oxygenbabe
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From a lecture by Thich Nhat Hanh
But first I want to say, never read the thread where Gigi was recently banned, nor Cave, did read Sarah (Cali Lyme's) recent thread. Hope Cave comes back. Hope those who get banned try to be more polite. Got banned myself once for what I thought was a witty if sardonic joke, to which I added a grinny and realized irony can be misinterpreted as cruelty so tried to mostly stop making jokes...its the internet, doesn't take humor as well as two folks talking and laughing in a room.
Remember, you don't know these people. They are figments of your computer screen. So scroll on by and don't take it too personally.
The internet can give lots of good info. I've learned about homeopaths on here from Truthfinder, stuff I never would have known. We helped air the good bad and ugly about the MP, so people will be protected. That's the point of Medical Questions.
Okay:
"Please, when you breathe in, do not make an effort of breathing in. You just allow yourself to breathe in. Even if you don't breathe in it will breathe in by itself. So don't say, "My breath, come, so that I tell you how to do." Don't try to force anything, don't try to intervene, just allow the breathing in to take place. What you have to do is be aware of the fact that the breathing in is taking place. And you have more chance to enjoy your in-breath. Don't struggle with your breath that is what I recommend. Realize that your in breath is a wonder. When someone is dead, no matter what we do, the person will not breathe in again. So we are breathing in, that is a wonderful thing. Breathing in I know I'm alive it's a miracle. We have to enjoy our in-breath. There are many ways to enjoy your in-breath. We want you to tell us how you enjoy your in-breath, whether in a sitting position or in a walking position. But if you don't enjoy breathing in, breathing out, you don't do it right.
This is the first recommendation on breathing that the Buddha made. When breathing in, I know this is the in-breath. When breathing out, I know this is the out-breath. When the in-breath is long, I know it is long. When it is short, I know it is short. Just recognition, mere recognition, simple recognition of the presence of the in-breath and out-breath. When you do that, suddenly you become entirely present. What a miracle, because to meditate means to be there. To be there with yourself, to be there with your in-breath. So you now understand the two sentences, "Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out." And a few minutes later, "Breathing in I know my in-breath has become deep. Breathing out, I know my out-breath has become slow." That is not an effort to make the in-breath deeper or the out-breath slower. That is only a recognition of the fact. These instructions will be used for our walking meditation right after the Dharma talk. After having followed your in-breath and out-breath for a few minutes you will notice that your in-breath and out-breath now have a much better quality, because the image of mindfulness, when touching anything, increases the quality of that thing. The Buddha when he touches something, reveals and increases the quality of being of that thing. Mindfulness is the Buddha therefore it plays that role.
When you look at the full moon, and if you are mindful, "Breathing in I see the full moon, breathing out I smile at the full moon," suddenly the full moon reveals itself to you maybe one hundred times more clearly. It's more beautiful, it's clearer it's more enjoyable. Why? Because the moon has been touched by mindfulness. So when you touch your in-breath and out-breath with your mindfulness, your in-breath becomes more harmonious, more gentle, deeper, slower, and so does your out-breath. Now you enjoy in-breathing and out-breathing. Naturally your breathing becomes more enjoyable, the quality of your breathing increases. So "In/Out" is for the beginning. [Th�y writes on blackboard.] Then "Deep/Slow" is the next step: "Breathing in, I know that my in breath has become deep and I enjoy it. Breathing out, I see that my out-breath has become slow and I enjoy it."
During that time you have stopped, you have allowed your body and your mind to rest. Even if you are walking, you are resting. If you are sitting, you are resting. You are not struggling anymore, on your cushion, or walking. Then later on you will try this. These words are only to help you to recognize what is happening. "Calm/Ease: Breathing in I feel the calm in me." This is not autosuggestion, because if you have enjoyed In/Out and Deep/Slow, calm is something that is established. Resting. If you touched your calm, your calm rose. It's like when you touched the moon. "Breathing out, I feel ease in me." I don't suffer anymore. I will not make it hard anymore. Don't be too hard on yourself. Allow yourself to be at ease with yourself. Don't struggle. All of these can be done even if lots of suffering is still in your body and in your soul. Doing this, we are taking care of them. We are not trying to escape the pain in us. We are giving our body and our consciousness a rest."
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minoucat
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Hope those who get banned try to be more polite.
Got banned myself once for what I thought was a witty if sardonic joke, to which I added a grinny and realized irony can be misinterpreted as cruelty so tried to mostly stop making jokes...its the internet, doesn't take humor as well as two folks talking and laughing in a room.
We helped air the good bad and ugly about the MP, so people will be protected. That's the point of Medical Questions.
Oh, well said! A lot less ego and a lot more considered politeness on this forum and we'd all be more effective.
Yes, humor is important. Sarcasm really isn't -- and it doesn't translate well online. What is hilarious spoken in person from someone you know and love and trust is often just cruel in any other format.
This really isn't an "express yourself" sort of place. Sorry, folks -- but there is a reason ritualized forms of politeness developed in densely populated environments. It's so we don't rip our society apart or kill each other...
Oxy, thanks for this post. As an extension of it -- in my work as a massage therapist, I found, universally, that sick and/or stressed people DON'T BREATHE (much). They tend to breathe from the tops of their lungs only.
Breathing is HUGE. It affects so much -- not only your tissues and organs that desperately need to get oxygen and release toxins, but your immune system, your pain levels, the way your shoulders sit, your lower and upper back, headaches,....and so on.
Lie on your back, put your hand on your stomach, and slowly fill first your stomach, then your midsection, then your chest with air (NOT all at once).
Hard to do, huh?!
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I had heard that GiGi got banned but I didn't know that the other two were/are. Course I don't get here all that much anymore, now that I am so busy working 16/7. Only one more month of that, then WINTER.
Course I could miss a lot of what goes on here, as I usually only check in on the threads dealing with herbs, and those who might have a really curious title, like this one.
What happens when one is banned? Obviously it is not for life as GiGi is certainly back. What do they have to do to get back?
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