Four Applications Of Mindfulness Retreat 2013 with B. Alan Wallace (part 51)

0:00 So we'll conclude with one final meditation. It will generally be preferable to be sitting upright, but if you're uncomfortable, I would encourage you as usual to go back into the supine. Just be 24 minutes and it'll be a concluding meditation. In Report an error in the passage at 0:00 Highlight the passage at 0:00

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0:58 the spirit of loving kindness, settle your body, speech and mind and the natural state and calm the mind with mindfulness of breathing. Report an error in the passage at 0:58 Highlight the passage at 0:58

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2:50 Now we'll move from this mode of awareness that is primarily cognitive, that is simply being aware of the sensations of the breath. Drawing on one of the two primary qualities of consciousness, cognizance, will shift now, not away from cognizance, but actually add to it a big emphasis on the luminosity, which includes the creativity of the mind, the imagination, venturing into the realm of possibility, which is not yet actual, but could become. Report an error in the passage at 2:50 Highlight the passage at 2:50

3:23 So this would be a meditation for the cultivation of loving-kindness, in which, following the Buddha's own teachings, we begin with loving-kindness for ourselves. Report an error in the passage at 3:23 Highlight the passage at 3:23

3:36 So this meditation will be driven by four questions. Report an error in the passage at 3:36 Highlight the passage at 3:36

3:42 And if there are 50 people in the room, there will be 50 meditations, each one unique. Report an error in the passage at 3:42 Highlight the passage at 3:42

3:50 So the first question I invite you to entertain is the question, what would make you truly happy? To elaborate just a little bit, what would give you a sense of fulfillment, of meaning, of satisfaction, genuine happiness? Report an error in the passage at 3:50 Highlight the passage at 3:50

4:10 What is your vision of the good life? What is your heart's desire? Report an error in the passage at 4:10 Highlight the passage at 4:10

4:18 See what comes to mind. And Report an error in the passage at 4:18 Highlight the passage at 4:18

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5:19 as you envision your own well-being, the realization of your heart's desire, Report an error in the passage at 5:19 Highlight the passage at 5:19

5:27 In the spirit of loving kindness, of wishing for yourself to find happiness and the true causes of happiness, and in the spirit of dedicating the merit from this time we've spent together over the last six days. Report an error in the passage at 5:27 Highlight the passage at 5:27

5:40 With each out-breath, arouse the yearning. May it be so. May I realize such well-being and cultivate its causes. In Report an error in the passage at 5:40 Highlight the passage at 5:40

5:56 this way, arouse loving kindness for yourself. And Report an error in the passage at 5:56 Highlight the passage at 5:56

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6:29 if you'd like to enrich this practice with the power of your imagination and symbolism, you may imagine symbolically the deepest dimension of your awareness, We may call it Buddha nature or pristine awareness, primordially pure, the veritable source of genuine happiness and all virtue. Report an error in the passage at 6:29 Highlight the passage at 6:29

6:53 Imagine this dimension of awareness symbolically as a radiant incandescent white orb of light at your heart, Report an error in the passage at 6:53 Highlight the passage at 6:53

7:07 the very source of this aspiration and the source of its fruition or realization. And with every out-breath, As you arouse the aspiration of love and kindness for yourself, imagine light flowing from this orb at your heart, an exhaustible source, and imagine this light permeating every cell of your body and every aspect of your mind, your entire being, filling your body with light, with joy, with virtue. Report an error in the passage at 7:07 Highlight the passage at 7:07

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8:46 Venturing boldly into the realm of possibility, imagine here and now realizing such well-being, such fulfillment. And Report an error in the passage at 8:46 Highlight the passage at 8:46

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9:29 now let's pose the second question. And that is in order for you to realize such fulfillment, what would you love to receive from the world around you to facilitate that, to enable you to realize your aspiration? Report an error in the passage at 9:29 Highlight the passage at 9:29

9:43 What would you love to receive from those who are near and far in the short term and the long term? Report an error in the passage at 9:43 Highlight the passage at 9:43

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10:50 Then with each inhalation arouse the aspiration. May it be so. From moment to moment, day to day, year to year, may I receive all that I truly need from the world around me in Report an error in the passage at 10:50 Highlight the passage at 10:50

11:09 order to find genuine happiness and Report an error in the passage at 11:09 Highlight the passage at 11:09

11:19 dedicate your merit to that effect. That reality may rise up to meet you, nurture, support you in your pursuit, a fulfillment of your heart's desire. Report an error in the passage at 11:19 Highlight the passage at 11:19

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12:05 I'd like to let your imagination come further into play with each in-breath. Imagine light coming in from all sides, from above and below, a light of blessing, a light symbolizing all that you truly need to proceed along your path, converging in upon you, saturating, filling, permeating your entire being. Report an error in the passage at 12:05 Highlight the passage at 12:05

12:32 And imagine breath by breath receiving here and now all that you truly need for the moment. Now Report an error in the passage at 12:32 Highlight the passage at 12:32

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13:49 we pose a third question and beginning with an observation and that is that such fulfillment, such meaning will never be realized without profound transformation from within. Report an error in the passage at 13:49 Highlight the passage at 13:49

14:03 So in the same spirit of loving kindness, envision now, how would you love to transform, evolve, mature, develop and grow? Report an error in the passage at 14:03 Highlight the passage at 14:03

14:15 From what qualities would you love to be free? With what qualities would you love to be richly endowed? In order to find the happiness you seek. Each Report an error in the passage at 14:15 Highlight the passage at 14:15

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15:25 out-breath arouse a yearning, may it be so. Report an error in the passage at 15:25 Highlight the passage at 15:25

15:31 And imagine, breath by breath, as light once again flows from your heart, permeates your whole being. Imagine as if in time-lapse photography. Imagine that evolution. Imagine actually transforming in the way you would love to evolve. Report an error in the passage at 15:31 Highlight the passage at 15:31

15:52 All motivated by a spirit of loving-kindness. Report an error in the passage at 15:52 Highlight the passage at 15:52

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17:22 Being the person you would love to become. Fourth Report an error in the passage at 17:22 Highlight the passage at 17:22

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18:27 question, and begin with an observation. And that is, no man, no woman is an island. None of us exist in isolation and therefore to conceive of our flourishing, of our well-being in isolation is simply unrealistic. Report an error in the passage at 18:27 Highlight the passage at 18:27

18:45 Once again in the spirit of loving kindness for ourselves, ourselves in interrelationship with the world around us in order to find the greatest meaning and satisfaction in our lives. Report an error in the passage at 18:45 Highlight the passage at 18:45

19:02 Let's pose the fourth question and that is what would you love to offer to the world around you, to those who are near and far over the short term and the long term, your own unique background, your skills, your... Report an error in the passage at 19:02 Highlight the passage at 19:02

19:23 What Report an error in the passage at 19:23 Highlight the passage at 19:23

19:27 would imbue your life with the greatest possible meaning in terms of what you can offer to the world around you? With Report an error in the passage at 19:27 Highlight the passage at 19:27

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20:28 each out-breath arouse the aspiration may it be so. Each out-breath imagine from an inexhaustible source of light from your heart. Report an error in the passage at 20:28 Highlight the passage at 20:28

20:41 Imagine this light flowing out in all directions and imagine the light taking on the forms of the goods tangible and intangible that you would like to share with others. Report an error in the passage at 20:41 Highlight the passage at 20:41

20:56 Breathe out your loving kindness in the form of light. Report an error in the passage at 20:56 Highlight the passage at 20:56

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22:01 Letting your imagination play, moving boldly into this realm of possibility. Imagine the goods you have to offer actually being received. Imagine the joy this brings. Imagine the suffering that it alleviates. Report an error in the passage at 22:01 Highlight the passage at 22:01

22:21 Imagine the benefit it brings to others. Report an error in the passage at 22:21 Highlight the passage at 22:21

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23:33 Release all imaginings, release all aspirations and objects of the mind and let your awareness utterly rest effortlessly, resting in its own place and knowing its own nature. Report an error in the passage at 23:33 Highlight the passage at 23:33

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25:14 I think I've shared with you everything I know. I look in my mind, nothing more. I took my beggar's satchel, turned it upside down, it's already spilled. So nothing more to say, except I'm delighted you could all participate here. I want to thank everybody who was involved, all the Vajrayana people and everybody else who made this possible, the wonderful staff here, this wonderful environment. Report an error in the passage at 25:14 Highlight the passage at 25:14

25:37 I'm very grateful. Thank you all. Hope to see you again. Report an error in the passage at 25:37 Highlight the passage at 25:37