7. More relaxed, less tensed and
worried
More focused and quieter
With more understanding of
ourselves and life
With more love and compassion
towards others
9. Because worried mind:
•
makes us troubled
•
causes unhappiness
•
prevents us from
functioning at our best
•
ruins our health
•
brings problems with
family and at the
workplace
10. So it is a problem. And if we see
it as a problem, out goal is to get
rid of state of a worried mind.
We might be completely fed up
and disgusted with a state of
difficult mind.
!
«Enough, already. I’ve got to get
!
out of this situation. I’ve got to do
something about it»
14. Example:
I could meditate on how terrible
my enemy is.
I could use meditation to
develop hatred,
which then causes me to seek
and and to kill my enemy.
17. We need:
not just to be able to generate that
state of mind while sitting quietly in
meditation, but to build up this
positive state so thoroughly that it
becomes a habit, that we can apply
whenever we need it, at any time
during the day.
Ultimately to make it something
natural that is there all the time: we
are more loving, understanding,
focused, and calm.
18. Example:
we find ourselves losing our tempers with
someone
we immediately notice it and remind
ourselves, either consciously or
unconsciously:
“I don’t want to be like that!”
!
then we close this “session” of bad
temper and regenerate our attitude into
one of love toward the person.
26. Aim is to quiet all
disturbing* states of
mind
*anger, craving, ignorance, wandering
27. We want to achieve a
state of mind:
!
that is very clear and alert
!
where we are able to generate love
and understanding
!
or to express the natural, human
warmth that we all have
29. Eyes
Tibetans meditate with their eyes open
!
But not wide open and looking around
Gentle, unfocused gaze, down toward the
floor
If it’s uncomfortable you can meditate with
closed eyes
37. to be more loving, we
need to have some
understanding of why
we need to be more
loving
38. That’s why:
You are a human being just like I am
You have feelings just as I do
You want to be liked and not ignored or
disliked – the same as I do
We’re all here together on this planet
and we need to get along with each
other.
39. We think about it until we
understand it and it makes
sense to us.
And then, while sitting quietly
in meditation, while
imagining other people
around us, either people that
we know or strangers,
we try to generate the state of
mind of love and compassion.
43. To win the Olympic gold medal for being able
to sit perfectly in meditation
44. To win the Olympic gold medal for being able
to sit perfectly in meditation
45. We want to meditate in order for the meditation
practice to help us in our lives, both personally
and in our interactions with others. And to do
that, we need to build up more beneficial habits
46. thank you
based on an article of my perfect teacher, Dr. Alexander Berzin
http://tinyurl.com/legmw65