> 01:01:06.530 A:middle L:90%
lot more productive if we can focus on the present

816
01:01:07.909 --> 01:01:13.679 A:middle L:90%
. If our mind is present and this three moment

817
01:01:13.679 --> 01:01:15.949 A:middle L:90%
practice three moment technique can help us to do this

818
01:01:15.960 --> 01:01:22.360 A:middle L:90%
, it can change our negative feeling about things,

819
01:01:22.360 --> 01:01:24.679 A:middle L:90%
that thing that you're doing and you're you have to

820
01:01:24.679 --> 01:01:38.880 A:middle L:90%
do into something that is very likable, mhm work

821
01:01:38.889 --> 01:01:45.090 A:middle L:90%
or relationship, anything with a three moment practice with

822
01:01:45.090 --> 01:01:49.230 A:middle L:90%
a three moment technique. You can remove all the

823
01:01:49.230 --> 01:01:52.860 A:middle L:90%
negative feelings about it. And then slowly, the

824
01:01:52.860 --> 01:01:54.389 A:middle L:90%
first step is to remove negative feeling. And then

825
01:01:54.389 --> 01:01:59.739 A:middle L:90%
it will provide a platform for you to mhm,

826
01:02:00.099 --> 01:02:05.719 A:middle L:90%
um, develop a positive feeling. Mm hmm.

827
01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:15.320 A:middle L:90%
Maybe you already know about this there. Um,

828
01:02:15.800 --> 01:02:19.690 A:middle L:90%
there are some research. I think it's called,

829
01:02:19.699 --> 01:02:22.119 A:middle L:90%
uh, track your happiness dot org or something.

830
01:02:23.000 --> 01:02:28.880 A:middle L:90%
Some apps and websites where you people track this research

831
01:02:28.889 --> 01:02:31.260 A:middle L:90%
. Uh, this research did, uh, some

832
01:02:31.260 --> 01:02:35.800 A:middle L:90%
research, and he also found that to be happy

833
01:02:35.800 --> 01:02:38.230 A:middle L:90%
, one has to be in the present moment.

834
01:02:38.900 --> 01:02:43.460 A:middle L:90%
One cannot be distracted. If your mind is distracted

835
01:02:43.489 --> 01:02:46.599 A:middle L:90%
, no matter what you're doing, you won't be

836
01:02:46.599 --> 01:02:49.820 A:middle L:90%
happy. In the next few moments, you'll find

837
01:02:49.820 --> 01:02:54.420 A:middle L:90%
that you're unhappy. So I was questioning about this

838
01:02:54.429 --> 01:03:00.679 A:middle L:90%
wondering whether multitasking, How is that? You know

839
01:03:00.690 --> 01:03:02.480 A:middle L:90%
, we would be interesting to know whether it makes

840
01:03:02.480 --> 01:03:10.349 A:middle L:90%
you happy or unhappy, because probably your mind is

841
01:03:10.360 --> 01:03:15.219 A:middle L:90%
split it between many things or jumping between many things

842
01:03:16.199 --> 01:03:22.630 A:middle L:90%
. He said that people are thinking about something else

843
01:03:22.630 --> 01:03:28.619 A:middle L:90%
than what they're doing for 47% time of the day

844
01:03:29.800 --> 01:03:36.260 A:middle L:90%
. So that means we can be 47% time of

845
01:03:36.260 --> 01:03:39.889 A:middle L:90%
the day happy. Additionally. Right. So that's

846
01:03:39.889 --> 01:03:44.389 A:middle L:90%
good news. With the practice, we can improve

847
01:03:44.400 --> 01:03:45.519 A:middle L:90%
. We can be happy for a longer time of

848
01:03:45.519 --> 01:03:50.909 A:middle L:90%
the day. Yeah. Okay. Now, do

849
01:03:50.909 --> 01:03:52.539 A:middle L:90%
you want to learn how to do this? Three

850
01:03:52.539 --> 01:04:02.090 A:middle L:90%
moments practice. Mhm. Um, uh, I've

851
01:04:02.090 --> 01:04:06.710 A:middle L:90%
used this practice myself for maybe over 15 years now

852
01:04:06.719 --> 01:04:15.219 A:middle L:90%
. And, uh, of course, this is

853
01:04:15.219 --> 01:04:17.969 A:middle L:90%
based on, uh, Buddha Dharma, which means

854
01:04:17.969 --> 01:04:23.079 A:middle L:90%
Buddhist teaching. Um, but it's never named that

855
01:04:23.079 --> 01:04:29.139 A:middle L:90%
way. And it comes from, uh, two

856
01:04:29.139 --> 01:04:34.219 A:middle L:90%
different sources. One is the Buddhist epistemology. Um

857
01:04:34.690 --> 01:04:41.519 A:middle L:90%
, okay. Where it explains about how our perception

858
01:04:41.530 --> 01:04:47.179 A:middle L:90%
are sensitive perception, our mental, uh, concept

859
01:04:47.190 --> 01:04:55.969 A:middle L:90%
perceptual conceptual and our grasping works. And it's also

860
01:04:55.980 --> 01:05:00.460 A:middle L:90%
this, uh it's also based on, um,

861
01:05:00.469 --> 01:05:09.219 A:middle L:90%
some meditation all, uh, teachings, you know

862
01:05:09.219 --> 01:05:16.050 A:middle L:90%
, some direct meditation practice teachings. So I I

863
01:05:16.050 --> 01:05:20.750 A:middle L:90%
name it as a three moment practice or three moment

864
01:05:20.760 --> 01:05:30.710 A:middle L:90%
techniques. So what are three moments? Moment,

865
01:05:30.710 --> 01:05:45.360 A:middle L:90%
One moment to moment three. It can happen in

866
01:05:45.360 --> 01:05:49.440 A:middle L:90%
a very quick It can happen even in a split

867
01:05:49.440 --> 01:05:54.199 A:middle L:90%
of seconds. Or it can happen in a few

868
01:05:54.199 --> 01:05:59.880 A:middle L:90%
seconds. Why? I want to explain about this

869
01:05:59.880 --> 01:06:02.409 A:middle L:90%
to you introduce this thing to you. Mhm,

870
01:06:02.880 --> 01:06:12.719 A:middle L:90%
um is because it is very handy. It's quite

871
01:06:12.730 --> 01:06:19.920 A:middle L:90%
easy. Um, because one of the weakness of

872
01:06:19.920 --> 01:06:23.010 A:middle L:90%
the practice, I think, is that we have

873
01:06:23.010 --> 01:06:25.840 A:middle L:90%
to put too much effort or put effort for a

874
01:06:25.840 --> 01:06:28.699 A:middle L:90%
long time. So many people who are not ready

875
01:06:28.699 --> 01:06:31.150 A:middle L:90%
for it just cannot do it. They just give

876
01:06:31.150 --> 01:06:39.179 A:middle L:90%
up. But this practice Yeah, all it takes

877
01:06:39.179 --> 01:06:43.059 A:middle L:90%
is a few moments, maybe five seconds. Maybe

878
01:06:43.059 --> 01:06:45.360 A:middle L:90%
10 seconds. Maybe three seconds. Maybe two seconds

879
01:06:45.369 --> 01:06:55.599 A:middle L:90%
. So the first moment, So I just call

880
01:06:55.599 --> 01:07:01.480 A:middle L:90%
it Things happen. Something happened. Okay, but

881
01:07:01.480 --> 01:07:04.500 A:middle L:90%
your mind doesn't know. You don't know it yet

882
01:07:04.880 --> 01:07:10.420 A:middle L:90%
. Only your sensory. Maybe your ear can hear

883
01:07:10.420 --> 01:07:14.469 A:middle L:90%
it here. I can see it, but you

884
01:07:14.469 --> 01:07:17.130 A:middle L:90%
don't really know it. You know, It's just

885
01:07:17.130 --> 01:07:19.420 A:middle L:90%
like if you turn your head and look at something

886
01:07:19.429 --> 01:07:23.550 A:middle L:90%
you see blurry. But you don't know what it

887
01:07:23.550 --> 01:07:26.710 A:middle L:90%
says there and you haven't read it. You haven't

888
01:07:26.719 --> 01:07:30.409 A:middle L:90%
translated in your mind. It's just like that state

889
01:07:30.849 --> 01:07:35.650 A:middle L:90%
. Second moment. Thank you. I call it

890
01:07:35.650 --> 01:07:41.000 A:middle L:90%
rice. Something rice. Now there's an emotion already

891
01:07:41.010 --> 01:07:44.409 A:middle L:90%
coming in. The later part of actually you can

892
01:07:44.409 --> 01:07:47.869 A:middle L:90%
split that again into further details. That first moment

893
01:07:47.880 --> 01:07:53.190 A:middle L:90%
is, uh, the thought now thought process comes

894
01:07:53.190 --> 01:07:58.250 A:middle L:90%
in at the second moment. So you recognize what

895
01:07:58.250 --> 01:08:00.929 A:middle L:90%
it means. You know what this person is saying

896
01:08:00.929 --> 01:08:04.699 A:middle L:90%
to you, And then the emotion rise as the

897
01:08:04.699 --> 01:08:15.189 A:middle L:90%
later part of that third moment is watch. Okay

898
01:08:15.199 --> 01:08:19.930 A:middle L:90%
, happen. Rise and watch. So you look

899
01:08:19.930 --> 01:08:24.550 A:middle L:90%
into it. You look into that feeling which is

900
01:08:24.550 --> 01:08:30.590 A:middle L:90%
just risen within yourself. That is the third moment

901
01:08:31.869 --> 01:08:38.090 A:middle L:90%
you have to focus on that feeling. That emotion

902
01:08:38.470 --> 01:08:42.949 A:middle L:90%
. Thank you. Thank you. No. Do

903
01:08:42.960 --> 01:08:48.470 A:middle L:90%
you think analytical methods should be used? No rationalizing

904
01:08:48.479 --> 01:08:53.159 A:middle L:90%
, No reasoning. Yeah. Mm. Not even

905
01:08:53.159 --> 01:09:00.000 A:middle L:90%
prayer. Because all of these things are distraction at

906
01:09:00.000 --> 01:09:04.199 A:middle L:90%
that moment. If you try to reason, you

907
01:09:04.199 --> 01:09:08.460 A:middle L:90%
know you will support that. You have to be

908
01:09:08.460 --> 01:09:10.329 A:middle L:90%
angry. For example, if it's the anger,

909
01:09:10.340 --> 01:09:12.569 A:middle L:90%
the emotion is anger. If you try to use

910
01:09:12.569 --> 01:09:17.079 A:middle L:90%
a reason at that time, your mind, your

911
01:09:17.079 --> 01:09:24.119 A:middle L:90%
thought is not really unbiased. Your bias. So

912
01:09:24.119 --> 01:09:27.569 A:middle L:90%
your reasoning will be used to prove what you think

913
01:09:27.579 --> 01:09:31.000 A:middle L:90%
is right. So reasons are useless. The other

914
01:09:31.000 --> 01:09:34.029 A:middle L:90%
thing, everything. Anything else other than looking at

915
01:09:34.029 --> 01:09:39.600 A:middle L:90%
that moment is useless and distraction. Thank you.

916
01:09:40.170 --> 01:09:43.210 A:middle L:90%
Reasoning can be used later on, but at that

917
01:09:43.210 --> 01:09:45.189 A:middle L:90%
moment, that's all. All you want to have

918
01:09:46.050 --> 01:10:04.189 A:middle L:90%
then it will work. Timing is everything for this

919
01:10:04.659 --> 01:10:06.810 A:middle L:90%
. If you try to do it right now,

920
01:10:06.819 --> 01:10:13.180 A:middle L:90%
you may understand what I'm saying, but, uh

921
01:10:13.859 --> 01:10:16.579 A:middle L:90%
, effect may not be very obvious, but if

922
01:10:16.579 --> 01:10:19.180 A:middle L:90%
you try to do at the right time the golden

923
01:10:19.180 --> 01:10:24.770 A:middle L:90%
time, which means when you have the emotions right

924
01:10:24.779 --> 01:10:30.520 A:middle L:90%
, maybe you're flying on an airplane small airplane and

925
01:10:30.520 --> 01:10:32.779 A:middle L:90%
it drops all the time all of a sudden.

926
01:10:32.960 --> 01:10:35.689 A:middle L:90%
All right, maybe you can do that. You

927
01:10:35.689 --> 01:10:40.399 A:middle L:90%
know, if you're flying back because it happens in

928
01:10:40.399 --> 01:10:43.840 A:middle L:90%
a small, small airplane. This is a great

929
01:10:43.840 --> 01:10:53.640 A:middle L:90%
moment because that time you have emotion, fear or

930
01:10:53.649 --> 01:10:57.430 A:middle L:90%
anger. When somebody say bad things and you feel

931
01:10:58.210 --> 01:11:01.579 A:middle L:90%
the heat, the numbness, that's the right time

932
01:11:02.359 --> 01:11:09.770 A:middle L:90%
, the sooner the better. Immediately, because if

933
01:11:09.770 --> 01:11:12.949 A:middle L:90%
you leave it for a moment, then if it's

934
01:11:12.949 --> 01:11:17.449 A:middle L:90%
1/4 moment, it will be difficult already. You

935
01:11:17.449 --> 01:11:20.350 A:middle L:90%
will be more and more reluctant to use it,

936
01:11:20.359 --> 01:11:25.130 A:middle L:90%
and it's not effective. So timing is everything For

937
01:11:25.130 --> 01:11:29.880 A:middle L:90%
this. There is a story of, uh,

938
01:11:30.359 --> 01:11:34.189 A:middle L:90%
a meditator who spent years and years of his time

939
01:11:34.199 --> 01:11:38.840 A:middle L:90%
, uh, meditating in a cave in a very

940
01:11:38.850 --> 01:11:43.050 A:middle L:90%
remote, isolated place. And then he thought he

941
01:11:43.050 --> 01:11:45.529 A:middle L:90%
did it quite good. You know, he especially

942
01:11:45.529 --> 01:11:50.130 A:middle L:90%
focused on practice of patients. Mhm. So he

943
01:11:50.130 --> 01:11:54.050 A:middle L:90%
thought Okay, he did very well. So now

944
01:11:54.050 --> 01:11:56.630 A:middle L:90%
No problem. So he came back. So his

945
01:11:56.630 --> 01:12:01.130 A:middle L:90%
other friends tease him and told him that we heard

946
01:12:01.130 --> 01:12:04.420 A:middle L:90%
that you didn't meditate at all. You're just sleeping

947
01:12:04.420 --> 01:12:11.909 A:middle L:90%
there, you know, doing nothing. And he

948
01:12:11.909 --> 01:12:14.460 A:middle L:90%
said no. I did, actually. He really

949
01:12:14.460 --> 01:12:18.829 A:middle L:90%
meditated. So he was offended a little bit and

950
01:12:18.829 --> 01:12:21.039 A:middle L:90%
then said, No, you didn't practice. He

951
01:12:21.039 --> 01:12:23.470 A:middle L:90%
said, Yes, I did. No, you

952
01:12:23.470 --> 01:12:25.619 A:middle L:90%
didn't. Yes, I did. And then he

953
01:12:25.619 --> 01:12:30.010 A:middle L:90%
lose temper. And they said, Oh, so

954
01:12:30.020 --> 01:12:34.479 A:middle L:90%
what happened with your patients? So this is a

955
01:12:34.479 --> 01:12:40.159 A:middle L:90%
good example that practice to make it very effective,

956
01:12:40.170 --> 01:12:46.800 A:middle L:90%
should be in a real life. That anger is

957
01:12:46.810 --> 01:12:50.250 A:middle L:90%
the fuel. Yeah, for you to have a

958
01:12:50.250 --> 01:12:55.069 A:middle L:90%
good practice of patients. So if you don't have

959
01:12:55.079 --> 01:13:00.119 A:middle L:90%
that, you cannot really improve. And that's the

960
01:13:00.119 --> 01:13:02.960 A:middle L:90%
timing. You know, when you have anger is

961
01:13:02.960 --> 01:13:09.029 A:middle L:90%
the best time to practice patients. Yeah, there's

962
01:13:09.029 --> 01:13:15.670 A:middle L:90%
a are saying in Tibetan tradition. It says,

963
01:13:15.649 --> 01:13:21.939 A:middle L:90%
um touching at the nose of a pic with a

964
01:13:21.939 --> 01:13:27.550 A:middle L:90%
stick. If you don't want the pig come inside

965
01:13:27.550 --> 01:13:30.590 A:middle L:90%
your house, you have to stop it at the

966
01:13:30.590 --> 01:13:33.000 A:middle L:90%
door. It's very easy at the time. Just

967
01:13:33.000 --> 01:13:35.659 A:middle L:90%
touch at his nose. It will go back.

968
01:13:35.949 --> 01:13:39.380 A:middle L:90%
But if you leave it if it comes in,

969
01:13:39.449 --> 01:13:42.500 A:middle L:90%
then now you're not stopping. You're chasing after it

970
01:13:42.510 --> 01:13:46.130 A:middle L:90%
so it could go everywhere and make your room a

971
01:13:46.130 --> 01:13:51.170 A:middle L:90%
mess. You can hide behind your fridge. You

972
01:13:51.170 --> 01:13:55.899 A:middle L:90%
can go under your bed. It will be much

973
01:13:55.899 --> 01:13:59.270 A:middle L:90%
more difficult. Takes longer time, a lot more

974
01:13:59.270 --> 01:14:03.920 A:middle L:90%
efforts. So it's the easiest thing is to do

975
01:14:03.920 --> 01:14:06.779 A:middle L:90%
at the beginning. The first moment. That's what

976
01:14:06.779 --> 01:14:10.600 A:middle L:90%
this is. Three moments technique. Do it at

977
01:14:10.600 --> 01:14:15.060 A:middle L:90%
the beginning. Don't use your logics. Just watch

978
01:14:16.039 --> 01:14:20.779 A:middle L:90%
. You don't have to do anything when you look

979
01:14:20.779 --> 01:14:26.380 A:middle L:90%
at that. The feeling that emotion, negative emotion

980
01:14:29.000 --> 01:14:30.890 A:middle L:90%
is just tell you. You just give you the

981
01:14:30.890 --> 01:14:38.689 A:middle L:90%
answer by itself that the mind Okay, the essence

982
01:14:38.689 --> 01:14:41.649 A:middle L:90%
of the mind. It's just clarity. It's a

983
01:14:41.649 --> 01:14:48.170 A:middle L:90%
clear it is. No boundary itself is free from

984
01:14:48.170 --> 01:14:59.920 A:middle L:90%
all this negative feelings, and that emotion just deflate

985
01:14:59.930 --> 01:15:08.569 A:middle L:90%
or just disappear by itself. Yeah, so I

986
01:15:08.569 --> 01:15:11.560 A:middle L:90%
call it golden time, so practice at the golden

987
01:15:11.560 --> 01:15:14.659 A:middle L:90%
time. So this is a practice that you can

988
01:15:14.659 --> 01:15:16.720 A:middle L:90%
do any time. Yeah, you don't need a

989
01:15:16.729 --> 01:15:19.859 A:middle L:90%
particular time to practice this. This is something you

990
01:15:19.859 --> 01:15:29.369 A:middle L:90%
can practice when you usually. You know, usually

991
01:15:29.840 --> 01:15:33.319 A:middle L:90%
you don't practice when you when you handle machinery,

992
01:15:33.319 --> 01:15:35.909 A:middle L:90%
things or drive or things like that, right,

993
01:15:35.909 --> 01:15:40.130 A:middle L:90%
that could be dangerous. But this is so quick

994
01:15:40.140 --> 01:15:45.510 A:middle L:90%
that I sometimes even do, for example, driving

995
01:15:45.520 --> 01:15:50.699 A:middle L:90%
right when somebody drive in front of you so slow

996
01:15:50.710 --> 01:15:56.640 A:middle L:90%
as it is riding a bicycle, you can get

997
01:15:56.640 --> 01:16:00.560 A:middle L:90%
some feeling that's the time you practice when you try

998
01:16:00.560 --> 01:16:03.729 A:middle L:90%
to find which way to take at the fork.

999
01:16:03.739 --> 01:16:05.989 A:middle L:90%
Which way to take. And your GPS is so

1000
01:16:05.989 --> 01:16:09.479 A:middle L:90%
slow and you don't know which one to take.

1001
01:16:09.479 --> 01:16:14.670 A:middle L:90%
And someone hung behind you, right? And that

1002
01:16:14.670 --> 01:16:18.460 A:middle L:90%
is probably a good opportunity to practice this. You

1003
01:16:18.460 --> 01:16:29.140 A:middle L:90%
tell me so. So, out of these three

1004
01:16:29.140 --> 01:16:31.079 A:middle L:90%
moments we talked about, uh, we know that

1005
01:16:31.090 --> 01:16:36.829 A:middle L:90%
second moment is arising from the mental concept of believing

1006
01:16:36.829 --> 01:16:40.579 A:middle L:90%
that that means good or bad. You know,

1007
01:16:40.590 --> 01:16:43.880 A:middle L:90%
he writes, there's a feeling that rise up and

1008
01:16:43.880 --> 01:16:46.369 A:middle L:90%
that feeling we understood as a negative feeling. If

1009
01:16:46.369 --> 01:16:51.970 A:middle L:90%
it's anger, for example, so the question is

1010
01:16:51.979 --> 01:16:56.970 A:middle L:90%
where the negative rise of this negative feeling coming from

1011
01:16:56.979 --> 01:17:01.270 A:middle L:90%
Where is it coming from? Um, two things

1012
01:17:01.270 --> 01:17:06.460 A:middle L:90%
. Usually one is a little or no training.

1013
01:17:08.710 --> 01:17:15.180 A:middle L:90%
The other is inborn Fast belief in 1/4 Street Liberal

1014
01:17:15.180 --> 01:17:18.439 A:middle L:90%
. Not training. Um, although it is said

1015
01:17:18.439 --> 01:17:24.210 A:middle L:90%
that we have all the qualities potentially have all the

1016
01:17:24.210 --> 01:17:29.140 A:middle L:90%
qualities, all the good qualities with us built in

1017
01:17:29.149 --> 01:17:35.859 A:middle L:90%
, we are naturally the, uh The sign of

1018
01:17:35.859 --> 01:17:39.279 A:middle L:90%
that is that we always like something good and we

1019
01:17:39.279 --> 01:17:42.189 A:middle L:90%
don't like bad. We naturally will. We like

1020
01:17:42.199 --> 01:17:45.680 A:middle L:90%
happiness. And we don't like unhappiness, right?

1021
01:17:45.689 --> 01:17:49.550 A:middle L:90%
These are the direct proof that we are. Nature

1022
01:17:49.550 --> 01:18:00.149 A:middle L:90%
is good, but that doesn't answer everything. The

1023
01:18:00.149 --> 01:18:04.939 A:middle L:90%
way we are trained affects the way we interpret our

1024
01:18:04.939 --> 01:18:10.739 A:middle L:90%
feelings and our experience. So training becomes very important

1025
01:18:15.439 --> 01:18:20.430 A:middle L:90%
. And usually we get not that much of training

1026
01:18:20.430 --> 01:18:24.500 A:middle L:90%
about how to take care of the mind, how

1027
01:18:24.500 --> 01:18:27.850 A:middle L:90%
to come down and how to have a, you

1028
01:18:27.850 --> 01:18:31.119 A:middle L:90%
know, good heart and so on. We don't

1029
01:18:31.119 --> 01:18:35.260 A:middle L:90%
have enough of those things. We just learned technical

1030
01:18:35.260 --> 01:18:38.520 A:middle L:90%
things. We just learned how to do you know

1031
01:18:38.520 --> 01:18:41.710 A:middle L:90%
, the mechanical things. Not so much about the

1032
01:18:41.710 --> 01:18:51.569 A:middle L:90%
heart, the warm heartedness, so little or no

1033
01:18:51.579 --> 01:18:57.569 A:middle L:90%
, no training of mind or warm heartedness are one

1034
01:18:57.569 --> 01:19:00.090 A:middle L:90%
of the costs. Um, is one of the

1035
01:19:00.090 --> 01:19:05.640 A:middle L:90%
costs, then that means if we train, the

1036
01:19:05.640 --> 01:19:11.939 A:middle L:90%
effect can be significant. Can be really great.

1037
01:19:14.520 --> 01:19:18.510 A:middle L:90%
Think of the great individuals we should never discuss.

1038
01:19:18.520 --> 01:19:25.649 A:middle L:90%
Uh, underestimate the effects of the determination and efforts

1039
01:19:25.659 --> 01:19:31.989 A:middle L:90%
of individuals. Every individual's one individual at a time

1040
01:19:32.000 --> 01:19:43.550 A:middle L:90%
can change a lot in the world. And I

1041
01:19:43.550 --> 01:19:47.520 A:middle L:90%
like to say that there must be a lot of

1042
01:19:47.520 --> 01:19:54.020 A:middle L:90%
those that will take their own rightful spot in influencing

1043
01:19:54.029 --> 01:19:57.130 A:middle L:90%
millions of people in the future. Right in this

1044
01:19:57.130 --> 01:20:05.869 A:middle L:90%
corrupt, mhm, mhm people make so the inborn

1045
01:20:05.880 --> 01:20:10.739 A:middle L:90%
false belief. What is that? So I would

1046
01:20:10.739 --> 01:20:15.390 A:middle L:90%
like to ask you what is most important thing to

1047
01:20:15.390 --> 01:20:21.390 A:middle L:90%
you? What is it? And of course you

1048
01:20:21.399 --> 01:20:30.350 A:middle L:90%
can. And the answer three freedom. To whom

1049
01:20:30.909 --> 01:20:33.560 A:middle L:90%
? Yeah. Yes, Freedom. That's very good

1050
01:20:33.560 --> 01:20:40.539 A:middle L:90%
. To whom? Itself? Yes. Good.

1051
01:20:41.409 --> 01:20:45.619 A:middle L:90%
Making what is the the single most important thing that

1052
01:20:45.630 --> 01:20:49.170 A:middle L:90%
use you use all the time in every sentence.

1053
01:20:53.010 --> 01:21:00.119 A:middle L:90%
I Yes, I I want to go. I

1054
01:21:00.119 --> 01:21:02.680 A:middle L:90%
don't want I want I am fine. My name

1055
01:21:02.680 --> 01:21:12.130 A:middle L:90%
is this so on. That is according to Buddha

1056
01:21:12.609 --> 01:21:16.770 A:middle L:90%
, known as the Inborn. Because nobody has to

1057
01:21:16.770 --> 01:21:21.539 A:middle L:90%
teach you that. It's inborn false belief. It's

1058
01:21:21.539 --> 01:21:29.220 A:middle L:90%
a belief. And there is some some some false

1059
01:21:29.229 --> 01:21:38.930 A:middle L:90%
with it. Some misunderstanding? Mm hmm. No

1060
01:21:39.689 --> 01:21:42.720 A:middle L:90%
. When did that happen? When did we get

1061
01:21:42.720 --> 01:21:51.829 A:middle L:90%
the eye? Mhm When? Mhm. When?

1062
01:21:53.210 --> 01:22:00.460 A:middle L:90%
Just say whatever you think. What this concept of

1063
01:22:00.460 --> 01:22:10.000 A:middle L:90%
I forget about language, birth, birth. Good

1064
01:22:10.010 --> 01:22:18.060 A:middle L:90%
. When are we born? Yeah, conventionally.

1065
01:22:18.060 --> 01:22:19.520 A:middle L:90%
Of course. We have a date of birth.

1066
01:22:20.000 --> 01:22:25.460 A:middle L:90%
But if you go deeper in the meaning, we

1067
01:22:25.460 --> 01:22:30.000 A:middle L:90%
are born every moment. We are born every moment

1068
01:22:30.000 --> 01:22:31.760 A:middle L:90%
. That means the concept of I is born at

1069
01:22:31.770 --> 01:22:39.920 A:middle L:90%
every moment of this consciousness. So it is born

1070
01:22:40.500 --> 01:22:45.369 A:middle L:90%
. Yeah. And according to the teaching, it

1071
01:22:45.369 --> 01:22:48.050 A:middle L:90%
is born every moment. That means the beginning of

1072
01:22:48.050 --> 01:22:51.119 A:middle L:90%
this world is at this moment. And if you

1073
01:22:51.119 --> 01:22:54.609 A:middle L:90%
can take care of this moment, the present,

1074
01:22:54.619 --> 01:22:58.010 A:middle L:90%
then you actually can do quite a good thing.

1075
01:22:58.020 --> 01:23:01.119 A:middle L:90%
You can solve lots of problems. History. Okay

1076
01:23:02.699 --> 01:23:12.119 A:middle L:90%
, Lots of emotional problems as well. Because Okay

1077
01:23:12.500 --> 01:23:15.699 A:middle L:90%
, hold that back right now. So next question

1078
01:23:15.699 --> 01:23:19.409 A:middle L:90%
is why is false now? Why is it false

1079
01:23:19.800 --> 01:23:24.979 A:middle L:90%
? Mhm. Do you think we do when you

1080
01:23:24.979 --> 01:23:29.420 A:middle L:90%
say I not you, but I Where do you

1081
01:23:29.420 --> 01:23:34.100 A:middle L:90%
point it? Where do you point your finger?

1082
01:23:34.100 --> 01:23:40.829 A:middle L:90%
Your hand. Where is it? Where? Okay

1083
01:23:40.840 --> 01:23:47.590 A:middle L:90%
. Here right somewhere here. Right? So here

1084
01:23:47.590 --> 01:23:54.920 A:middle L:90%
is a false right. So I, um So

1085
01:23:56.600 --> 01:23:59.750 A:middle L:90%
the question is, where is it now? Let's

1086
01:23:59.750 --> 01:24:01.260 A:middle L:90%
find out. No, this is part of the

1087
01:24:01.260 --> 01:24:04.779 A:middle L:90%
meditation, actually. Let's find out. Let's analyze

1088
01:24:04.789 --> 01:24:08.470 A:middle L:90%
. Let's look into it. So if you go

1089
01:24:08.479 --> 01:24:10.640 A:middle L:90%
, you point here. Now, let's look here

1090
01:24:10.640 --> 01:24:16.029 A:middle L:90%
first. So what you find is maybe skin muscles

1091
01:24:16.039 --> 01:24:23.319 A:middle L:90%
, right? Chest, bones, ribs, organs

1092
01:24:23.399 --> 01:24:28.460 A:middle L:90%
. Which one of them is the I, right

1093
01:24:28.470 --> 01:24:35.220 A:middle L:90%
, Because we believe I is one. Nobody says

1094
01:24:35.220 --> 01:24:43.270 A:middle L:90%
I'm many, right, so I don't want to

1095
01:24:43.270 --> 01:24:45.520 A:middle L:90%
go in detail. But that is the idea.

1096
01:24:45.090 --> 01:24:51.399 A:middle L:90%
So that's why to think to believe too many as

1097
01:24:51.399 --> 01:24:57.300 A:middle L:90%
one is a Force one is not equal to many

1098
01:24:57.989 --> 01:25:00.659 A:middle L:90%
. Many is not equal to one. So that's

1099
01:25:00.670 --> 01:25:06.979 A:middle L:90%
a false, um, so perception of I exist

1100
01:25:06.989 --> 01:25:13.909 A:middle L:90%
only independence on perception of our mind and body.

1101
01:25:14.289 --> 01:25:18.229 A:middle L:90%
It is a label is just a concept is not

1102
01:25:18.239 --> 01:25:21.829 A:middle L:90%
real. It's like a forest. We can say

1103
01:25:21.829 --> 01:25:25.600 A:middle L:90%
we have a nice big forest in the south of

1104
01:25:25.609 --> 01:25:29.680 A:middle L:90%
this town and another big forest in north. So

1105
01:25:29.680 --> 01:25:31.590 A:middle L:90%
we say one big forest. But if you go

1106
01:25:31.600 --> 01:25:34.899 A:middle L:90%
closer, look closely, then there's no forest but

1107
01:25:34.899 --> 01:25:40.970 A:middle L:90%
trees. All right, so that concept of tree

1108
01:25:40.979 --> 01:25:45.779 A:middle L:90%
concept of forest is not that true. It's only

1109
01:25:45.779 --> 01:25:48.260 A:middle L:90%
up here, not on the tree level, not

1110
01:25:48.260 --> 01:25:50.149 A:middle L:90%
on the ground, on the ground. You can

1111
01:25:50.149 --> 01:25:55.670 A:middle L:90%
only find trees, okay, but that concept is

1112
01:25:55.670 --> 01:25:57.699 A:middle L:90%
very powerful, although it's a false, but it's

1113
01:25:57.699 --> 01:26:02.510 A:middle L:90%
very powerful. Um, So when you understand more

1114
01:26:02.510 --> 01:26:08.329 A:middle L:90%
and more about this, uh, personal identity as

1115
01:26:08.329 --> 01:26:14.420 A:middle L:90%
a concept rather than a real thing, you can

1116
01:26:14.430 --> 01:26:16.899 A:middle L:90%
let go things a little easier. So when you

1117
01:26:16.899 --> 01:26:24.180 A:middle L:90%
let go things, um you will be stronger.

1118
01:26:26.279 --> 01:26:31.199 A:middle L:90%
You cannot be affected too much by outer things because

1119
01:26:31.199 --> 01:26:34.560 A:middle L:90%
you don't attach to it too much. Yeah,

1120
01:26:38.279 --> 01:26:42.899 A:middle L:90%
and this kind of thing really needs meditation, especially

1121
01:26:42.909 --> 01:26:45.930 A:middle L:90%
analytical meditation. You analyze and you think you know

1122
01:26:45.939 --> 01:26:50.449 A:middle L:90%
, but analytical meditation need. Yeah, uh,

1123
01:26:50.460 --> 01:26:55.069 A:middle L:90%
focus mind, which is another kind of meditation,

1124
01:26:55.079 --> 01:26:59.539 A:middle L:90%
A meditation that builds up your concentration so you can

1125
01:26:59.550 --> 01:27:01.699 A:middle L:90%
concentrate it on one thing. Whatever you're doing for

1126
01:27:01.699 --> 01:27:05.149 A:middle L:90%
an extended period of time, your mind is not

1127
01:27:05.149 --> 01:27:09.260 A:middle L:90%
distracted by other things. So because your mind is

1128
01:27:09.260 --> 01:27:14.060 A:middle L:90%
not distracted now, you can analyze about this question

1129
01:27:14.069 --> 01:27:16.750 A:middle L:90%
for extended period of time until you get the some

1130
01:27:16.750 --> 01:27:25.140 A:middle L:90%
understanding some firm understanding that so meditation is the next

1131
01:27:25.140 --> 01:27:29.260 A:middle L:90%
thing is, uh, meditation. Um, there's

1132
01:27:29.270 --> 01:27:33.579 A:middle L:90%
sustained attention. Meditation, um, means paying attention

1133
01:27:33.579 --> 01:27:39.720 A:middle L:90%
to things. Whatever subject, whatever thing. Whatever

1134
01:27:39.720 --> 01:27:43.189 A:middle L:90%
object of meditation you choose if you are. If

1135
01:27:43.189 --> 01:27:45.500 A:middle L:90%
you can pay attention to it for an extended period

1136
01:27:45.500 --> 01:27:47.899 A:middle L:90%
of time, As you wish as you desire,

1137
01:27:48.079 --> 01:27:51.300 A:middle L:90%
then you have a suspended attention. Uh, sustained

1138
01:27:51.310 --> 01:28:00.899 A:middle L:90%
attention, of course. Meditation we can tell from

1139
01:28:00.869 --> 01:28:03.829 A:middle L:90%
one of the earliest reference we find is Buddhist life

1140
01:28:03.829 --> 01:28:09.800 A:middle L:90%
story itself. It has a reference that says that

1141
01:28:09.800 --> 01:28:13.720 A:middle L:90%
he learned meditation from somebody else. So that means

1142
01:28:13.729 --> 01:28:17.000 A:middle L:90%
there was meditation even before Buddha. Yes. Yeah

1143
01:28:17.670 --> 01:28:21.689 A:middle L:90%
, but other than that, there's nothing much.

1144
01:28:21.699 --> 01:28:27.779 A:middle L:90%
So there's some sort of meditation was there, but

1145
01:28:28.170 --> 01:28:33.770 A:middle L:90%
we can, um, you know fairly easily say

1146
01:28:33.770 --> 01:28:38.000 A:middle L:90%
that the Buddha was the one who gave very detailed

1147
01:28:38.369 --> 01:28:44.079 A:middle L:90%
methods of meditation doing meditation and described many different kinds

1148
01:28:44.079 --> 01:28:51.500 A:middle L:90%
of meditation. Yeah, um, so paying attention

1149
01:28:51.510 --> 01:28:54.649 A:middle L:90%
is the first thing. You pay attention, you

1150
01:28:54.649 --> 01:28:59.000 A:middle L:90%
train your mind, so you gain some, uh

1151
01:28:59.010 --> 01:29:03.500 A:middle L:90%
, deep concentration. You don't use any logic,

1152
01:29:03.510 --> 01:29:09.010 A:middle L:90%
but then, uh, the effect of that meditation

1153
01:29:09.010 --> 01:29:14.100 A:middle L:90%
is limited. You cannot get really, uh,

1154
01:29:15.270 --> 01:29:23.579 A:middle L:90%
mhm. Um, you know, you cannot completely

1155
01:29:23.590 --> 01:29:28.399 A:middle L:90%
understand that, uh, for example, uh,

1156
01:29:29.369 --> 01:29:35.890 A:middle L:90%
completely enlightened according to Buddhist term or free from all

1157
01:29:35.890 --> 01:29:44.239 A:middle L:90%
the confusion or sufferings. So you need insight,

1158
01:29:44.250 --> 01:29:48.800 A:middle L:90%
insight, insight, And to gain the insight you

1159
01:29:48.800 --> 01:29:53.829 A:middle L:90%
first need that stable, mind focused mind from the

1160
01:29:53.840 --> 01:29:58.359 A:middle L:90%
attention sustained attention, meditation. And then you need

1161
01:29:58.369 --> 01:30:01.279 A:middle L:90%
analytical meditation, which finally will bring the insight.

1162
01:30:05.060 --> 01:30:14.789 A:middle L:90%
So with the concentration and insight, we can gain

1163
01:30:14.800 --> 01:30:18.189 A:middle L:90%
a direct, intuitive, intuitive seeing of the reality

1164
01:30:23.960 --> 01:30:29.680 A:middle L:90%
. Mm. So we normally use the term meditation

1165
01:30:29.689 --> 01:30:33.659 A:middle L:90%
in English? Um, yeah, loosely, for

1166
01:30:33.659 --> 01:30:41.060 A:middle L:90%
many Buddhist terms. So I have some important,

1167
01:30:41.069 --> 01:30:44.600 A:middle L:90%
uh, terms that are related with meditation. These

1168
01:30:44.600 --> 01:30:53.949 A:middle L:90%
are all in Sanskrit, Deanna. Um, which

1169
01:30:53.949 --> 01:31:00.710 A:middle L:90%
means sustain concentration. You gain our concentration, your

1170
01:31:00.720 --> 01:31:05.300 A:middle L:90%
mind is focused, concentrated, undisturbed. And you

1171
01:31:05.300 --> 01:31:09.380 A:middle L:90%
can stay on that object as long as you want

1172
01:31:09.960 --> 01:31:16.380 A:middle L:90%
. You can stay for days, Weeks Samadi.

1173
01:31:17.859 --> 01:31:23.600 A:middle L:90%
Mhm. Yeah, This is okay. I would

1174
01:31:23.600 --> 01:31:27.890 A:middle L:90%
say deep concentration. If the deana is sustained concentration

1175
01:31:27.899 --> 01:31:31.430 A:middle L:90%
. Somebody, maybe it's a deep concentration there.

1176
01:31:31.439 --> 01:31:38.289 A:middle L:90%
You don't really see the subject. Object differences.

1177
01:31:38.859 --> 01:31:44.619 A:middle L:90%
You are so much into the concentration that oneself and

1178
01:31:44.619 --> 01:31:50.949 A:middle L:90%
the object, uh, becomes one or another way

1179
01:31:50.960 --> 01:31:57.789 A:middle L:90%
. You retained the object in your mind. So

1180
01:31:57.789 --> 01:32:00.739 A:middle L:90%
anyway, for us. What that means is a

1181
01:32:00.750 --> 01:32:02.949 A:middle L:90%
deep concentration, and it's more of the result is

1182
01:32:02.949 --> 01:32:09.079 A:middle L:90%
a resultant concentration. If the Deanna is more causal

1183
01:32:09.750 --> 01:32:13.170 A:middle L:90%
, you do, Deanna, and you find somebody

1184
01:32:15.199 --> 01:32:19.810 A:middle L:90%
. Havana is another word. Yeah, Governor means

1185
01:32:19.819 --> 01:32:24.739 A:middle L:90%
cultivation. So this is maybe a broader. I

1186
01:32:24.739 --> 01:32:28.500 A:middle L:90%
think it has a broader meaning, Probably cultivation of

1187
01:32:28.510 --> 01:32:32.710 A:middle L:90%
qualities, good qualities, cultivation of skills, cultivation

1188
01:32:32.720 --> 01:32:35.970 A:middle L:90%
or, you know, good things. Mm hmm

1189
01:32:36.649 --> 01:32:45.579 A:middle L:90%
. Or being familiarizing oneself with the true meaning.

1190
01:32:45.149 --> 01:32:51.569 A:middle L:90%
No one trying to become inseparable from the real meaning

1191
01:32:53.149 --> 01:32:58.750 A:middle L:90%
. This involves not only attention and concentration. This

1192
01:32:58.750 --> 01:33:01.270 A:middle L:90%
involves, uh, development of such as, uh

1193
01:33:01.750 --> 01:33:10.010 A:middle L:90%
, good heart. Mhm compassion, increased practice of

1194
01:33:10.020 --> 01:33:14.500 A:middle L:90%
equanimity, understanding that every human being every being as

1195
01:33:14.500 --> 01:33:20.899 A:middle L:90%
long as has feeling are equal. Just like oneself

1196
01:33:20.909 --> 01:33:25.539 A:middle L:90%
. Everyone wants a happiness. So if you don't

1197
01:33:25.539 --> 01:33:30.079 A:middle L:90%
want to be harmed, you can You need to

1198
01:33:30.079 --> 01:33:31.979 A:middle L:90%
understand that others are also in the same situation,

1199
01:33:32.350 --> 01:33:38.239 A:middle L:90%
so we cannot harm others. So that is the

1200
01:33:38.239 --> 01:33:43.470 A:middle L:90%
practice of equanimity. Uh, developing such understanding is

1201
01:33:43.470 --> 01:33:49.159 A:middle L:90%
very crucial in order to cultivate, uh um,

1202
01:33:50.159 --> 01:33:56.420 A:middle L:90%
unconditional love and compassion. If we cannot develop that

1203
01:33:56.430 --> 01:34:00.770 A:middle L:90%
equanimity understanding, we cannot develop the love and compassion

1204
01:34:01.239 --> 01:34:04.840 A:middle L:90%
. Um, an infinite level. It will be

1205
01:34:04.840 --> 01:34:12.930 A:middle L:90%
very partial, limited love and compassion which will be

1206
01:34:12.939 --> 01:34:21.369 A:middle L:90%
based on attachment, which can cause sufferings. Event

1207
01:34:21.739 --> 01:34:25.439 A:middle L:90%
. So these are all part of the practice of

1208
01:34:25.439 --> 01:34:33.560 A:middle L:90%
the banana? Uh, smithy means remembering, and

1209
01:34:33.560 --> 01:34:46.220 A:middle L:90%
it also means mindful. So here. Um thank

1210
01:34:46.220 --> 01:34:49.979 A:middle L:90%
you. Mhm. Mhm. Yeah. If you

1211
01:34:49.979 --> 01:34:54.050 A:middle L:90%
go in detail, there are some differences. Mindfulness

1212
01:34:54.060 --> 01:34:58.520 A:middle L:90%
, alertness and carefulness. This can protect us from

1213
01:34:58.520 --> 01:35:05.460 A:middle L:90%
many problems. Uh um, mindfulness. This mindfulness

1214
01:35:05.460 --> 01:35:10.319 A:middle L:90%
probably is a little different from our regular understanding of

1215
01:35:10.329 --> 01:35:14.439 A:middle L:90%
mindful meditation. This method at this mindful in this

1216
01:35:14.439 --> 01:35:19.250 A:middle L:90%
case means remembering rather than just knowing what's happening right

1217
01:35:19.250 --> 01:35:24.239 A:middle L:90%
now, it's remembering of other things, such as

1218
01:35:24.250 --> 01:35:26.239 A:middle L:90%
what is good for you. What is not good

1219
01:35:26.239 --> 01:35:29.050 A:middle L:90%
, what is harmful, What is helpful. So

1220
01:35:29.439 --> 01:35:32.979 A:middle L:90%
alertness is knowing. Yeah, that is the That

1221
01:35:32.979 --> 01:35:35.819 A:middle L:90%
is the, you know, our understanding of mindfulness

1222
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means. You know, you're aware of what's happening

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01:35:41.840 --> 01:35:45.250 A:middle L:90%
inside you and around you, and carefulness is in

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01:35:45.250 --> 01:35:47.659 A:middle L:90%
between. You know, if you know what's happening

1225
01:35:47.659 --> 01:35:53.460 A:middle L:90%
around you both inside and outside, and then you

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01:35:53.460 --> 01:35:58.010 A:middle L:90%
somehow connect that with your you recall with your mindfulness

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01:35:58.020 --> 01:36:00.510 A:middle L:90%
. You remember those things, and then, you

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01:36:00.510 --> 01:36:04.039 A:middle L:90%
know this is now I'm in a bad situation,

1229
01:36:04.050 --> 01:36:08.319 A:middle L:90%
you know, Should I move from here, or

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01:36:08.319 --> 01:36:10.720 A:middle L:90%
I should continue. So that's like, uh,

1231
01:36:10.729 --> 01:36:19.149 A:middle L:90%
the guard. Mm hmm. Yeah. Mhm.

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01:36:19.630 --> 01:36:26.699 A:middle L:90%
But usually just, uh, we simply used the

1233
01:36:26.699 --> 01:36:33.810 A:middle L:90%
word mindfulness. Um, on a very basic level

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01:36:33.810 --> 01:36:36.590 A:middle L:90%
. What meditation means? I think it's just mental

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01:36:36.590 --> 01:36:42.779 A:middle L:90%
rest Arrest in the mind. And this is not

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01:36:42.779 --> 01:36:45.010 A:middle L:90%
a luxury things. This is something we need We

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01:36:45.010 --> 01:36:49.930 A:middle L:90%
have to have and everybody has it. Everybody at

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01:36:49.939 --> 01:36:55.520 A:middle L:90%
um, at some level is meditating without knowing as

1239
01:36:55.520 --> 01:36:58.949 A:middle L:90%
meditation without calling it in meditation. We have to

1240
01:36:58.949 --> 01:37:03.930 A:middle L:90%
have mental rest. Otherwise we'll go crazy. We

1241
01:37:03.930 --> 01:37:06.680 A:middle L:90%
have to have sleep. We have to have rest

1242
01:37:06.689 --> 01:37:10.659 A:middle L:90%
. We get some kind of If you have a

1243
01:37:10.659 --> 01:37:13.710 A:middle L:90%
good sleep, you maybe get you're actually getting mental

1244
01:37:13.710 --> 01:37:16.550 A:middle L:90%
rest. Even then you can get during the daytime

1245
01:37:16.560 --> 01:37:20.350 A:middle L:90%
. But that's the minimum. It's a universal survival

1246
01:37:20.359 --> 01:37:26.640 A:middle L:90%
means it's a food for our mind. Mhm.

1247
01:37:27.329 --> 01:37:31.130 A:middle L:90%
But then, if you do, if you do

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01:37:31.130 --> 01:37:35.250 A:middle L:90%
meditation the formal meditation, then you don't just remain

1249
01:37:35.260 --> 01:37:40.289 A:middle L:90%
at the survival level you developed. Then you have

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01:37:40.289 --> 01:37:44.140 A:middle L:90%
banana. You cultivate the quality even further. Mhm

1251
01:37:48.329 --> 01:37:56.319 A:middle L:90%
. Meditation is all about our mental environment. You

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01:37:56.319 --> 01:37:59.470 A:middle L:90%
hear anything? So there should be a balance,

1253
01:37:59.470 --> 01:38:01.239 A:middle L:90%
I think, between the mind and body. You

1254
01:38:01.239 --> 01:38:03.600 A:middle L:90%
know, we talked about the reality of mine and

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01:38:03.600 --> 01:38:06.750 A:middle L:90%
reality and body reality body. If you look at

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01:38:06.750 --> 01:38:11.909 A:middle L:90%
it, all is talking about, Of course,

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01:38:11.909 --> 01:38:13.970 A:middle L:90%
within the body itself, there should be balanced.

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01:38:13.970 --> 01:38:16.359 A:middle L:90%
But the general idea, as I understand, is

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01:38:16.359 --> 01:38:23.550 A:middle L:90%
there should be circulation. There should be movement like

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01:38:23.550 --> 01:38:28.569 A:middle L:90%
a water water need movement. You need oxygen.

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01:38:28.579 --> 01:38:33.239 A:middle L:90%
So water is good if it doesn't have. If

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01:38:33.239 --> 01:38:40.909 A:middle L:90%
it's a dead water is not healthy the same way

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01:38:40.920 --> 01:38:44.760 A:middle L:90%
. This, uh, this tradition, the reality

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01:38:44.760 --> 01:38:51.829 A:middle L:90%
body, means to have motion movement. But the

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01:38:51.829 --> 01:38:56.010 A:middle L:90%
reality of mind is a little bit different. That's

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01:38:56.010 --> 01:38:59.409 A:middle L:90%
where you need the stillness. So there's a movement

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01:38:59.420 --> 01:39:01.119 A:middle L:90%
, body and stillness of mind, and this is

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01:39:01.119 --> 01:39:06.619 A:middle L:90%
a good balance. Why again? We have example

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of Aponte. If you want to see clearly,

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01:39:11.109 --> 01:39:15.220 A:middle L:90%
see through the water, what's there as is you

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01:39:15.220 --> 01:39:17.810 A:middle L:90%
have to have a stillness in the water. Otherwise

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it can muddy everything up and you don't see what's

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01:39:20.649 --> 01:39:27.750 A:middle L:90%
there. So stillness is very important when you come

1274
01:39:27.750 --> 01:39:35.310 A:middle L:90%
to the mind practice. And, uh, it

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01:39:35.310 --> 01:39:39.649 A:middle L:90%
can be muddied by the emotions and thoughts, usually

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01:39:40.619 --> 01:39:45.779 A:middle L:90%
emotions and thoughts So that's why I practice like this

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01:39:45.779 --> 01:39:50.279 A:middle L:90%
. Three moment. Um, practice. We can

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01:39:50.289 --> 01:40:00.279 A:middle L:90%
clear away those mental pollutants on the right time at

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01:40:00.279 --> 01:40:10.020 A:middle L:90%
the point. Mhm. The mechanics of meditation.

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01:40:10.029 --> 01:40:17.010 A:middle L:90%
It's, uh, just want to introduce, not

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01:40:17.010 --> 01:40:25.720 A:middle L:90%
in detail. Um, again. Mhm. Um

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01:40:26.720 --> 01:40:30.840 A:middle L:90%
, one can understand the meditations can be done.

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01:40:30.850 --> 01:40:35.720 A:middle L:90%
Either focusing on our minds or our body breath,

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01:40:35.720 --> 01:40:38.619 A:middle L:90%
for example, is a part of our body.

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01:40:39.109 --> 01:40:44.630 A:middle L:90%
Mm hmm. So we have meditation focusing on breath

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01:40:45.109 --> 01:40:48.470 A:middle L:90%
. We have meditation, focusing on sympathetic, joy

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01:40:48.479 --> 01:40:54.779 A:middle L:90%
loving kindness. Mhm. These are more to overcome

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01:40:54.779 --> 01:41:00.760 A:middle L:90%
. Our, uh, mental pollutants of arrogance,

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01:41:00.710 --> 01:41:06.220 A:middle L:90%
jealousy, community with the sympathetic joy. You can

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01:41:06.220 --> 01:41:10.390 A:middle L:90%
remove all these things And if you need it,

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01:41:11.359 --> 01:41:20.130 A:middle L:90%
yeah. Loving kindness overcomes out. Problem of going

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01:41:20.130 --> 01:41:28.569 A:middle L:90%
to do frustration, hatred, which is really bad

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01:41:28.569 --> 01:41:34.239 A:middle L:90%
for ourselves. There for our health. Bad for

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01:41:34.239 --> 01:41:39.930 A:middle L:90%
her sleep. So you can connect this without my

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01:41:39.930 --> 01:41:45.270 A:middle L:90%
first sentence. What was the first sentence? Good

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01:41:45.270 --> 01:41:48.779 A:middle L:90%
sleep. Right. So even you have a very

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01:41:48.779 --> 01:41:53.750 A:middle L:90%
good bet. The external things. If you have

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01:41:53.750 --> 01:41:56.529 A:middle L:90%
hatred angry, it's very difficult to fall asleep.

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01:41:57.109 --> 01:42:00.500 A:middle L:90%
Yeah, even you have even you buy the most

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01:42:00.500 --> 01:42:06.060 A:middle L:90%
expensive food. Your mind is not happy, angry

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01:42:06.069 --> 01:42:15.020 A:middle L:90%
or worried. Maybe you don't have appetite. So

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01:42:15.000 --> 01:42:20.329 A:middle L:90%
that's the practice. Um, so the bottom line

1303
01:42:20.329 --> 01:42:28.710 A:middle L:90%
is that Mm, thank you. All emotions are

1304
01:42:28.720 --> 01:42:32.619 A:middle L:90%
our mental projection, our own mental projection. So

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01:42:32.619 --> 01:42:39.479 A:middle L:90%
it's our own creation. We create our emotions knowingly

1306
01:42:39.489 --> 01:42:45.479 A:middle L:90%
or unknowingly, usually unknowingly, of course, directly

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01:42:45.489 --> 01:42:49.890 A:middle L:90%
or indirectly, we create them. So only our

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01:42:49.899 --> 01:42:57.300 A:middle L:90%
own working with our own mind can help us to

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01:42:57.300 --> 01:43:04.880 A:middle L:90%
overcome these problems. These practices this especially this three

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01:43:04.880 --> 01:43:11.020 A:middle L:90%
moment practice is relate to present present moment. So

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01:43:11.020 --> 01:43:13.000 A:middle L:90%
we have to be in present. We have to

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01:43:13.000 --> 01:43:20.020 A:middle L:90%
focus whatever we're doing. We need to focus mhm

1313
01:43:20.699 --> 01:43:25.939 A:middle L:90%
. If we can focus, we can appreciate things

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01:43:25.939 --> 01:43:34.010 A:middle L:90%
that we have much better. Yeah, it will

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01:43:34.010 --> 01:43:44.329 A:middle L:90%
be much happier. Yeah, mhm, because past

1316
01:43:44.800 --> 01:43:49.229 A:middle L:90%
it's only a memory. Nothing but memory. Future

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01:43:49.899 --> 01:43:56.109 A:middle L:90%
depends on the present. Yeah, instead of worrying

1318
01:43:56.109 --> 01:44:00.569 A:middle L:90%
about future, Uh, it's more practical if we

1319
01:44:00.569 --> 01:44:03.760 A:middle L:90%
can focus on present, because future depends on the

1320
01:44:03.760 --> 01:44:12.140 A:middle L:90%
present. So it's really futile to worry about or

1321
01:44:12.140 --> 01:44:15.000 A:middle L:90%
to live in the past, memory or future dream

1322
01:44:15.010 --> 01:44:19.729 A:middle L:90%
. Because we can't change the past. It's useless

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01:44:20.890 --> 01:44:25.119 A:middle L:90%
and future. If it's something we can achieve,

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01:44:25.689 --> 01:44:29.369 A:middle L:90%
we don't have to worry. All right, we

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01:44:29.369 --> 01:44:32.020 A:middle L:90%
will achieve it If it's something we cannot achieve,

1326
01:44:32.489 --> 01:44:38.210 A:middle L:90%
it's useless to worry because we cannot achieve. Anyway

1327
01:44:40.189 --> 01:44:42.770 A:middle L:90%
, we better use our time on something else that

1328
01:44:42.770 --> 01:44:48.500 A:middle L:90%
we can achieve. So the real life is present

1329
01:44:48.510 --> 01:44:56.189 A:middle L:90%
. Not the past, not the future. Yeah

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01:44:56.590 --> 01:45:00.199 A:middle L:90%
. So the chances in now present and choice is

1331
01:45:00.199 --> 01:45:06.449 A:middle L:90%
yours. Power of changing your life is in your

1332
01:45:06.460 --> 01:45:18.689 A:middle L:90%
next three moments. Thank you. Yeah, Yeah

1333
01:45:21.090 --> 01:45:27.710 A:middle L:90%
, yeah, yeah. Mhm, Yeah, Yeah

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01:45:27.770 --> 01:45:35.010 A:middle L:90%
. Sometimes question. Can you? I'm not sure

1335
01:45:35.010 --> 01:45:45.539 A:middle L:90%
there's a microphone, so Oh, Oh, Oh

1336
01:45:51.609 --> 01:45:58.439 A:middle L:90%
, I'm not sure, but, um, it's

1337
01:45:58.439 --> 01:46:00.180 A:middle L:90%
very likely, I think, to some extent,

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01:46:00.189 --> 01:46:06.020 A:middle L:90%
you know, some food are any food that stimulates

1339
01:46:06.020 --> 01:46:12.010 A:middle L:90%
us can probably make us more robust. And,

1340
01:46:12.020 --> 01:46:17.279 A:middle L:90%
uh, more. Um, this is very general

1341
01:46:17.279 --> 01:46:19.739 A:middle L:90%
statement, you know? So generally, yes,

1342
01:46:19.750 --> 01:46:24.989 A:middle L:90%
I think it helps, but it depends on individual

1343
01:46:25.380 --> 01:46:33.970 A:middle L:90%
. Yeah, yeah. Yes. Practice practices shared

1344
01:46:33.979 --> 01:46:39.979 A:middle L:90%
. Just came program. Uh, I'm just curious

1345
01:46:40.050 --> 01:46:44.720 A:middle L:90%
. Uh, you're referring to$12 and if not

1346
01:46:44.729 --> 01:46:46.100 A:middle L:90%
, I'd like to share with us at least.

1347
01:46:46.579 --> 01:46:57.779 A:middle L:90%
Yeah, yes. Um, when I say Buddhist

1348
01:46:57.789 --> 01:47:00.550 A:middle L:90%
Christian mythology, I wasn't referring to the 12.

1349
01:47:00.550 --> 01:47:08.079 A:middle L:90%
Madonna's people know what 12 Madonna means. That means

1350
01:47:09.180 --> 01:47:16.899 A:middle L:90%
, um lifecycle. Okay, That means, um

1351
01:47:18.670 --> 01:47:25.819 A:middle L:90%
where all our emotions are coming from the emotions.

1352
01:47:26.159 --> 01:47:30.260 A:middle L:90%
Illness, sickness, aging. Um, the death

1353
01:47:30.270 --> 01:47:33.960 A:middle L:90%
. Where are they coming from? Of course there

1354
01:47:33.970 --> 01:47:38.489 A:middle L:90%
. The death is a result of birth. Is

1355
01:47:38.489 --> 01:47:40.989 A:middle L:90%
nothing good or bad, But it's just a result

1356
01:47:40.989 --> 01:47:44.909 A:middle L:90%
of the birth. If there's a birth, we

1357
01:47:44.909 --> 01:47:47.189 A:middle L:90%
cannot avoid the death. If you want to avoid

1358
01:47:47.189 --> 01:47:50.399 A:middle L:90%
the death, you better avoid the birth. Okay

1359
01:47:50.779 --> 01:47:57.239 A:middle L:90%
, um, thank you. The illness if you

1360
01:47:57.239 --> 01:47:59.640 A:middle L:90%
want to. If you don't want to. You

1361
01:47:59.640 --> 01:48:01.920 A:middle L:90%
know, basically what that means is the body is

1362
01:48:01.920 --> 01:48:09.810 A:middle L:90%
prone for illness. Yeah, so and then where

1363
01:48:09.810 --> 01:48:12.989 A:middle L:90%
all this coming from? It's coming from karmic mental

1364
01:48:12.989 --> 01:48:16.399 A:middle L:90%
imprint and attachment to the cells like we talked earlier

1365
01:48:17.069 --> 01:48:21.619 A:middle L:90%
. And so that's 12 Madonna. Um, when

1366
01:48:21.630 --> 01:48:25.340 A:middle L:90%
, uh, there is some connection with 12.

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01:48:25.340 --> 01:48:29.079 A:middle L:90%
And Donna, because 12 out of 12 points,

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01:48:29.079 --> 01:48:32.289 A:middle L:90%
one of them is is called contact. Contact means

1369
01:48:32.300 --> 01:48:38.859 A:middle L:90%
contacting our sensory organs such as ri are here with

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01:48:38.869 --> 01:48:41.130 A:middle L:90%
here in the case of year, contacting with sound

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01:48:41.140 --> 01:48:45.489 A:middle L:90%
eye contact with the objects color and shape. Mm

1372
01:48:45.869 --> 01:48:47.800 A:middle L:90%
. And so on the smell with the nose.

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01:48:47.810 --> 01:48:51.020 A:middle L:90%
So that's contact. And when you first contact,

1374
01:48:51.029 --> 01:48:57.109 A:middle L:90%
you actually don't know Mhm, right? And then

1375
01:48:57.119 --> 01:49:00.489 A:middle L:90%
, uh, and then right after that the next

1376
01:49:00.489 --> 01:49:04.310 A:middle L:90%
12 Madonna Point, it looks like a clock.

1377
01:49:04.319 --> 01:49:10.140 A:middle L:90%
12 things. So next thing is, uh,

1378
01:49:10.149 --> 01:49:15.149 A:middle L:90%
is the feeling. So you get a feeling if

1379
01:49:15.149 --> 01:49:16.399 A:middle L:90%
your tongue tries to food, you get a feeling

1380
01:49:16.770 --> 01:49:23.640 A:middle L:90%
right. Sweet, bitter. So and then and

1381
01:49:23.640 --> 01:49:26.819 A:middle L:90%
then there's a like or dislike, right? So

1382
01:49:26.819 --> 01:49:31.100 A:middle L:90%
you look for something people like ice cream and go

1383
01:49:31.109 --> 01:49:34.229 A:middle L:90%
back to shop and buy that thing is because they

1384
01:49:34.229 --> 01:49:38.149 A:middle L:90%
know that tastes already, and now they are craving

1385
01:49:38.149 --> 01:49:40.180 A:middle L:90%
for it, looking for it and so on.

1386
01:49:40.970 --> 01:49:44.689 A:middle L:90%
So there is some connection. Uh, with this

1387
01:49:45.069 --> 01:49:46.880 A:middle L:90%
, it's, uh, out of the 12.

1388
01:49:46.890 --> 01:49:53.329 A:middle L:90%
It's it's somewhere around the contact feeling and grasping,

1389
01:49:53.340 --> 01:49:57.750 A:middle L:90%
you know? But I was actually referring to the

1390
01:49:57.750 --> 01:50:05.470 A:middle L:90%
epistemology where it also talks about the perceptual, um

1391
01:50:06.760 --> 01:50:12.930 A:middle L:90%
, right things and concepts, your things. The

1392
01:50:12.930 --> 01:50:16.390 A:middle L:90%
concept comes from so called, you can say,

1393
01:50:16.399 --> 01:50:20.470 A:middle L:90%
uh, mental. Okay. It's not mhm.

1394
01:50:20.859 --> 01:50:27.729 A:middle L:90%
Uh, not the sensory understanding, but as the

1395
01:50:27.729 --> 01:50:31.020 A:middle L:90%
thought. Yeah, you can close your eye and

1396
01:50:31.020 --> 01:50:34.579 A:middle L:90%
still can see a picture. Something like that's a

1397
01:50:34.579 --> 01:50:39.800 A:middle L:90%
mental picture. So I was referring to that.

1398
01:50:39.800 --> 01:50:45.279 A:middle L:90%
Yeah. So there is a first moment I contacting

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01:50:45.659 --> 01:50:48.810 A:middle L:90%
air, contacting with a sound. Somebody says something

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01:50:48.819 --> 01:50:54.310 A:middle L:90%
and then our Sorry, then that's the first.

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01:50:54.319 --> 01:50:59.789 A:middle L:90%
And then we understand what that means, right?

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01:50:59.800 --> 01:51:02.189 A:middle L:90%
And if that's a if it means something bad,

1403
01:51:02.199 --> 01:51:06.270 A:middle L:90%
then we get insulted or embarrassed or unhappy, right

1404
01:51:06.279 --> 01:51:09.869 A:middle L:90%
? So that is where emotion is coming up.

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01:51:10.659 --> 01:51:12.880 A:middle L:90%
But there's a lot of details between that, too

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01:51:12.890 --> 01:51:15.930 A:middle L:90%
. Actually, Um, that is your understanding of

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01:51:15.939 --> 01:51:18.770 A:middle L:90%
the language. So you have some. All this

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01:51:18.770 --> 01:51:23.020 A:middle L:90%
is happening in your mind. The sound itself is

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01:51:23.020 --> 01:51:27.390 A:middle L:90%
just a vibration. It doesn't mean anything. And

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01:51:27.390 --> 01:51:30.180 A:middle L:90%
you can understand that fact. Mhm. If you

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01:51:30.180 --> 01:51:34.800 A:middle L:90%
look at somebody who doesn't know that language, right

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01:51:34.869 --> 01:51:38.609 A:middle L:90%
? And that person, if you want to be

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01:51:38.619 --> 01:51:40.630 A:middle L:90%
, you know, if you want to play with

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01:51:40.630 --> 01:51:44.380 A:middle L:90%
that, you know, that person can have a

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01:51:44.390 --> 01:51:47.960 A:middle L:90%
very smiling face with a big smile and looks like

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01:51:47.960 --> 01:51:51.289 A:middle L:90%
very respectable. And this, I mean respecting to

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01:51:51.289 --> 01:51:55.800 A:middle L:90%
you. And he can say something real bad word

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01:51:55.810 --> 01:51:59.159 A:middle L:90%
, right? So for the person who doesn't know

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01:51:59.159 --> 01:52:01.470 A:middle L:90%
the language, he will think that That's great.

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01:52:01.479 --> 01:52:09.069 A:middle L:90%
Thank you. So that part is missing. If

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01:52:09.069 --> 01:52:12.539 A:middle L:90%
one part of the oldest condition miss, then the

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01:52:12.550 --> 01:52:19.800 A:middle L:90%
whole thing doesn't work. Yeah, I think.

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01:52:19.810 --> 01:52:28.609 A:middle L:90%
How many times have you, um, depends on

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01:52:28.609 --> 01:52:30.409 A:middle L:90%
the situation. I think there's no fix. Uh

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01:52:30.420 --> 01:52:35.270 A:middle L:90%
, is the right timing whenever you get some frustration

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01:52:35.850 --> 01:52:40.720 A:middle L:90%
? Uh, worries. Um, you know,

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01:52:40.720 --> 01:52:46.130 A:middle L:90%
anger, worry, frustration. Mm. Fear you

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01:52:46.130 --> 01:52:49.220 A:middle L:90%
feel from here. You know, at that time

1429
01:52:49.229 --> 01:52:54.340 A:middle L:90%
you can use it the right moment. And,

1430
01:52:54.350 --> 01:52:57.760 A:middle L:90%
uh, if you have to create artificial anger or

1431
01:52:57.760 --> 01:53:00.840 A:middle L:90%
something, it may not really work. Yeah,

1432
01:53:00.840 --> 01:53:05.710 A:middle L:90%
you can. Mhm, theoretically understand that. But

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01:53:05.720 --> 01:53:09.789 A:middle L:90%
you cannot feel it. You know how it works

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01:53:09.800 --> 01:53:13.029 A:middle L:90%
. But we usually have a lot of opportunities to

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01:53:13.029 --> 01:53:16.350 A:middle L:90%
use this. I think so. The fear is

1436
01:53:16.350 --> 01:53:20.649 A:middle L:90%
one thing. You know, we'll always have fear

1437
01:53:20.659 --> 01:53:25.630 A:middle L:90%
when you do something because we don't know the future

1438
01:53:26.250 --> 01:53:28.449 A:middle L:90%
. So when you don't know the future, your

1439
01:53:28.449 --> 01:53:34.180 A:middle L:90%
fear, fear of not knowing, so we always

1440
01:53:34.180 --> 01:53:38.930 A:middle L:90%
have opportunity. I think it's a matter of how

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01:53:38.939 --> 01:53:41.130 A:middle L:90%
obvious it is. When it became obvious, the

1442
01:53:41.130 --> 01:53:44.159 A:middle L:90%
more obvious, the better. Mm hmm. Mhm

1443
01:53:44.850 --> 01:53:48.270 A:middle L:90%
. So that is three moments practice. Yeah.

1444
01:53:49.850 --> 01:53:53.560 A:middle L:90%
Yeah, Sounds of the president. Thank you.

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01:53:57.050 --> 01:54:00.880 A:middle L:90%
Okay. Okay,