and then when we have
enough joy and happiness maybe we are
stronger
in order to handle the block of pain
sorrow
fear in us i think this
this is a very scientific way
of approaching feelings because
if a doctor judges that a patient is too
weak
he would not allow surgery to take place
away
right away the patient should be
should should acquire some kind of
strength in order to undergo a surgery
and this is the same here maybe we need
some nourishment
with joy and happiness before we can
handle the block of pain and sorrow in
us
that is why the fifth and the sixth
exercise go first and then
the seventh come later
many of us are afraid of going home and
get in touch with the pain
inside we are afraid of being
overwhelmed by the pain
that is why our practice is to
run away from our pain but the buddha
recommend the opposite go home and take
care of your pain
and you can do that without fear
because now you have you know how to
generate
energy of mindfulness and concentration
and you are strong enough to go home to
yourself
to recognize the pain in yourself
and listen to it
and transform it
hello my little pain hello my little
anger
i know you are there i'm home to take
care of you
i do not want to cover you up with
consumption anymore we consume
not because we need to consume
we eat we watch television
we have a conversation not because we
need to do them
because we don't want to go home and
touch the suffering
inside so even if the
television program is not interesting
enough
we do not have the courage to turn it
off because we are afraid
we have to get in touch with the
suffering
so the practice of mindful breathing the
practice of mindful
working can help generate that
energy of mindfulness so that you can go
home to us
recognize and embrace our pain and heal
that is the teaching of the buddha
the basic practice is mindful breathing
my own thing and if you are
a beginner in the practice we can
also rely on the collective
energy of mindfulness generated by the
sangha
you sit among your brothers and sisters
in the practice you allow yourself to be
embraced like
a drop of water allowed herself to
embrace and transported by the river
dear brothers their sisters here is my
pain
he is my despair please help
recognize embrace it alone
my mindfulness and concentration is not
strong enough for me to do that
so that is why practicing with the
sangha is very important
when your mindfulness is not solid
enough
and that is why taking refuge in the
sangha
is not a declaration of faith it is a
practice
you belong to a sangha you know how to
make good use
of the collective energy of mindfulness
in order to
embrace your pain and sorrow
and those of us who know that you have
pain and sorrow we sit there we breathe
we help embrace your pain and sorrow
because you are a dharma sister a dharma
brother
to us
so when the pain manifests
as a source of energy
and block of energy a good practitioner
begin to recognize
begin to practice mindful breathing
mindful working
to generate the second source of energy
that is the energy of mindfulness and
concentration
and with that second source of energy
the practitioner recognized
the first source of energy pain sorrow
fear
my dear little fear i know you are there
i will not run away i am back
to take care of you
that is this seventh exercise
recognizing the painful feeling the
painful
emotion and eight
is to embrace
because you have enough of that energy
to embrace the pain
the sorrow when a mother
hear the cries of the baby
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she put anything she's holding down
she goes to the baby's room and pick the
baby
up and hold the baby like this tenderly
so as a practitioner we do exactly the
same thing
the pain the sorrow in us is our baby
we should not try to run away from it we
have to
be there for our baby
we have to recognize it
and the mother does not know what is
wrong with the baby yet
but the fact that she is holding the
baby tenderly like that
can already make the baby suffer less
so holding your pain with mindfulness
you don't know what is the root of your
suffering yet and yet holding like that
can bring
already some relief and you feel better
that is why generating mindfulness and
concentration
and holding your pain is very important
you can suffer less especially when you
are surrounded by brothers and sisters
in the dharma
who can help you to do the same
and after having hold the baby for a few
minutes
the mother can discover what is wrong
with the baby
and she can fix the situation very
easily
after having whole our pain our sorrow
mindfulness and concentration might
bring about some insight
as what is the roots of this sorrow
and fear and we begin to understand
the nature of our pain our sorrow
understanding will bring compassion and
will show us the way
in order to transform and that is the
object of
other exercises that follow
before the seven and the age
exercise is only to recognize the pain
the sorrow and to embrace tenderly
with the energy of mindfulness and
concentration
we shall continue tomorrow
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