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Seatbelt of Mindfulness
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Thầy invites everyone to visualize the new year as a giant bird, that will transport all of us in each new moment. Each minute, each second, is a jewel that allows us to fully cherish the preciousness of the here and the now, where life happens, with mindfulness and concentration. When these two are present, we begin to see the wonders of life, we begin to develop insight, and we are not easily carried away by afflictions like anger, fear, despair, and even hope.
The Four Noble Truths and the Five Mindfulness Trainings offer us a path—a path that allows us to transform our afflictions and our wrong views. Free from discrimination, free of notions of birth and death; being and non being, we can enter the realm of interbeing, where the illusion of separateness dissolves.
We have lived in such a way that we have become alienated from the Earth, and from our own bodies. We consider ourselves independent beings, totally separate from others, and from Mother Nature. But if we stop the thinking, and go home to our body, we can see that it is a wonder. And when we see that, we can touch Mother Earth in us, and the healing begins. This is based on evidence, and Thầy suggests that religion should only be based on evidence, and scientists can help prove that. Mother Earth is our refuge, and it is not an abstract idea. She has given us life, and we can go back to her - she will bring us to life again and again. Touching our body and our mind deeply, we can discover the nature of no-birth and no-death, and we can transcend our fear. This is something that everyone can do.
This talk was offered during the Christmas and New Year Retreat in the year 2011. Thầy offered this talk at the Upper Hamlet, Plum Village, France.