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Breathing in,

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I know I am breathing in.

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And breathing out,

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I know I am breathing out.

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What is the use of doing that?

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If I say that, well, I do that because I want peace, I want happiness,

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I want healing and transformation.

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So the practice is the means,

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and healing and transformation is the end.

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And the mean is not the end.

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That is a dualistic way of thinking.

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But in Plum Village we have the non-dualistic approach to healing, to practice.

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To breathe in in such a way that the healing

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takes place right away during the in-breath.

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You breathe in in such a way that peace can be there.

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Right?

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In the in-breath.

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The in-breath is not a mean anymore.

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It is the end.

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So, there is no distinction between the means and the end.

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There is no way to happiness.

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Happiness is the way.

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You breathe in such a way that happiness should be in your in-breath.

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When you do walking meditation, you make a step in such a way

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that happiness should be in your step.

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You have to look for happiness and peace and transformation right in the present moment.

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In your in-breath and in your out-breath.

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And with some training, we can do that.

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We don't have to suffer when we breathe in.

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We don't have to suffer when we make a step.

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In fact, we should produce the energy of joy,

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healing, happiness when we breathe in.

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And we should be able to produce

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the energy of joy and happiness and peace when we make a step.

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We can train ourselves to do that.

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So breathing in, I know I'm breathing in.

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That is the first exercise of mindful breathing proposed by the Buddha.

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And we should breathe in in such a way,

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that there is relaxation, peace, happiness, joy in that in-breath.

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Because when you breathe in...

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you bring your attention to your in-breath.

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And your in breath becomes the only object of your mind.

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You focus your mind on your in-breath.

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And if you really focus your mind on you in-breath,

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you release everything else.

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You release the past,

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you release the future,

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you release your projects,

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you release you anger.

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Because you are focusing only on one thing, that is your in-breath.

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So, one in-breath may take only three or four seconds.

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And yet, if you have concentration,

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then you can release everything else.

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You pick only one thing, the awareness of your in-breath.

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You become a free person.

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You are light.

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You are free.

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Just in three seconds,

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snd you do not have to suffer during the time you breathe in.

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In fact, you can enjoy it deeply.

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My in-breath is some kind of vehicle,

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helping me to go home to my body.

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And when the mind is with the body, you are there,

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fully present in the here and now.

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Just in two, three seconds.