Mindfulness is really this radical tool that not very many people have, that teaches us about letting go and accepting the impermanent nature, rather than clinging and craving and chasing the next fix. The next pleasure, the next success, the next promotion, or whatever it is.
So what they are saying is everything that has form or shape is inevitably will change. It is impermanent . So if you can truly see that it is impermanent , then you enjoy-- you can rejoice what you have knowing that what you are having is temporary.
But the-- whatever the object you become aware of, it comes and goes. It's impermanent . However, that which is aware, it stays. That is a deeper meditation.
But we're aligned to the same desired end result, and that's beautiful. In a world where so many things we build our impermanent and ephemeral, this reserve, like Yosemite and Yellowstone,
So when in times of war, on either side, there are groups who are fighting. Mindfulness leads you to look at everything as impermanent .
And how can I pursue my goals without suffering about it too much? And of course, it's all impermanent , right?
And how can I pursue my goals without suffering about it too much? It was real, but it was really impermanent like every other mind state or emotion.
It seems at times as though we have no choice but to act as though the world is permanent, solid and predictable. And at the same time we must realize that everything around us is impermanent , fluid, and unpredictable. If we go too far toward believing in permanence, we'll be thrown when something unexpected happens.
And have we developed the non-attached appreciation? Knowing mindfulness so quickly shows us, oh, everything's impermanent . Everything's constantly changing. But I want the good stuff to stay.
So it's a very vicious cycle. And then all the things that we depend upon for our happiness are, of course, impermanent . They're subject to change.
The clinging, the attachment. I want everything that's pleasant, like don't go, don't be impermanent . How dare you. If it's unpleasant, please, yes, be impermanent .
I want everything that's pleasant, like don't go, don't be impermanent . How dare you. If it's unpleasant, please, yes, be impermanent . I'm happy to let go of this pain.
So when in times of war, on either side, there are groups who are fighting. See, I look at my wife, children, grandchildren as impermanent .
molecules of your body come and go. And so the great wisdom traditions of the world particularly in the east have said hold on to that presence. It's the only part of you that's real because everything else is is a impermanent pattern of behavior of that consciousness. So when you were a baby that consciousness was there. It's there now. It was there when you were a
And then here's the problem with having it to happen all by you, is that then you can also lose it. Then all these things, like, oh, get it, get it, get it, you could lose them at any point, because the nature of this world is so impermanent . But if you're offering, and you're inviting the divine, and you're giving it over, and you're saying, make me a conduit, let everything happen through me--