Dear Maurizio dear all / and sanghasiciliapv,
I am finally face to face on my laptop overloaded with problems generated by Vista. Excellent exercise in patience and learning. I hope that all s're in good shape and that the baby is sanghasiciliapv at a good pace on the path of practice. I intend to practice a life of consciousness nourished by dialogue, meditation and compassion socially impegnata.Per the next 21 days will be here in Plum Village, and I will devote to research the teachings of Thay in Italy in 2005 and 2003. If possible, also those of 2001. I would also send you DVDs of 2008 but the records have not yet arrived from Germany where they usually buy. On May 23, will leave for another tour of Belgium, where, apart from a weekend retreat, I will give a series of public lectures and Q & A session in Brussels at the end of a theatrical performance of "Footsteps of Siddhartha" based on the book of the same name Thay. I will be present here in Plum Village, until the end of September. In early October I will have a long retreat on the island of Noirmoutier in the north-west of France then I should not go out until next year.
This is what concerns me right now and I want to share for you to participate in perfectly with my Dharma activities and, if you like, support me. As for what it is about you I'd be happy to know that the various groups of Catania, Palermo, Messina and Porto Empedocles are in contact not only letters but sharing their activities. The general conditions for the practice groups will multiply and show solidarity are present. The mass of men increasingly needs to regain possession of their size, size, cheated, tortured and dissolved by heavy powers, in the flow of time, social and intellectual. Even today intriguers crowd into the mood of the market needs by offering inner peace and happiness in return for payment; guru of any sort, in white, yellow or red acrobat everywhere propinano best elixir of life. We have only a humble and simple practice that does not require fees: the awareness, responsible living. Humble, yes, but as powerful!
Everyone is free to do as most pleases him or they do not cause harm to himself or to or for others. But it is a fact of unmistakable clarity that when you opt for a practice, consistency does not want us to disperse back guruica nature attractions invitees or new age. It would be a loss of energy as well as an unnecessary distraction from oneself.
We have examples of sudden falling in love, even here in Plum Village, in other traditions but it is always a game of mind weakened, water does not satisfy the thirst within, instead degenerates the burning in my throat.
Every day I look and I meet people, human beings, small sore Sisyphus nailed to the wheel of the "spirituality of the market" come and go unsatisfied, do not listen, live of self-reflection in the mirror, the illusion of self miracles eschatological which, of course, do not exist and are not possible.
We practice simplicity and frugality are aware that every phenomenon is determined by specific causes, able to transform our destructive emotions, strong in making peace and love: the only size of a happy existence.
We can add nutrients to our meditation practice through exercises like swimming which is the most comprehensive and beneficial exercise and a walk, at least two hours per week at a brisk pace. Everything else: yoga, Qi Khong, Tai Chi, aerobic dance and so on and so forth. activities are beautiful but do not belong the legacy left by our ancestors. Often they do not need but are all the rage. These medicines are not appropriate for healing the hidden frustrations. Everything is healing through sharing, dialogue, the refuge in compassion offered to us. Other than kung-fu! Other than Indian gurus!
I wish you all / and that every moment of your life is a constellation of joy.
Light and Love
Chan PHAP Ý
Plum Village, April 30, 2008
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