By Thich Nhat Hanh
Sharing my notes listening to
the simple answer to this question ......
Breathe in and bring your mind home to your body ....
The painful emotion is in you , if you do not come back to
the body then there is no-one there
In order to take care of the painful feeling or painful emotion
Transform the present moment ....
The past and future moment are like images - they are not real
The past and future moment are not reality
Only the present moment is reality
The present moment is the only reality
Most cover the pain inside or run to the future
Cover the pain by practice of consumption being food, alcohol etc
so not to confront the suffering
Mindfulness helps us be in that very moment
To understand the suffering
and then to transform the suffering
Allow us to look deeply into the nature of our suffering
Using mindfulness breathe work and walking meditation
This helps us become strong enough to recognise and counter
the pain and embrace it tenderly
Group practitioners can profit from each other
Their energy of mindfulness and compassion
Get in touch with the suffering
Brings about the understanding of suffering
and energy of compassion and understanding heals you
and the people around you
Then in the situation to help others do the same
Go to the places of suffering in order to change self
improve self to serve and help others
When not afraid of suffering; suffering then becomes
aspiration, useful, meaningful and help others who suffer
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