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B1 Intermediate English 10:57 Educational

How to Tap into Your Awareness | Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche | TED

TED · 1,668,920 views · Added 1 month ago

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00:03

So I would like to discuss about meditation.

00:08

But first of all,

00:10

I'd like to ask you a very simple question.

00:14

Can you see my hand?

00:16

Yes, raise your hand.

00:17

Audience: Yes.

00:19

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: OK, can you hear me?

00:21

Audience: Yes.

00:22

YMR: Yes?

00:24

Great.

00:25

That is the meditation.

00:28

So, finished.

00:29

My TED Talk is finished.

00:31

(Laughter and applause)

00:34

Of course, I'm just kidding.

00:37

But in a way that is true.

00:40

Why?

00:41

What we call the essence of meditation is awareness.

00:46

And what is awareness?

00:48

Knows what you are thinking,

00:50

feeling, doing, seeing, hearing.

00:53

That's all.

00:55

So actually meditation is very easy,

00:59

but many people find it difficult.

01:02

Why?

01:04

There are two misunderstandings about meditation.

01:07

So the first is many people think meditation means, think of nothing,

01:12

stop thinking,

01:14

concentration.

01:16

Ah.

01:17

(Laughter)

01:18

Shh!

01:19

I'm meditating, keep quiet.

01:21

(Laughter)

01:24

So the more, when you try to stop thinking

01:27

what happens, you will think more.

01:29

So we will do a small experiment, OK?

01:32

Now, please don't think about pizza.

01:36

(Laughter)

01:37

No pizza.

01:40

No pizza.

01:42

What happened?

01:43

Did you think about pizza or not?

01:45

Yes, raise your hand.

01:47

(Laughter)

01:48

I know.

01:49

(Laughter)

01:52

Actually, we don't need to stop thinking.

01:56

We just need to connect with awareness.

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