Guided Meditation With Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (Jul12, 2020/S14)

I would like to thank you for your time.

And also last week we had difficulties as well that prevented us from offering on-the-spot translations.

I would like to apologize to the non-Korean speakers.

I would like to thank you for your time and for your time.

I would like to thank you for your time and for your time.

The first question I would like to respond to is how much food is an appropriate amount to eat before meditation?

Yes,

I would like to eat a small amount of food.

I would like to eat a small amount of food before meditation.

Since you have to sit for a while in a rigid position in a posture that's not really conducive to digestion,

I suggest you eat around a third of what you usually eat.

I would like to eat a small amount of food before meditation.

Yes,

I would like to eat a small amount of food.

The second question is how much food is an appropriate amount to eat before meditation?

My wife says mindfulness is about hearing the present and not thinking about the past or the future.

Is it true that Buddhism encourages us not to remember the pleasant parts of our own history?

Is the concern that these pleasant memories may make me feel bad about my current situation if it's not as pleasant as my memory?

Should I only think about the present tense all the time?

What I'm saying is,

What I really mean is that you should not quote-unquote think during meditation.

Whether the thoughts about the past,

The present,

Or the future just prevent from thinking.

Right,

If we were to express this in English,

Just stop all thinking.

The question then comes,

If we're not thinking,

What are we actually doing?

I think we need a little time in between to resolve these technical difficulties.

Yes,

If we're not thinking,

What are we actually doing?

Strain your posture.

Close your eyes comfortably and focus your attention on the tip of your nose.

And be awake to the breathing in and the breathing out.

So,

Whatever thoughts come to you,

Whatever situation you feel,

Do not imbue them with any meaning or tension.

Just let them be and just focus on the breath in and out.

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How did you feel?

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It ended too fast.

I have too many thoughts about the future.

I slept for a little bit.

My head's clearer now.

I'm not feeling well.

My head on my legs feels leaden and aches.

My mind is at peace.

I had too many distractions.

I'm not feeling well.

Last week my back and my legs didn't hurt as much and time went by faster.

I had a lot of distractions but then my legs started aching and that drove me to focus on my breath.

Meditation is still tough.

I was comfortable.

35 minutes was a little tough but it was still good.

I was feeling better and I felt better.

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There's another process where we call it an intent,

An expression or a generation of intent.

I think that the thought function of the past,

Future,

Present and the present is very important.

I think that the past is very important.

However,

That sensation function is something that senses the present.

When we say,

Be awake to the now,

We're not saying that think your way to the now.

We're saying just sense the now.

When the breath goes in and out,

You can either just directly sense the breath going in and out or you can kind of think about the breath going in and out.

So don't think about the breath going in and out but be sensible and awake to the things happening in the now.

So we can think about pleasant memories of the past if we're not meditating.

And we can think about different plans we have for the future.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't do any of these thinking functions.

I said if you need them in everyday life,

Obviously engage in them.

But meditation is really defined primarily by you being aware,

Sensing what's happening in the now.

Be awake to the breath,

The sensation of the breath going in and out of your nostrils.

And be mindful of the movement of your feet.

If you're using your hands for something,

Maybe be awake to the movements,

Delicate movements of your hands as you move,

As you do your activities.

So in the current now,

Just be awake and sense the feeling.

The thoughts are in the different sensations that are happening in the now.

I'm saying not to think about those but just be aware and mindful that these things are happening.

For example,

I can be sitting here engaging with you but my thoughts could be strained to the experience,

To the sight I had if I went to the sea yesterday and looking at the waves crashing.

That I'm engaging in a thinking function then.

But however,

If I were actually at the sea and seeing the waves crashing in and out,

That's different.

So when we meditate,

What I'm saying is be faithful to the present and be focused to the present and just sense what's happening.

And if you're focused on the sensations of your body,

If your body heats up,

Realize your body is heating up.

I'm saying not make a judgment whether you like the heat or not.

Stay away from the judgment because that's thinking but just focus on the sensation of what's happening to your body.

That's it.

I hope you enjoyed this video.

Let me pause here for this week and I'll see you again next week.

That's it.

I'll see you again next week.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.