Red or Green? The Choice is Yours | The Sangha UK #61 | 7.3.22

The Sangha discuss various approaches to the fundamentals of practice, including the analogy of choosing red or green for unwholesome or wholesome thoughts. #mindfulnessofbreathing #mindfulness #wisdom

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00:00:00 Removing the sankhāra; relaxing the body; fulfilling the satipaṭṭhāna (foundations of mindfulness) to fulfil the sambojjhangā (factors of awakening)

00:06:08 Seeing red and green; replacing red with green; the foundations of confidence (saddhā); seeing the four elements on the inside

00:13:20 Body scanning vs. putting out the fire in your mind; seeing the mind’s conditioners (mind-body-feeling)

00:18:53 Working with the attitude - victim or winner? (samma sankappa); adding success

00:25:01 Relax, you’re alive! Being free - things just get green!

00:28:02 Generating a positive attitude; practice your skills instead of having a pity party; telling jokes to yourself

00:39:17 Sustain your sukha! The coca-cola mantra

00:46:49 The best hack is repetitive practice

00:48:19 Right noble effort is what we require; never mind, start again

00:49:58 It’s counter-intuitive because we’re misinformed; drifting off into delusion; wisdom is the starting point

00:55:59 The luminous mind (bhavanga); the fundamental nature of mind is change

01:01:43 Courage and enthusiasm to change the things we can; live the present moment

01:08:25 Rehearsing to soothe our nerves; looking, investigating