Good morning all.
Good afternoon,
Good evening.
If we.
.
.
If we play with fire.
Boobs the opportunity.
Or the capacity to.
.
.
Get burned.
If you lose your hand in the fire,
It will burn.
But the sun is fire,
It's a ball of fire.
Without it there'd be no life,
There'd be nothing.
And if we channel fire in the right way,
It's very,
Very useful,
In fact,
You know.
Wouldn't get on very well without it.
So something that's life destroying,
Because it's a symbol of transformation,
Fire.
It actually brings life too.
We create things with it.
From the four base elements.
In Buddhism,
We call them the skandhas.
It's one of the skandhas,
Along with form.
Air and water.
Just as you say if you lose yourself or lose your hand in fire you get burned,
If you lose yourself in thoughts you surely get burned And yeah,
Look how useful they are.
This laptop was a thought in somebody's mind at some point.
Useful.
Some might say it's questionable,
But there we go.
Doesn't matter.
So that's why we have to.
.
.
Be vigilant.
Not tense.
This vigilance.
As if you get lost in your thoughts.
There's an opportunity.
And it will.
Come along.
For you to suffer.
Anxiety.
Poorni.
Worry.
Comparison.
Longing.
Whatever.
It's not about trying to stop thinking.
Don't try that.
It won't work.
That's a thought,
Or having a thought.
If you're gonna do something,
You do something that works.
Don't go for this shortcut.
Sex is not actually short.
Feels like it.
The short,
The real shortcut is.
.
.
Having a thought.
So we'll learn again and again and again,
It's repetition.
To stop playing with fire.
The whole thought process itself is like a big fire.
Just so we keep feeding it.
Like a bonfire.
We keep feeding it.
Like throw logs onto a fire,
Fuel,
Etc.
We throw our attention on it.
It's really that simple.
Sustabituo.
We think they are real.
We think they have some substance.
Eyes open or closed.
Or you can try.
.
.
Pause.
For deep breaths.
And we rest in the body.
Feel the breath.
Is sitting in the silence.
And watch for having thoughts about thoughts.
Reflect your thoughts.
Just like putting your hand in the same fire twice.
As the attention.
Were you being burned?
Is feeling,
Hearing,
Seeing,
If the eyes are open.
Just come into our senses.
What's going on?
Where is the attention?
Don't go into the fire and answer that.
Just having a thought.
And back to the breath.
Checking that you're relaxed.
It's your attitude.
Remember thoughts are about life.
We want to experience life.
The hearing,
The feeling,
The seeing.
It's so simple.
We miss it.
Because he's drunk.
Drunk on thoughts.
What's happening?
Okay.
Bring this session to an end.
A little stretch or whatever.
