Guided Meditation With Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (Sep 27, 2020/S25)

Welcome.

We will begin the online meditation with Phanerobul Pum Yunsinim shortly.

Before we proceed,

We will meditate for a brief moment to calm our minds.

We will begin the meditation with Phanerobul Pum Yunsinim.

We will begin the meditation with Phanerobul Pum Yunsinim.

Hello.

Hello.

We will begin the meditation with Phanerobul Pum Yunsinim.

We will begin the meditation with Phanerobul Pum Yunsinim.

We will begin the meditation with Phanerobul Pum Yunsinim.

We will begin the meditation with Phanerobul Pum Yunsinim.

We will begin the meditation with Phanerobul Pum Yunsinim.

We will begin the meditation with Phanerobul Pum Yunsinim.

Over the five days of Thanksgiving holiday,

I plan to lead meditation sessions with the people who apply.

Over the five days of COVID,

I plans to design for the Saturday sunset together with our Daily Lamp usually.

Due to the pandemic,

The South Korean government is recommending people stay home,

Not visit their countryside homes,

And to also not travel.

That's fine for those people who live with their families,

But if you live by yourself,

It will tend to be lonely if you can't travel,

If you can't go home,

And you have to stay by yourself for five days.

So I suggested that we go get into meditation together with those folks.

If you want to be with others,

Being alone is not a good situation.

However,

If you want to practice meditation,

Being alone is actually an ideal situation for you to find yourself in.

Now if there is solid waste in your room,

Then it's just waste,

It's trash,

Something to get rid of,

But if you take the same thing and put it out in the field,

It becomes fertilizer.

So when it's waste,

You need to throw it out.

However,

When it becomes a fertilizer,

It's something that's desired that you need.

So you take the same thing,

And depending on the situation,

The context,

The timing,

And the utility of it,

Its value can be the opposite.

So practice is a way for you to take something that seems valueless and take that,

And by shifting your perspective and how you look at it,

Increase the value of what was previously valueless.

So a fortune or luck,

It's not something that somebody else gives to us.

It's an ability for you to take a bad situation and find what's good about it,

And that's really the nature of the fortune that Buddha's laws can impart to us.

Because the world doesn't always work the way you want it to.

Sometimes it works,

Sometimes it just goes opposite the way you want it to.

But if the situation doesn't work out the way you want it to,

But if you can just shift your perspective,

Oftentimes that bad situation previously can actually turn out to be something much more valuable.

So if you take a look at a situation that doesn't work out the way it does,

Instead of blaming something that you didn't achieve your goals because of that bad situation,

A practitioner should be able to shift perspective and say,

Because of that situation I'm actually able to get to my goals better.

So the way that a practitioner can say that there's no suffering or he or she does not suffer any suffering is that no matter what the situation is being faced,

You're able to shift your perspective so you look at it as positive,

Not a negative,

And be a value add to your journey.

My wish for you is that you are always able to see the positive in any situation you face and with that positivity outlook comes happiness.

Luck is not something that somebody else gives you,

It's something that you make.

And with that perspective,

I wish you happiness every day.

And we'll take questions.

I spent much of my youth distracted by pursuing different goals such as education,

Career,

Relationships,

And wealth.

Now that my youth is over and these issues have mostly been settled,

I am no longer distracted by their pursuit.

I have turned my attention to other questions.

Has my life been worthwhile?

Is this all life has to offer?

What should I do now with my life?

Instead of coming up with new goals to distract my mind,

Do you have advice about how to address my current feelings of loss and discomfort?

More previously I started to recognize well thehas Calle do you do I need to do,

Then then I'm not Gemma good.

Very good to know.

I'm pretty good right now,

But has my talent.

Just want to say to plan what that is Carlo do you have to choose from?

So when we are young,

We tend to expend all our energy pursuing goals and dreams that we desire.

We are happy or unhappy depending on how our goals can be achieved or not.

We are not afraid of the future.

We are not afraid of the future.

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We are not afraid of the future.

For example,

Going through high school,

At one point,

The final exam in math,

Whether I got a hundred as a score or seventy,

It seemed like a huge deal at that time.

But looking back,

It's really not a big deal.

It's very trivial.

We are not afraid of the future.

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But once you're awake,

It doesn't really matter what the nature of the dream was.

The important thing is that it wasn't real.

It was just a dream.

The important thing is whether it's not to try to pursue a good dream versus a bad dream while you're actually doing it.

It's when you open your eyes and realize that it was just a dream,

That it wasn't real.

It was just an illusion that you created.

So the question,

Addressing the question itself,

It's not something that you should see in the world.

It's not something that you should see in the world.

It's an easy answer.

Basically,

You're saying to yourself,

Oh,

That was just a dream,

And just let that go.

Next question.

Because I am bothered by my family's noise outside the room where I meditate,

I become judgmental and angry inside.

Is it okay to wear earplugs when meditating?

There are two ways.

If at all possible,

Try to find a place that's quiet where you can't hear your family outside.

But if you can't find a situation like that,

Then wearing earplugs when meditating is an option.

If you close your eyes,

It doesn't really affect you that much.

Instead of just closing your eyes,

If you wear earplugs,

There's some kind of echo or noise inside you.

There's a lot of noise,

A lot of noise,

And a lot of noise.

And that kind of buzzing noise or echoing interferes from you being really sensitive and aware of your subtle breath.

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The fact that I'm bothered by your family's noise outside the room where you meditate means that you are imbuing those noises with certain significance and you're allowing your mind and focus to drift towards that noise.

However,

Conversely,

If you can maintain that focus on the breath while all this noise is going on or outside you and you're able to kind of let them drift without imbuing that with any meaning,

Then it's actually a better situation and context for your practice meditation.

So in my opinion is that instead of putting earplugs in,

It's almost kind of challenge yourself to be able to focus and not follow that noise or not imbue that noise with any meaning and be focused on your breath in the midst of the noise.

So my suggestion is to take this bad situation,

Seemingly bad situation,

And turn that into actually a positive situation by looking at it as an ideal kind of a challenge for you to hone your ability to meditate and focus on the breath while encountering these noises.

So it's not the noise that's preventing you to engage in good meditation practice.

It's that you are actually imbuing significance to that noise that's preventing you from practice.

So I wish you can transform this bad situation into actually a positive situation for your practice.

With that,

Let's start the meditation.

Since we've been doing it for 40 minutes,

There are positive reactions to it,

But there are also reactions in which you tell us it's a little too tough.

So we're going to adjust it down a little bit and we'll do it for 35 minutes today.

Straighten your posture.

Lotus position.

Straighten your back.

Your hands still front.

And close your eyes.

Focus your mind on the tip of your nose.

And put your awareness on the tip of your nose.

I know that you are breathing.

And breathing means the breath air is going in and leaving.

And know when the air is coming in and know when the air is going out and know when the breath is soft or know when the breath is rough.

Relax your mind,

Your body.

And let your mind be relaxed and spacious.

And don't try to do well.

And give up.

And just be aware of the breath.

If you lose the focus,

Know that you lost it and regain that focus.

We do this constantly and consistently.

No matter what sound or noise you hear,

Don't let your mind wander and chase those.

And don't let your mind wander into any past memories or future plans.

Let those thoughts come by.

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How was it?

Was it easier with five minutes less?

For the beginner meditators,

We usually go 30 minutes and rest for 10,

Then go for 30 minutes again in this pattern.

Then 35,

10.

Then 40,

10 and accordingly.

The 10 minutes is not for rest.

Almost like walking,

Relaxation,

Meditation to take the aches or pains and shake your legs loose.

So the 10 minutes is included in the meditation time actually.

It's not a separate rest.

Then afterwards,

You do actually get 20 to 30 minutes of intermission time,

Whereas you go to restroom and do something else in uni too.

So when we say we go like five days or 10 days of meditation,

Every single day,

The whole of day goes by through the cycles.

Of course,

We do have time for simple meals.

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My legs ached and there were still distracting thoughts,

But I was able to focus longer on the breath.

So it was a good time for me.

So although I do this daily,

My legs ached as if this was the first time I was doing it.

This was my first time participating.

My legs ached too much.

I wanted to give up in the middle,

But I decided to kind of stay on endure.

Do I have to kind of bear it even if my leg aches?

Yes,

Even if your legs ache,

Don't unwind your position,

But keep your position and continue.

I'm sure you have to endure,

But the original underlying intent is not for you to have to endure something.

Because if you force yourself to endure something,

Then you tense up and you get yourself stressed.

Because the intent of meditation is to completely relax and lose all your tension and maintain your focus and midst of that.

So feel the pain in your legs as pain and despise that strong pain.

Maintain your focus on the breath.

Just like you're not distracted by the noise from the outside,

But maintain your focus on the breath.

Of course,

This is very difficult for a beginner.

Because if you hear noise from the outside,

You tend to drift and focus on the noise.

If you think about the past or you got great plans for the future,

You lose the focus on the breath.

You let your thoughts and focus drift towards your thoughts.

That's why it's very difficult not to actually pay attention and lose the focus on the breath when your leg aches.

So just as you're practicing not to lose your focus despite the distractions,

Despite the noise from the outside,

That's how you should challenge yourself and practice,

And I maintain my focus on the breath even despite the pain in my legs.

Of course,

You can't be the best every time.

That's why you can't get to that state in the beginning.

So that's why in the beginning,

You have to go through a stage of enduring the pain.

So this is not the optimal state or the to-be state.

However,

Rather than unwinding your leg and surrender to the pain,

To that sensation,

It's better for your practice enduring through the pain.

Anything with drowsiness.

Even if your body is tired,

You feel sleepy,

Even though you're sleepy,

Maintaining that focus on the breath is the goal.

Of course,

In reality,

That's not always easy.

Because we often lose our focus on the breath and fall asleep.

What I'm saying is trying through all these distractions,

All these temporary setbacks is better than not doing it at all or just falling asleep.

So we have the desire and state.

However,

Our reality dictates that we don't often get to that state,

But we pick the most optimal way that's available to us in this reality to get to it.

But even if you can't just choose that no options are available,

Then you should even choose the option at least that avoids the worst case scenario.

And those are the choices we face in the midst of reality.

And with that,

Let's conclude today's session.

I'll see you again next week.