The trainer talked about her experience when she first graduated from the university. She went out to a peaceful jungle in Saraburi to look at herself, and to practise meditation. One night, when she was half sleeping, she heard the noise of a walking wild animal. It walked slowly to her and then climbed over her stayed there for minutes. It must be snake, or anything else she did not see because she was closing her eyes and made herself still like a falling branch from a tree. Her only movement was only breathing, breathed in, breathed out. Finally it walked away and she was saved with the exciting moments of memory.
Last Saturday and Sunday[September 25-26] I and my wife went to the training under the topic of " Bringing mind back home." Sponsored by Khun Waree and Khun Wicha from Heritage Snacks and Food Co. The lecturer was Khun Soopawan Green who spent almost 40 years in England. But before that, when she was just graduating from the university, she had practised Buddhist principles as a nun for 3 months and spent other 3 months for meditation alone in the jungle [in Saraburi]. Then she went to work for the UN at the refugee camp where she met her English husband. This was her background.
I would conclude what I got from her but I was not sure my understanding was quite right. However, let's start with a man which was consist of two parts, body and mind. Body was only the outer cover whereas mind was the director of human being. All of things going in this world came from minds, not the body. If a man died, that meant his body died. His mind could go anywhere and anytime seperately. Someone said that mind was spirit.
There were 5 channels to be the doors of minds, they were seeing, tasting, smelling, hearing and touching. In general, common people learnt, gained and saved memory through these channels and called them knowledge and experience. But there was another word hidden in people's mind, that was "want" If something wanted could be fulfilled, it called happiness which was physical. The more he got the more he wanted, so, happiness was never enough, and it turned into unhappiness when he wanted more and more.
Too much want, to be angry[hatred], and unlimited love, these 3 categories made mind unhappy, like painting the dark colour in the white space. When the mind was black, it meant that these 3 items want, angry and love covered the space. We must eliminate them by wiping the black off and made the mind clean again.
If we wanted to be in real happiness and made it forever, the way to clean our mind until it turned white again was started from Forgiveness which was the magic word. [Note from me] I had my words when something bad came to my mind, I said "chang mae mun" [ช่างแม่มัน] or leave it there. Recently, I tried not to get angry when some one made me so, or when other got some benefit but I didn't get them, I tried to cut my thought off, not to envy them, instead I tried to be happy with them on their lucks. When I was young and was driving in Bangkok, and found other driver took advantage from me, I would be furious and went back to revenge. But now, in the same situation, I would let him did it without any revenge or furious feeling. I forgave him. But, anyhow,The one would get what he did. It was a principle of reflection.
Insight meditation was the way to make our minds cleaning. Meaning that making the mind stop to look at present action, neigther past, nor future. The trainer taught me to close my eyes, felt the touch of seat back and seat while I was sitting on the chair, also, feet on the floor, then had a second thought of breathing, breathed in, breathed out, keep out of any thinking, my both hands was moving the small wooden balls in the wristlet chain[ลูกปะคำ], and did not have to say a word. I would see a light in my closing eyes with space. In the afternoon, she taught me to practise Jeekong for making my mind in peace by slowly moving hands and legs. When our mind was in silently calm or not to be out, there was neigther want, nor furious, and nor love. It could be forever if the mind was practised long.
If you are interested in learning more, please contact "Bringing Mind Back Home Society", 240 Soi Intamara 45 Soothisan Road, Dindang, BKK, 10400 Thailand. Telephone +66 86 610 0001 [086 610 0001] and +66 89 0195656 [089 019 5656]
When the wild animal came and climb over Khun Soopawan, when she was in meditation in the jungle. She helped herself by making herself still like a branch from a tree, and then God helped her to be saved. Therefore, we have to help ourselves first and then God would help us. If we did nothing but pray for God, we could get nothing. Miracle was not happened everytimes we asked for. However, I belived God was everywhere and was ready to help.
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