Just what i need in my life at this time... am struggling with finding my place and purpose in work, relationships, life in general. The heaviness is just as you describe. What is helping is caring for my animals, making my residence a home that nurtures me, and putting aside the family drama and emotional draining. At work I go for a short walk, noticing the nature around me, breathing the fresh air, listening to the birds. Thank you so much for suggesting a few more tools to put in my toolbox. Thank you so much for your videos and your kindness and compassion for those of us who are strugging. Blessing Sara
Never been good at meditation and I have worked on it. Recently my therapist told me to light a candle and focus on the flame. It worked! I am addicted to staying busy....it a very hard habit to break.
You are always welcome to Sikkim...we have many here...however..there are not so well organised like the monasteries in Thailand or sri lanka for seasonal visitors and practitioners with short course and program..but you can still feel the culture and the vibes..🤗
I have a disease and it's escalating. The doctors have me on meds for life and the side-effects and long-term effects are terrifying. Thank you for posting today; very timely.
G'morning, my friend. It's been a long time, Venerable Nick. I'm so glad to watch your video before work. You are my one of my stress reliefs. You're voice is so calming and peaceful ☺️. Honestly, life has been stressful and I've been in depression. I've had it for a very long time and I take no meds for this disorder but I keep on going. It's good to see this video and I think this will help me out more than you know. Many blessings 🙏 to you Venerable Nick and thank you for your time in helping us cope with life 💜
Just a suggestion, but your name, ladycriminal, is not a healthy name. Who gave you that name? What you call yourself is very powerful. Would you like to think up a more uplifting name for yourself? Maybe that can be your first step to a better state of mind. Best wishes to you.
I think the mantra that I made up "everything is going to be okay" is helping me right now. Thank you for reminding me that mantras can help for certain mind states
That's a lesson in and of itself, even a reminder: "Life is hard." And it is as a whole. Some days are better than others, but life is indeed that. We exacerbate the negative situation by expecting anything differently. The first noble truth: Life is full of suffering, dissatisfaction.
Thank you kindly and many blessings to you on your journey! Watching this helped me feel empowered in the sense that peace is not some secret elusive magic only known to a few. It comes from tuning in, using tools and being respectful towards one self. This means a great deal to me...again thank you.
With the current world events, i m glad the algorithm put your video on my feed. I love the toolbox suggestion. I honestly don't know how to navigate my emotions when everything is triggering . The hammer is a great analogy. Thank you.
If you need instructions on "doing nothing" and doing it well, let me know. I do it as often as I can. Thich Nhat Hanh puts it this way, "too many of us have the attitude of don't just sit there, do something, but what might be more beneficial is don't do something, sit there."😊
I loved hearing this today, thanks Ven Nick. I have a few go to's as I continue to navigate a particularly challenging phase of life. Journaling, music/singing, a variety of physical exercise, yoga nidra, meditation, only allowing good people into my life, and keeping an open mind. Also, I go to the water - either to immerse or watch (anything from the sea, to the local swimming pool, to a bath at home) 🙏🏼🎤🎶💧🌊💜
@nickkeomahavong01 Thank you. Oh gosh, I'm looking like a bit of a spiritual overachiever! 😆 I've found the magic is in choosing the best tool or combo of tools for any given moment. It's taken years to get to this point 💜
Thank you Venerable Nick🙏your words and the way you express your thoughts of wisdom,are most delightful and most comforting to me. Much appreciation and gratitude. 😺🧡
I have been meditating for over 51 years with a mantra that was given to me by a teacher who practices transcendental meditation. In the beginning it seemed difficult but slowly it became easier to meditate and I found it easier for me to sit and meditate more frequently. I feel that meditation is the best method to release stress and anxiety. Come back to yourself ❤and definitely take care of yourself 🥰🙏✨🪷🧘🌻
Gratitude 🙏🏻 your teachings were like a balm to my inner state! It was the first thing that I listened as soon as I woke up. And my heart ❤️ appreciated that you were there for me! Thank Thanks 🙏🏻
I always look for meaning in everything .. this is how I’ve lived my life for almost 40 years . One of my earliest realisations was that the earth is a school .. one of my latest ideas is life is sandpaper for the mind. I love Buddhism .. but it has to be remembered , it is a way to escape the karmic wheel .
Thank you Venerable Nick .... it helped me to hear your teaching today. I've been finding it helpful to breathe into the painful, heavy feeling in my heart centre, and imagine it as warm and bright. It seems to soften the contraction. Over and over again. 😊🙏
We are in neighboring cities, Whittier over here…when I do my meditation I see a purple light and sometimes is white I am not sure what that means but it makes my heart full of joy when I see those flashes of color in my mind 🙏🏼
Oh wonderful! You’re definitely on the right track. If you have time, you’re welcome to visit our meditation center. We have weekly meditation classes. Www.peacepointmeditation.org
Thank u🙏🏻 What I find always so difficult is when "they" say: surround yourself with "healthy people". Then I feel so down and sad, because I am not a "healthy person😢. So no one wants to be with ME 😭 . And I am already so long alone and need some one who is kind to me, understands me with all my fears ect. Do you understand what I mean? So i must do as if nothing is wrong with me in order to have someone who wants to be with me. 😢
'If you see yourself as a hammer, then everything will look like a nail'.... You hit the nail on the head with that one, hehe. As always, great message.
This has been a particularly turbulent year for me and my loved ones. It's hard going through the motions and feeling what I feel. But hearing what you have to say about this keeps me grounded in a way. For that, I'm thankful. 💪🏻
Dear Venerable Nick❤ Thank you again for you're encouraging support.. almost every time I find out about a new recorded support from you, It feels so accurate for me, like you've recorded it especially for me, and my challenges here and now. With Deep Gratitude and Metta
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! Our Venerable Monk, seeing you and hearing your knowledge is healing and calming. Thank You, You are such a blessing to the World. May you attain Supreme Nibbana. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!! May the MahaSangha Triple gem, accept this humble offering of Flowers 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌸💐🪷🪷🪷🌼🌼🌼
Hey nick it's so good to see you're back you have been missed I loved the part about journaling, I write things down in my diary but I also have a big writeing pad where i write things that run around in my head when i have had a negative experience or an argument I will write down what is weighing on my mind or the things I wanted to say but didn't get to express I will read it back then rip it out and throw it away or put it in a trash can and burn it so it can flow away into the atmosphere then I meditate and do deep breathing I know this sounds alot but this method works for me, because if I hold onto it I find it raises my blood pressure and then I feel very ill and can't function. But thank you for all your advice and help it's always reassuring sending you greetings, love and peace from London England ♥️ 🙏🏾
Wonderful! Thank you for taking the time to share your technique. It’s great to hear. Please keep up the great work. Sending you my greetings as well. :-)
I also have a mental cabinet with three drawers and place things in it as they apply to a specific drawer. Drawer one is called, "I can't do anything about that." Drawer two is called, "Ultimately, that has nothing to do with me." Drawer three is called, "Carry not what is not yours to carry." If we have acquired enough wisdom, we know exactly when to put something in those drawers. If we have not acquired such wisdom, we suffer more.
Thankyou nick very helpful tips I do love journaling I find it helps and sometimes just doing nothing as you say and checking in makes sense nice to hear from you many thanks ❤️🙏
Thanks for your lovely videos. My wife and I have been reading, listening and watching a lot about Buddhism recently and visit the temples in thailand every year and our monastery here in Portugal regularly. There is so much we can relate to. There is really only one part that we find very difficult; which is the reincarnation or emptiness after death part. My wife and I have, and always have had an incredibly strong feeling that our souls will be connected somehow forever, even after eternity. Some spiritual experiences we have shared has only strengthened this belief. I find it very difficult to completely open up to Buddhism when the ultimate goal is to depart from eachother into a state of emptiness or reincarnation, at which point we would be separated. I guess this could be described as a state of suffering or attachment we have for each-other. But our connection never feels bad, only good. It’s one impermanence I we can’t, don’t want to accept or actively support. Is there any place in Buddhism for a belief that souls could be connected indefinitely? Maybe we have misunderstood the emptiness, reincarnation part. Thank you from both of us 🙏
Dear Nick, thank you for another precious and very helpful video 🙏 There is something that I use as a tool in times of huge emotional stress and anxiety: I do some logical training or mathematics! I once read somewhere that it was found out that these trainings (and also logical games like playing tetris) take part in that „rational“ half of our brains and seem to temporarily „cut off“ the other half which is responsible for emotional thinking. I‘m not an expert to explain this, but I hope y‘all know what I‘m trying to say. And it actually works out for me and gives me a great chance to find some kind of „emergency relief“ when I‘m feeling overwhelmed. Maybe this can be a helpful advice for somebody out there reading this 🤗💛 Lots of love and best regards from Germany
Very helpful video. My father died on the plane on the way to Spain. Nothing could be done. Two days later I mother had to be hospitalised for ten days.....The box of TOOLS....I like that. Very useful according to the situation. As always, thank you Nick😊🤗🤗🤗🤗
“If you see yourself as a hammer, then everything is a nail” wow! What a wisdom! I would like to see myself as a butterfly, and so everything is a flower 🥹
In physics, a Lorentz factor of 1 (LF=1/square root of (1-(velocity squared/speed of light squared))) means absence of motion or our own frame of reference. By focusing on unity (or absence of motion: same thing) you are actually slowing down everything about yourself. Thought requires motion in mind. Bring it back to unity, not the number but the concept. I have to admit, I'm not much of a meditator but I do bring unity in my life whenever I think of it. In my own eightfold way, it's part of right concentration.
I've had stress for a while because I'm having trouble paying back rent and today I have to go to an eviction trial and hope that the landlord can work with me and I don't lose my apartment. I have been doing a lot of meditation to help ease this stress. Also been working on getting sober.
Venerable Nick, I've struggled to meditate lately because my health issues have been flaring a lot. Do you have any ideas on how to focus enough to meditate despite all this? I'm sure it would help if I can manage to do it but so far I haven't been able to. Thanks
I'm going through a very difficult time and another bad situation. I've been trying to work on my meditation more. I've been battling chronic diseases and major depression and social anxiety etc. I have been putting others before myself and I haven't been taking care of myself properly. Do you have any suggestions, life experiences, wisdom that can help with the things that I have been going through Nick?
While heaviness is natural, the efficacy of our practice and the solidity and depth of our roots will determine how long it lasts and its effect on us.🙏
My three: breathing meditation, mantra, and scriptural recitation. These three are always available to me and for me. While I have remind myself of this, here is simple statement that my therapist once gave me regarding challenging people: "You cannot allow them to transfer their unhappiness to you." Just being mindful of this is often enough for me.
I wish that I knew how to stop feeling so much pain for animals that I know are being mistreated or abandoned. I cry everyday because it hurts my heart so much.
Bhante, Is mental health medication such as SSRIs for depression, or adhd medication such as Ritalin or Adderall, prescribed by a doctor a breach of the 5th precept or a hindrance to enlightenment? Also, separately, is it possible to reach enlightenment as a married person? Thank you Bhante
Great question. Prescribed medication does not break the 5th precept and also, yes anyone whether married or single, monk or lay person can attain enlightenment 😊
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What tools do you find helpful to release stress and heaviness from your life?
Finding a quiet spot where I can meditate has served me very well.
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Meditation, being kind for people, going to gym
@@ryanz670beautiful 😊
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"your healthy friends"- great point. For me, I have no toxic people in my life. That in itself is a blessing
That’s great 😀
Walking for miles cleanses my mind. 💛
I agree. Walking is extremely helpful 😊
agree 👍😊
If you have an aquarium, watching the fish is very soothing.
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Thank you again, Venerable Nick! Life is very heavy for we Americans right now and we need people like you to remind us to calm down.
Just what i need in my life at this time... am struggling with finding my place and purpose in work, relationships, life in general. The heaviness is just as you describe. What is helping is caring for my animals, making my residence a home that nurtures me, and putting aside the family drama and emotional draining. At work I go for a short walk, noticing the nature around me, breathing the fresh air, listening to the birds. Thank you so much for suggesting a few more tools to put in my toolbox. Thank you so much for your videos and your kindness and compassion for those of us who are strugging. Blessing Sara
"a toolbox of coping skills"- I like that. Some don't have such a toolbox and their lives reflect this.
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Never been good at meditation and I have worked on it. Recently my therapist told me to light a candle and focus on the flame. It worked! I am addicted to staying busy....it a very hard habit to break.
You’re welcome to use our guided meditations online as well if it’s helpful:
nickkeomahavong.com/guided-meditation
Thanks for the tip. I will try this 👍
Im from Manipur(India).I wish there is Buddhist Monastery in my place.Lots of love from India.
You are always welcome to Sikkim...we have many here...however..there are not so well organised like the monasteries in Thailand or sri lanka for seasonal visitors and practitioners with short course and program..but you can still feel the culture and the vibes..🤗
I have a disease and it's escalating. The doctors have me on meds for life and the side-effects and long-term effects are terrifying. Thank you for posting today; very timely.
Sending you my blessings my friend.
We are all in the process of organic decay .. for some it comes faster .. fear will destroy you , trust will set you free .. in my opinion .
G'morning, my friend. It's been a long time, Venerable Nick. I'm so glad to watch your video before work. You are my one of my stress reliefs. You're voice is so calming and peaceful ☺️. Honestly, life has been stressful and I've been in depression. I've had it for a very long time and I take no meds for this disorder but I keep on going. It's good to see this video and I think this will help me out more than you know. Many blessings 🙏 to you Venerable Nick and thank you for your time in helping us cope with life 💜
I’m glad these videos are helpful. Keep surrounding yourself with healthy and positive things 😊
I feel you, Ladycriminal,and I‘m sending you a big hug and best wishes from Germany 🫂
Just a suggestion, but your name, ladycriminal, is not a healthy name. Who gave you that name? What you call yourself is very powerful. Would you like to think up a more uplifting name for yourself? Maybe that can be your first step to a better state of mind. Best wishes to you.
@@jeanmariemclain2836 if you only knew how I have that name. No disrespect to you. But thank you for the suggestion.
I think the mantra that I made up "everything is going to be okay" is helping me right now. Thank you for reminding me that mantras can help for certain mind states
That's a lesson in and of itself, even a reminder: "Life is hard." And it is as a whole. Some days are better than others, but life is indeed that. We exacerbate the negative situation by expecting anything differently.
The first noble truth: Life is full of suffering, dissatisfaction.
Agree it’s important to acknowledge our state of mind is always in a flux and can differ ❤
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If you can, a hot bath. It always has helped me. In my mind, there is nothing that happens that prayer and a bath can address.😊
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Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu Ajahn Nick. Thank you for making the world and TH-cam a kinder, better, and wiser place.
Aww sadhu sadhu! Thank you so much 😊
Thank you kindly and many blessings to you on your journey!
Watching this helped me feel empowered in the sense that peace is not some secret elusive magic only known to a few. It comes from tuning in, using tools and being respectful towards one self. This means a great deal to me...again thank you.
I look forward to your videos. Your voice, your kind demeanor and useful advice. Thank you! 😊
I love you venerable Nick❤
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You are appreciated. Balance, peace and wisdom that helps me🙏
Sadhu. Thank you so much 😊
Your videos are so calming, thank you for sharing your wisdom with us!
Aww thank you so much my friend 😊
With the current world events, i m glad the algorithm put your video on my feed. I love the toolbox suggestion. I honestly don't know how to navigate my emotions when everything is triggering . The hammer is a great analogy. Thank you.
If you need instructions on "doing nothing" and doing it well, let me know. I do it as often as I can.
Thich Nhat Hanh puts it this way, "too many of us have the attitude of don't just sit there, do something, but what might be more beneficial is don't do something, sit there."😊
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I loved hearing this today, thanks Ven Nick. I have a few go to's as I continue to navigate a particularly challenging phase of life. Journaling, music/singing, a variety of physical exercise, yoga nidra, meditation, only allowing good people into my life, and keeping an open mind. Also, I go to the water - either to immerse or watch (anything from the sea, to the local swimming pool, to a bath at home) 🙏🏼🎤🎶💧🌊💜
@@karadair9221 oh wow that’s wonderful! I love the array of tools. Keep up the great work 😊
@nickkeomahavong01 Thank you. Oh gosh, I'm looking like a bit of a spiritual overachiever! 😆 I've found the magic is in choosing the best tool or combo of tools for any given moment. It's taken years to get to this point 💜
Thank you Venerable Nick🙏your words and the way you express your thoughts of wisdom,are most delightful and most comforting to me. Much appreciation and gratitude. 😺🧡
You are so welcome! I’m glad it helped 😊
I have been meditating for over 51 years with a mantra that was given to me by a teacher who practices transcendental meditation. In the beginning it seemed difficult but slowly it became easier to meditate and I found it easier for me to sit and meditate more frequently. I feel that meditation is the best method to release stress and anxiety. Come back to yourself ❤and definitely take care of yourself 🥰🙏✨🪷🧘🌻
Very deep message venerable bro. Nick🙏🙏
Thank you 😊
Thank you venerable Nick!
Very wise words ! These pieces of advice are very helpful!
Awesome! I’m glad it’s helpful 😊
Thank you Venerable Nick 🙏
❤I love these tips
Wonderful 😊
Thank you so much for your beautiful light!! You have helped so much. & so many❤❤❤
You’re very welcome ☺️
Gratitude 🙏🏻 your teachings were like a balm to my inner state! It was the first thing that I listened as soon as I woke up. And my heart ❤️ appreciated that you were there for me! Thank Thanks 🙏🏻
Aww I’m glad it was helpful my friend. Thank you 😊
I always look for meaning in everything .. this is how I’ve lived my life for almost 40 years . One of my earliest realisations was that the earth is a school .. one of my latest ideas is life is sandpaper for the mind. I love Buddhism .. but it has to be remembered , it is a way to escape the karmic wheel .
Thank you 🙏
You’re welcome 😊
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu , your Dhamma sharing , especially this one is of great help to me
Thank you. This video found me at the perfect time. Thank you
You're so welcome! Glad it’s helpful 😊
Thank you Nick
Beautiful message and tips. Thank you 🙏🏼
You’re welcome! Thank you 😊
You have such a loving warm personality. I really like listening to you. Thank you ❤
Thank you Venerable Nick .... it helped me to hear your teaching today.
I've been finding it helpful to breathe into the painful, heavy feeling in my heart centre, and imagine it as warm and bright. It seems to soften the contraction. Over and over again. 😊🙏
That’s wonderful! Keep it up 😊
Thank you! I can apply to every areas of my life - especially in those moments when my mind is triggered by my addiction. 🙏🏼
Wonderful! I’m glad it’s helpful 😊
Thank you, Venerable Nick.
Thank you so much. I listen to you often & you help me with many reminders & new ideas for coping skills. Thanks again ! Becky
Aww I’m glad it’s helpful Becky! Thank you 😊
Thank you. Your message was most needed today. Take care. Peace.
You’re very welcome ☺️
Seeing you and smiling instantly) 💚💛
Thank you my friend 😊
Your videos help me relax
This video is right in time. Thank you Ven. Nick. Have a great day!
I’m glad it’s helpful 😊
About time to hear your wisdom, thx Nick 🙏
Thanks for listening 😊
We are in neighboring cities, Whittier over here…when I do my meditation I see a purple light and sometimes is white I am not sure what that means but it makes my heart full of joy when I see those flashes of color in my mind 🙏🏼
Oh wonderful! You’re definitely on the right track. If you have time, you’re welcome to visit our meditation center. We have weekly meditation classes.
Www.peacepointmeditation.org
Anumodana Sādhu Sādhu Sādhu Ajahn. Beautiful and kind words always 😊
Sadhu sadhu 😊
Thank u🙏🏻
What I find always so difficult is when "they" say: surround yourself with "healthy people". Then I feel so down and sad, because I am not a "healthy person😢. So no one wants to be with ME 😭 . And I am already so long alone and need some one who is kind to me, understands me with all my fears ect.
Do you understand what I mean? So i must do as if nothing is wrong with me in order to have someone who wants to be with me. 😢
Thank you very much, Venerable Nick!!🤍🤍
My pleasure! You’re very welcome ☺️
'If you see yourself as a hammer, then everything will look like a nail'.... You hit the nail on the head with that one, hehe. As always, great message.
Haha that’s awesome! Thank you so much 😊
TY, Venerable Nick!
Will practice these tools in meditation ❤
Wonderful my friend 😊
Can't thank you enough for all that you do my friend 😊😊
You are very welcome! I’m glad it resonates with you 😊
@@nickkeomahavong01 always 😊😊
Thank you from Poland ❤
You're welcome 😊
This has been a particularly turbulent year for me and my loved ones. It's hard going through the motions and feeling what I feel. But hearing what you have to say about this keeps me grounded in a way. For that, I'm thankful. 💪🏻
Dear Venerable Nick❤ Thank you again for you're encouraging support.. almost every time I find out about a new recorded support from you, It feels so accurate for me, like you've recorded it especially for me, and my challenges here and now.
With Deep Gratitude and Metta
Truly uplifting message 💐💐many thanks ...
You are so welcome 😊
More tools! Yes! This came to me at just the right moment. Thank you Nick. I will use this new tool. Thank you.
Thank you Teacher. Great seeing you. Timely reminder. I just went through a tough time at work. I will ponder on your advise. Sadhu sadhu sadhu. ❤
You’re very welcome ☺️
Great lesson. Good to see you. Take care as well.🙏
Thank you 😊
Namaste
Sadhu sadhu!
Thank you 🧚🏼♀
You’re welcome 😊
"Checking in with yourself."
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Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! Our Venerable Monk, seeing you and hearing your knowledge is healing and calming. Thank You, You are such a blessing to the World. May you attain Supreme Nibbana. Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu!! May the MahaSangha Triple gem, accept this humble offering of Flowers 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌸💐🪷🪷🪷🌼🌼🌼
Sadhu sadhu! Thank you so much 😊
Beautiful message ❤️ thank you!
You are so welcome 😊
Hey nick it's so good to see you're back you have been missed I loved the part about journaling, I write things down in my diary but I also have a big writeing pad where i write things that run around in my head when i have had a negative experience or an argument I will write down what is weighing on my mind or the things I wanted to say but didn't get to express I will read it back then rip it out and throw it away or put it in a trash can and burn it so it can flow away into the atmosphere then I meditate and do deep breathing I know this sounds alot but this method works for me, because if I hold onto it I find it raises my blood pressure and then I feel very ill and can't function. But thank you for all your advice and help it's always reassuring sending you greetings, love and peace from London England ♥️ 🙏🏾
Wonderful! Thank you for taking the time to share your technique. It’s great to hear. Please keep up the great work. Sending you my greetings as well. :-)
I also have a mental cabinet with three drawers and place things in it as they apply to a specific drawer.
Drawer one is called, "I can't do anything about that."
Drawer two is called, "Ultimately, that has nothing to do with me."
Drawer three is called, "Carry not what is not yours to carry."
If we have acquired enough wisdom, we know exactly when to put something in those drawers. If we have not acquired such wisdom, we suffer more.
That’s great 😀
Thankyou nick very helpful tips I do love journaling I find it helps and sometimes just doing nothing as you say and checking in makes sense nice to hear from you many thanks ❤️🙏
Thank you 🙏🏽
You’re welcome ☺️
Thank you 🌈
Thank you so much for this 🙏🙏
Thanks for your lovely videos. My wife and I have been reading, listening and watching a lot about Buddhism recently and visit the temples in thailand every year and our monastery here in Portugal regularly.
There is so much we can relate to. There is really only one part that we find very difficult; which is the reincarnation or emptiness after death part.
My wife and I have, and always have had an incredibly strong feeling that our souls will be connected somehow forever, even after eternity. Some spiritual experiences we have shared has only strengthened this belief.
I find it very difficult to completely open up to Buddhism when the ultimate goal is to depart from eachother into a state of emptiness or reincarnation, at which point we would be separated.
I guess this could be described as a state of suffering or attachment we have for each-other. But our connection never feels bad, only good.
It’s one impermanence I we can’t, don’t want to accept or actively support.
Is there any place in Buddhism for a belief that souls could be connected indefinitely?
Maybe we have misunderstood the emptiness, reincarnation part.
Thank you from both of us 🙏
Dear Nick, thank you for another precious and very helpful video 🙏 There is something that I use as a tool in times of huge emotional stress and anxiety: I do some logical training or mathematics! I once read somewhere that it was found out that these trainings (and also logical games like playing tetris) take part in that „rational“ half of our brains and seem to temporarily „cut off“ the other half which is responsible for emotional thinking. I‘m not an expert to explain this, but I hope y‘all know what I‘m trying to say. And it actually works out for me and gives me a great chance to find some kind of „emergency relief“ when I‘m feeling overwhelmed. Maybe this can be a helpful advice for somebody out there reading this 🤗💛 Lots of love and best regards from Germany
Oh nice. Thanks for sharing. That’s very interesting.
Very helpful video. My father died on the plane on the way to Spain. Nothing could be done. Two days later I mother had to be hospitalised for ten days.....The box of TOOLS....I like that. Very useful according to the situation. As always, thank you Nick😊🤗🤗🤗🤗
Although hard, the best tool for me is sit with it. As always: it will pass. 🙏
Wonderful 😊
“If you see yourself as a hammer, then everything is a nail” wow! What a wisdom!
I would like to see myself as a butterfly, and so everything is a flower 🥹
Really really it's awesome. Thank you very much. I hope it (tools) will work for me! Have a great day!
You’re welcome my friend 😊
I'm going to a 10 day vipassana meditation course in September I'm sure this will help me a lot.
In physics, a Lorentz factor of 1 (LF=1/square root of (1-(velocity squared/speed of light squared))) means absence of motion or our own frame of reference. By focusing on unity (or absence of motion: same thing) you are actually slowing down everything about yourself. Thought requires motion in mind. Bring it back to unity, not the number but the concept. I have to admit, I'm not much of a meditator but I do bring unity in my life whenever I think of it. In my own eightfold way, it's part of right concentration.
Wonderful 😊
Beautifully said… And smart… Which tool is useful each time.. Made a lot of sense..❤🙏🏼
Glad it was helpful!
When I'm working and am on break i have learnt to chant om Shanti Shanti Shanti verbally without making noise to give me back peace
You can just do it silently to yourself. You can imagine chanting radiating from your center 😊
@@nickkeomahavong01 thx for the tip 👍
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I've had stress for a while because I'm having trouble paying back rent and today I have to go to an eviction trial and hope that the landlord can work with me and I don't lose my apartment. I have been doing a lot of meditation to help ease this stress. Also been working on getting sober.
Sending you my blessings my friend. Just take it step by step 😊
@@nickkeomahavong01 okay thank you
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Resting while listening to this ❤😅
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just got fired, that released a lot of heaviness. thanks bhante
Hope everything works out my friend 😊
Dear Bhanteji. Can you share the mantra? Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu🙏🏼
"Adapt for that situation." Strive to be like bamboo: Strong, flexible, and hollow inside.😉
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Venerable Nick, I've struggled to meditate lately because my health issues have been flaring a lot. Do you have any ideas on how to focus enough to meditate despite all this? I'm sure it would help if I can manage to do it but so far I haven't been able to. Thanks
I'm going through a very difficult time and another bad situation. I've been trying to work on my meditation more. I've been battling chronic diseases and major depression and social anxiety etc. I have been putting others before myself and I haven't been taking care of myself properly. Do you have any suggestions, life experiences, wisdom that can help with the things that I have been going through Nick?
While heaviness is natural, the efficacy of our practice and the solidity and depth of our roots will determine how long it lasts and its effect on us.🙏
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My three: breathing meditation, mantra, and scriptural recitation. These three are always available to me and for me.
While I have remind myself of this, here is simple statement that my therapist once gave me regarding challenging people:
"You cannot allow them to transfer their unhappiness to you."
Just being mindful of this is often enough for me.
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I wish that I knew how to stop feeling so much pain for animals that I know are being mistreated or abandoned. I cry everyday because it hurts my heart so much.
Friends will help me to feel light or heavy. I didn’t get rid of them from my life what I did was spend less time with the heavy ones. 😂
That is definitely great tactic 😊
How to use service to do work jobs that are unpleasant and difficult?
Bhante,
Is mental health medication such as SSRIs for depression, or adhd medication such as Ritalin or Adderall, prescribed by a doctor a breach of the 5th precept or a hindrance to enlightenment? Also, separately, is it possible to reach enlightenment as a married person?
Thank you Bhante
Great question. Prescribed medication does not break the 5th precept and also, yes anyone whether married or single, monk or lay person can attain enlightenment 😊
@@nickkeomahavong01 Thank you very much