Adem, Verbinden.
Breathe, Re-connect.
Meditatie en uitwisseling in "de Schatkamer"
Maandag 24 Februari, 2025 (English below)
Dierbare Sangha,
Ben je aanwezig om voor je pijn te zorgen?
Of ben je meegezogen in de pijn?
Kun je de pijn zien als "pijn", als ervaring, als gebeurtenis?
Kun je het gevoel en de emotie waarnemen als boodschapper, die komt en gaat?
Wanneer je je laat meevoeren, wordt je de pijn, (of de boosheid, of het verdriet); er is niets anders meer, je hele aandacht wordt opgeslokt. Je hele wezen is dan verengd tot die ene emotie of gedachte.
Wanneer je thuis blijft, in verbinding blijft kun je de pijn waarnemen en ontvangen, er naar luisteren.
Je kunt aanwezig blijven om voor de pijn te zorgen.
Door te verbinden met je wortels, met de bron, kun je je stabiliteit hervinden. Via bijvoorbeeld de adem, of je lichaam, het contact met de grond, de zon op je huid.
Vertrouw dat je wortels, je bron, de stilte er altijd zijn en keer terug in die verbinding.
Vertrouw dat je groter en stabiler bent dan de emotie.
Vanuit de verbinding neem je waar dat de pijn (de angst of verdriet) verschijnt en ook vaak afwezig is, met compassie kun je luisteren, ontvangen, onderzoeken. En kun je onderzoeken wat de aanleiding en omstandigheden, de overtuigingen zijn die het laten verschijnen. Vanuit de stilte heb je de helderheid om het geheel weer te zien.
Thich Nhat Hanh deed ons voor: "Hallo verdriet, mijn oude vriend!, ben je daar weer?, kom bij me zitten, ik zal goed voor je zorgen."
Door diep te kijken naar je relatie met de emotie, kun je waarnemen of je percepties juist waren, welke beelden of verlangens een rol spelen. Is er iets dat ik vast houd waardoor de pijn verschijnt. Door je helderheid kun je je pijn, je lijden werkelijk zien.
Je zult ongetwijfeld een keer hebben meegemaakt dat je verdrietig was of bang en dat er iemand, misschien zelfs wel een onbekende, stopte en een hand op je schouder legde en volledige, open, oordeelloze aandacht vroeg: "Hoe is het met je?"
Zo kun jij ook aanwezig zijn voor wat er in je is en wat er om je is.
In zijn boek "Wacht" van Cuong Lu schrijft hij op pagina 61 van de Engelse versie:
Vertrouwen dat de Boeddha-natuur in jou is en in de ander, jij bent een manifestatie van de Boeddha en de ander ook. Vertrouwen in de ander is ook vertrouwen in jezelf, er is geen scheiding.
De Boeddha, de sutra van bewuste ademhaling nodigt ons uit om thuis te komen, om aanwezig te zijn. Een beste vriend te zijn, aanwezig te zijn voor gevoelens en emoties, en er voor te zorgen, voor jezelf en voor de mensen om je heen.
Ik wens ons een prachtig weekend vol ontdekking, verbinding en compassie.
Warme groeten
Hans
De eeuwenoude tekst van de Sutra kun je lezen in de vertaling van Thich Nhat Hanh via deze link:
https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-full-awareness-of-breathing
Bij oefening 5 t/m 8 verzorgen we onze gedachten en emoties.
Wanneer we mediteren hebben we een gelegenheid om te oefenen, om te ervaren dat we meer zijn dan ons denken en voelen.Als we mediteren creëren we een veilige, open ruimte waarin je geest kan ontspannen en kan waarnemen.Je hebt alles in je om helder te kunnen zien, horen en denken.Je bent groter, wijzer en stabieler dan je denkt.
Breathe Re-connect.
Meditation and sharing in "de Schatkamer" this Monday evening.
Meditation and sharing in "de Schatkamer" this Monday evening.
Dear Sangha,
Are you present to take care of your pain?
Or are you swept away by the emotion?
Can you see the pain as 'pain' , as experience, as event?
Can you see the feeling and the emotion as a messenger, that comes and goes?
When you let yourself be carried away, you become the pain, chances are that for you nothing else exist any more. Your whole being has been reduced to that one feeling.
When you stay in you true home, when you stay in connectedness, you can observe and receive, and stay present to listen deeply. Stay present to take good care for the pain ( or anxiety, anger or sorrow)
By re-focusing on your connectedness with your roots, your source, you can reestablish your stability. For instance via your breath, your body, the contact with the earth, the sunshine on your skin.
Trust that you are bigger, more stable than your emotion.
From the connectedness you observe that the emotion arises, and diminishes; you can listen, receive and investigate with patience and compassion. You can investigate what the triggers and circumstances, the convictions are that makes it manifest. From the silence you gain the clarity to perceive the whole again.
Thich Nhat Hanh taught us: " Hello sorrow, my old friend! have you come to visit again? come sit with me and I will take good care of you"
By looking deeply to your relationship with the thought or emotion, you can see if your perceptions were correct, which images and expectations play a role, If there is something that you cling to, that makes the pain arise. With your clarity you can truly see your pain, your suffering.
You will certainly have the experience that when you were sad or afraid , someone stopped and put a hand on your shoulder and asked with full open, non-judgemental interest: "How are you?"
You can be present in the same way for what is in you and what is around you.
In his book "Wait" by Cuong Lu he writes on page 61 about being present.
(See the capture above)
Coming home is letting go of separateness, a step of faith, of confidence.
Faith that the Buddha-nature is in you and in the other, you are a manifestation of the Buddha and so is the other.
When we sit and meditate we give that faith space, by trusting yourself and come home to your root. And with that we give space to the faith in the other. Faith in the other is faith in yourself, there is no separation.
Observe with openness, with wonder, experience that you are breathing, that you are sitting, that you are alive.
The Buddha, The Sutra on the full awareness of breathing invites us to come home, to be present. To be a best friend for feelings, thoughts and emotions, and to take care for it, for yourself and for the people around you.
Have a wonderful weekend full of discovery, connectedness and compassion
Warm greetings
Hans
The centuries old Sutra on the Full awareness of breathing is translated by Thich Nhat Hanh and his translation can be found in:
https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-full-awareness-of-breathing
In practice 5 to 8 we take care for our thoughts and emotions
Are you present to take care of your pain?
Or are you swept away by the emotion?
Can you see the pain as 'pain' , as experience, as event?
Can you see the feeling and the emotion as a messenger, that comes and goes?
When you let yourself be carried away, you become the pain, chances are that for you nothing else exist any more. Your whole being has been reduced to that one feeling.
When you stay in you true home, when you stay in connectedness, you can observe and receive, and stay present to listen deeply. Stay present to take good care for the pain ( or anxiety, anger or sorrow)
By re-focusing on your connectedness with your roots, your source, you can reestablish your stability. For instance via your breath, your body, the contact with the earth, the sunshine on your skin.
Trust that you are bigger, more stable than your emotion.
From the connectedness you observe that the emotion arises, and diminishes; you can listen, receive and investigate with patience and compassion. You can investigate what the triggers and circumstances, the convictions are that makes it manifest. From the silence you gain the clarity to perceive the whole again.
Thich Nhat Hanh taught us: " Hello sorrow, my old friend! have you come to visit again? come sit with me and I will take good care of you"
By looking deeply to your relationship with the thought or emotion, you can see if your perceptions were correct, which images and expectations play a role, If there is something that you cling to, that makes the pain arise. With your clarity you can truly see your pain, your suffering.
You will certainly have the experience that when you were sad or afraid , someone stopped and put a hand on your shoulder and asked with full open, non-judgemental interest: "How are you?"
You can be present in the same way for what is in you and what is around you.
In his book "Wait" by Cuong Lu he writes on page 61 about being present.
(See the capture above)
Coming home is letting go of separateness, a step of faith, of confidence.
Faith that the Buddha-nature is in you and in the other, you are a manifestation of the Buddha and so is the other.
When we sit and meditate we give that faith space, by trusting yourself and come home to your root. And with that we give space to the faith in the other. Faith in the other is faith in yourself, there is no separation.
Observe with openness, with wonder, experience that you are breathing, that you are sitting, that you are alive.
The Buddha, The Sutra on the full awareness of breathing invites us to come home, to be present. To be a best friend for feelings, thoughts and emotions, and to take care for it, for yourself and for the people around you.
Have a wonderful weekend full of discovery, connectedness and compassion
Warm greetings
Hans
The centuries old Sutra on the Full awareness of breathing is translated by Thich Nhat Hanh and his translation can be found in:
https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-the-full-awareness-of-breathing
In practice 5 to 8 we take care for our thoughts and emotions
