Guided Meditation With Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (Sep. 6, 2020)

Hello.

Hello.

I'm Su- Mahmoud from the Thai In Korea,

Every day there is a objection from visitors and LISTove get typically in typhoon every week.

I think that the typhoon is a very important part of America's history.

It is a very important part of our history.

What do you think of the typhoon's history?

I think our spiritual practice is similar.

What do you think of the typhoon's history?

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

The typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

We live as if we're driven by an autopilot of karma that leads us here and there without us thinking about it.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

I think that the typhoon's history is similar to the typhoon's history.

So what we realize is that when something happens,

We're the ones to know best what happens.

We're not always in the best position to realize what actually happens to us.

We actually let things happen to us and then go back to it once it has passed and realize,

Oh,

This happened to us.

So we're not really awake in the here and now to fully experience what happens to us.

We're not always in the best position to realize what actually happens to us.

We're not always in the best position to realize what actually happens to us.

We're not always in the best position to realize what actually happens to us.

And once you have developed a certain capacity,

I know it's difficult,

But once you have crossed a certain threshold of practice,

Then if you stand and if you're in motion,

You're able to maintain such mindfulness in motion.

So it's probably easier for you to lose focus while you're in motion.

So at that point,

What you have to do is practice moving very slowly,

Very deliberately,

While maintaining your mindfulness so that you don't lose that focus.

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It's like hand condition move to lower firmly next to the same shape,

But not too much.

So if you reach this threshold,

Then you can farm and be able to be mindful as you engage in slow repetitive activities.

And you can slowly increase that to faster and more frequent activities,

Then you can also increase their mindfulness to apply to your everyday activities.

So the next stage is while you're engaged in everyday exchanges,

With the with others,

Right,

And you're engaged in very busy activities,

And you see here a lot of things.

In that sense,

It's not the breath that you should be mindful of,

It's that in the midst of all those activities,

You are mindful of how your mind actually reacts to those things.

So ultimately,

You know,

When you're engaged in everyday activities with others,

You're engaged in everyday activities with others,

Say there's an insult and you feel the anger rise or there's a flattery and you feel kind of excitement rising because in reaction to that,

You can catch those emerging reactions,

Emotional reactions in their butt as they rise and be able to maintain more of a stable kind of sense of calmness throughout the day.

You know,

They say inoculation is the best cure,

Right?

So instead of trying to cure something once it happened,

Once you are infected,

Try to prevent the infection in the first place.

So the best meditation is to knock yourself against stress that comes from everyday interactions.

But what usually happens is that we receive all the stress,

We experience all the stress and we let it build up,

Then engage in meditation to try to extinguish it.

So I suppose that if you are stressed,

Then you should try to relieve yourself of stress.

But if you're mindful in your everyday activities,

You have basically inoculated yourself against accumulating the stress in the first place,

Which is the best way.

So instead of using meditation as a relief for stress that we have accumulated,

You can go on a little more and you'll be able to use meditation as a way to kind of vaccinate yourself against accumulating stress in the first place.

You could also resource So,

Going back to the question,

If you're a beginning practitioner,

Trying to maintain equanimity and calmness,

Even engaged in everyday complex activities with others,

That's going a step too far.

Let's focus on the foundational piece instead of trying to crawl before we can walk and fly.

So,

What I'm saying is that it's really important to focus on the here and now as we take this baby step by baby step,

Not really allow ourselves to be distracted as what does it look like when I get there?

What's there?

What is it good for me when I actually get there?

And be distracted by those.

Next question.

What is samadhi?

What is so good about it that monks aim to attain it?

There's nothing that's so good about it.

But the important thing is there's no bad about it either.

Because there's no suffering and there's no distraction.

There's no stress.

So,

It's not a place where there's something good.

It's a place where there's no bad.

Because you always pursue something good,

Inevitably the bad comes along with the good.

Because good and bad are two sides of the same coin.

So if you want to get rid of the bad permanently,

Then you have to let go of the good as well.

So when you say samadhi or nirvana,

This is not a place where you get something good.

This is a place where you're allowed to free yourself from the bad.

Let's stop there for today.

Let's try a 40-minute meditation session this week.

Strain your posture.

And calm your mind,

Relax your mind.

Do not try to do well.

Do not hurry.

Do not fear that you're not doing well.

And let your mind relax.

And as you go to the beach and watch the waves,

You watch the waves come in and go out without having to make an effort to see the waves.

Likewise,

Just focus your awareness on the tip of your nose and be aware of your breath coming in and coming out.

If you're not exerting to take your breath,

The breath always happens despite whether you pay attention or not.

You're just paying attention to the breath at this time and realizing the breath of going in and going out.

So you don't have to make an extra effort to realize that you're breathing.

Just a matter of being mindful to the breath,

Paying attention to the breath,

And you realize you're breathing.

If you pay attention to something else,

Then you just focus on the breath.

It's like you go to the beach again and we tell you to watch the waves.

So you're looking at the sea,

But your mind is wandering somewhere else.

You're not paying attention to the waves and you're not really seeing the waves in front of you.

So the only difference with the breath is that you can't really see the breath.

You can't hear the breath.

The only sensation you need to use is your sense of touch.

You sense the air move in and out of your nostrils.

So when we say feel the breath,

You're literally feeling the movement of the air.

The subtle movement,

The nuanced movement sensation around your nostrils as the air moves.

As you engage in breath and you are more and more relaxed,

Your body relaxes more,

Your breath is going to become a little more nuanced,

A little subtler and quieter.

And the sensation on your skin becomes lighter than touch obviously,

And they may eat you for you to lose that focus on that sensation.

That's why you have to kind of be more mindful of that sensation.

So as your breath becomes lighter,

You have to focus more.

If you focus more,

Your breath becomes even lighter still,

So you're going to focus more.

So as that focus gets deeper and deeper,

Some say that's when you achieve Samadhi.

And at that depth of that focus,

It's not just the breath you're aware of,

You're aware of everything else that happens in your body.

And if you have developed this capacity,

Reached this threshold,

Then if you're engaged in a talk with somebody else,

If that person says something that you don't like,

You can immediately catch an emerging sensation in your body that reacts to that talk.

So what I'm saying,

You actually can sense any emerging reaction through your mind and body to an external stimulus.

So if you can actually sense that emerging reaction at its incipient state before it actually transforms itself into an emotion,

You're able to control that.

So it's not a matter of suppressing your emotional reaction by controlling it.

You are freeing yourself from these reactions by looking at it,

By realising it,

Being mindful of it at this emerging stage.

And if you can actually sense any emerging reaction through your mind and body,

Then you can arc yourself to these measures.

So what we're trying to do now,

What you should focus on is to relax your mind and body.

And in a sense of relaxation and space,

Really just focus on the breath without trying to make an effort to do well,

Without any further judgment on whether you're doing this well or not,

But really relax and focus,

And if you lose that focus,

Just regain that focus without judgment.

And with a relaxed mind,

Without trying to make an effort,

And if you lose that focus,

Without judgment,

Just regain that focus and be consistent and constant about it.

And that's it.

Thank you.

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I keep forgetting to mention Jason for his efforts to translate to make this possible,

So I'd like to take this opportunity to thank him.

My I did well.

Thank you for the translation.

I think I was in Las Vegas for a long time.

I was in the city of San Diego and I was in the city of Ora.

Somebody posted from Las Vegas.

He said,

You know,

The time flew by but my thoughts went in and out.

A lot of thanking Jason on these comments today.

My breath was quick in the beginning then it became really really loud.

It was good and it became really relaxed.

I was able to focus well.

My mindfulness went in and out a little bit.

I had distracting thoughts at times through meditation but right now my mind is at peace.

I was able to focus well and I felt that I was at peace.

I was able to focus well and I felt that I was at peace.

I spoke about 30 minutes in the beginning and there were 40 minutes of meditation,

70 minutes total.

So there are a few comments about how that length created pain in the leg.

There are one English comment.

Can you read that?

Thank you Sunim and thank you Jason.

This time the time passed very quickly although I apparently dozed off several times.

I can read that.

I can read that.

I can read that.

I can read that.

I can read that.

I can read that.