Interview with Thich Nhat Hanh – an emblematic figure of Buddhism

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In this interview, Thich Nhat Hanh speaks about


Practice of Buddhism ;
Mindfulness / focus on the here and now ;
Access to happiness ;
Suffering and therefore its healing



Accessible via the link, according to his belief:

The link maintained with the child we were and still lives in us.

Also the link maintained by us with our ancestors; 

I would rather say, a link with the significant adults from our previous stories, with no time limit.
We do carry old stories .

And reconcile our being from our current time, 

with our being from our previous times: child, teenager, young adult, adult . . .

No thinking
No trying to understand
No analyzing
No judging

just


RECOGNISE  ACCEPT  LOVE  therefore  CURE

The exercises are accessible to everyone.
The exercises should be practiced daily .

I personally was particularly struck by the notion of space.

The indispensable space for being in happiness

To be in a state of love, for self and others

Space for oneself and space for those we love.

The concept of continuous relationship with the child we were; 

knowing he is still present in us, 

listening to him is essential to respect oneself and be in touch with our truth.

This point is for me an essential truth , simply because I have experienced it in a moment of acute vulnerability : the death of my mother.

At this time, I found myself, regardless of my will, in a modified state of consciousness where me as a child was there with me as an adult. 

One protecting and reassuring the other and allowing me to chose to continue my life path securely or chose not to. 

The two of me being at the same time separated and in total communion. 

This experience in me (mind and body ) has been 

independent of any temporal notion 

and bathed in a complete sensory world.

These types of states are to experiment and not to be described 

as they are so different from our 'normal' experiences.



Look and listen to the interview with Thich Nhat Hanh by clicking on the link below

http://www.lemondedesreligions.fr/entretiens/thich-nhat-hanh-le-vieux-sage-et-l-enfant-24-04-2014-3857_111.php

Isn’t the rhythm of his voice soothing by itself ?

Food for thought !

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