(Wake Up Bell)
(Bell)
We can visualize a doctor, a physician,
who has to met with many sick people.
And he can say,
"How can I enjoy my health if
many people around me are sick?
And we know that if the doctor is sick,
there is no hope for anyone.
So the job and the duty of a doctor
is to keep himself healthy so that he can
help his patients.
So, if you see many, too many, people
suffer in the world around you,
and if you don't how to suffer less,
how to nourish yourself with
joy and happiness
and you will be like everyone,
and you cannot help.
So there must be a way
to help you to suffer less.
So that you can help other people who suffer more.
And that is why the practice of mindfulness
can help you.
In principle, you know that
there is fresh air available.
There is fresh water available.
There are many refreshing and healing
elements of nature, around us and in us.
And if you know how to get in touch with them,
you can get the nourishment and healing
that you need.
And that is not only for you,
because if you suffer less,
if you can nourish yourself
with joy and happiness,
then you will be able to help
other people around you.
So, the practice is to preserve ourselves.
not to allow ourselves to be overwhelmed
by the situation of suffering all around.
And this is possible with mindfulness.
Because you know that the fresh air
is available, the sunshine is available,
the fresh water is available,
Many wonders of life are available.
Mother Earth is there to help you heal
and be nourished.
And if you are aware of that,
you allow Mother Earth and all
these wonders to embrace you and
to help you heal.
And you become an instrument of healing
for other people around you.
So, the doctor, the physician, has to
take care of himself.
He knows that his well-being, his health,
is very important for the people who suffer
and who come to him for help.
The practice of mindful breathing,
of mindful walking, allowing yourself
to be fully present in the here and the now
in order to be nourished by nature
is very important.
If we can stop running,
looking for things,
we can allow ourselves to be
fully present in the here and the now.
And let refreshing and healing
elements of nature to heal us.
And then we can become an instrument of
peace, of happiness, of joy,
to help other people to suffer less.
Around of there is a lot of, there may be
a lot of anger, bitterness, resentment.
And if we don't know how
to go home to ourselves,
to take care of ourselves,
nourish ourselves, we will be overwhelmed
by that collective energy of hate, anger,
bitterness and so on.
So take care of yourself.
It's very important.
And in order to do that, you have to
go home to yourself.
There is a safe island within.
We have to go home to ourselves
by the way of mindful breathing,
mindful walking,
and we can calm down
our body, our feelings,
and begin to feel peace.
And we will be able to
see things more clearly.
We know what to do,
and what not to do,
in order not to make the situation worse.
And we realize that one in-breath,
or one mindful step, can already help.
to bring a little more of calm, of peace,
so we do not give up.
We see that hope is always there.
And we don't feel powerless, helpless.
Because if we know how to practice
mindfulness of breathing and of walking,
we see that one single in-breath,
one single step,
can already make a differentce.
And that is exactly what makes us hopeful.
The problem is not only what you can do.
You are motivated by the desire
to do something
to help the world suffer less.
But to do is just one
of the things you can do.
To be is another way of doing.
If you can be relaxed,
if you can be peaceful,
if you can be compassionate,
that is a lot of action already.
The way you sit and look at the people
can already be very helpful.
If you have peace, tranquillity, compassion,
and then your presence is already
very helpful. So to be is very important.
And to do is something that comes from
that kind of being.
To be peace first.
And to do peace later.
And then there is the factor of Sangha.
If you have friends who know how to be
to be relaxed, to be peaceful,
to be fresh, to be healthy,
and then together you can create
a powerful collective energy of
peace, joy, happiness,
that can rescue many people.
And that is, that belongs, also to
the realm of being.
You are peace. You are fresh.
You are compassionate.
And that collective energy of peace,
freshness, and compassion,
has begun to contribute to
the well-being of the world.
And, of course, that energy of peace and
compassion, will allow you know what to do
in order to promote more peace
and freshness and joy in the world.
So, the answer is how to protect oneself
from being carried away by
the collective energy of hate,
violence, bitterness, anger.
How to create an island of peace and
freshness and compassion within.
And then if there is a group of people
who can do that, then they can be
a refuge for many other people.
That is why building a group of practionners
is very, very important.
(Wake Up Bell)
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