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Meditation asks you to slip into a state of serene presence. But why does something that sounds effortless often feel so difficult? In this lighthearted invitation, spiritual leader Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shares three steps to help you accept the ebb and flow of your emotions and learn to meditate anytime, anywhere.
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Key Points on Meditation from the Video
Introduction to Meditation 00:00
The speaker introduces the topic of meditation.
Engages the audience with a simple question about awareness.
Essence of Meditation 00:28
Awareness is the core of meditation.
Awareness involves recognizing thoughts, feelings, actions, and sensory perceptions.
Common Misunderstandings About Meditation 00:58
Many believe meditation means stopping all thoughts or concentrating intensely.
Trying to suppress thoughts often leads to increased thinking.
Personal Experience with Panic Attacks 01:54
The speaker shares his struggle with panic attacks despite a serene upbringing in the Himalayas.
His father taught him not to fight panic but to understand it through awareness.
Connecting with Awareness 03:16
Three Steps to Connect with Awareness:
Use an object of support (e.g., sound) to focus on awareness.
Meditate anywhere and anytime, even amidst panic.
Practice open awareness without needing external support.
Meditation Technique 04:11
Listening to sounds can be a form of meditation.
Allow thoughts and feelings (like panic) to come and go without resistance.
Overcoming Laziness in Practice 05:13
The speaker discusses his struggle with laziness in maintaining a meditation practice.
Participated in a three-year ritual that initially helped but later became challenging due to laziness and panic.
Benefits of Awareness 07:06
Observing panic transforms it from a solid entity into manageable sensations and beliefs.
Cultivates acceptance, self-love, and compassion through awareness.
Transformation Through Panic 07:59
Panic becomes a teacher rather than an enemy.
The speaker's relationship with panic improves significantly over time.
Wandering Retreat Experience 08:49
In 2011, the speaker undertakes a wandering retreat, leaving behind comforts for a more profound experience.
Faces challenges like food poisoning but learns valuable lessons about presence and awareness.
Open Awareness Meditation 09:40
Emphasizes being present without needing external supports or objects for meditation.
Encourages simply being aware as the essence of meditation.
Conclusion 10:31
The essence of urban awareness meditation is about being present without effort or loss.
notes by Memex AI:
how can I become less aware? I’m actually too aware.
True being aware of everything you are doing like you become doing and that what God wants you to doo. dont go for fruits of knowledge, but stupid, u gonna go make the same mistake as Adam from bible.
🌹🙏🥀
Fake news. Dude is an actor
you are so interesting
Thank you Bhaiya for helping us….
Great, beloved Rinpoche! What a blessing that I can learn from you! Enormous and heartfelt gratitude.
cultivation actually exist, it's the path for one to become immortal, westerns always call it spiritual path, and only focus on people's thought and boundary within. true spiritual process require pure energy which only can be found in special points in nature, search up to 'Apprentice of the Immortals'
Indirecy money minded huh…
This video is wonderful! I’m also looking for ways to share meaningful messages like this to spread more peace in life.
Just that sound that is awareness
[0:10] – "Can you see my hand?" (What is the essence of meditation?)
[0:41] – "What is awareness?"
[1:07] – "Why do many people think meditation means stopping thoughts or concentrating?"
[1:55] – "What does it mean to connect with awareness?"
[2:02] – "Is meditation about achieving peace, calm, and joy?"
[3:04] – "How is awareness like the sky, and how can it coexist with panic?"
[3:48] – "What are the three steps to connect with awareness?"
[6:16] – "How can we meditate everywhere, anytime, even with emotions like panic?"
[7:06] – "What does panic teach us when viewed with awareness?"
[8:01] – "How can panic or negative emotions become a teacher?"
[8:39] – "What is a wandering retreat, and what did it teach?"
[9:20] – "What is open awareness meditation?"
[10:04] – "How can open awareness transform one's perception of the world?"
[10:28] – "Is it possible to achieve a sense of presence and freedom without effort?"
To watch is to dissolve it is the greatest meditation 🎉
This is just one practice from one sect of one religion (with many features most people would find very unpalatable if they weren't kept in the shadows). Presenting it as 'this is what "meditation" is', is utterly disingenuous. 'Meditation' includes many different exercises, many of which legitimately involve doing hard stuff, like concentrating.
Mediation to calm the mind and be aware of awareness is the key to success in all areas of life. Thank you for this great talk! (and spreading awareness 💛)
6:22 A powerful reminder of the importance of inner peace. This talk has given me a fresh perspective on meditation!
1:48 i started thinking about pasta so that I can stop thinking about pizza
He is really meditater. Really love this!!
do not have feeling for anyone and anything. do not have any hope u will not have any disappointment.
0:42
the essence of meditation is awareness.
我們會說冥想的本質是意識。
→我們會說冥想的本質是覺知
0:47
What is awareness?
意識是什麼？
→覺知是什麼？
1:56
We just need to connect with our awareness
我們只需要和意識連結。
→我們只需要和覺知連結
3:32
Similarly, our fundamental quality of our mind, awareness.
同樣的，我們心智的基礎特性，意識，
→同樣的，我們心智的基礎特性，覺知
3:37
But the problem is we don’t know how to connect with our awareness.
但問題是我們不知道如何和意識連結，
→但問題是我們不知道如何和覺知連結
3:46
….there are three steps to connect with our awareness.
他說，要與意識連結， 就要練習三個步驟。
→他說，要與覺知連結， 就要練習三個步驟
6:50
So now awareness becomes more than panic
現在意識變成超越了恐慌
→現在覺知變成了恐慌
7:50
Awareness, love and compassion, wisdom
意識、愛和同情、智慧。
→覺知、愛與慈悲、智慧
8:35
kind of new ego began to emerge within me.
我的內在出現了新的自負
→我的內在出現了新的我執
9:22
what we called open awareness meditation
我們稱之為開放意識冥想。
→我們稱之為開放覺知冥想
9:25
Awareness, be with its itself
意識，與它本身同在。
→覺知，與它本身同在
9:32
Just be awareness
成為意識本身。我做了這個練習。
→成為覺知本身。我做了這個練習
941
But my mind became so present
但我的心智變得如此清楚存在，
→但我的心智變得如此臨在
10:10
So I like to share this open awareness meditation
所以我想分享這種開放意識冥想，
→所以我想分享這種開放覺知冥想
10:30
And open awareness meditation…
要做開放意識冥想， 什麼都不用做，人在就好。
→做開放覺知冥想， 什麼都不用做，人在就好