Making Patterns in the Mind | Alex P #1 | 12.10.21

Alex and Dhammarato discuss the basics of being in the moment.

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00:00:00 Habit formation is fundamental

00:08:05 Remembering to be here now

00:11:25 Being a victim of rules and rituals

00:13:54 Having wholesome thoughts: slapping the water

00:20:11 Mahasi noting but with a fit mind

00:22:43 Misery was the motivation

00:27:32 The Buddha taught us to see the conditioners

00:30:57 We don’t accept feelings as they are

00:34:01 Thoughts are like the weather 

00:38:30 We want to keep doing the wrong things

00:48:17 Going back to the foundations of the house of cards

00:53:43 Hindrances will arise

00:57:20 Being in the moment is more time in the senses

01:02:04 Now is the time to practice relaxing

01:06:48 There’s only ever one more step

01:14:33 There is no permanent self: it arises and passes away owing to conditions

01:19:56 The Dhamma is wholesome manipulation through joy

01:28:35 5-10 minutes of wholesome thought six times a day in seclusion

01:31:32 Object and subject

01:39:03 Just be in the present moment