Rule Based Thinking vs. Enjoying Your Enlightenment | Tyler #5 | 9.27.21

As a rule follower and a goal-oriented individual Tyler discovers how Dhamma allows him to relax and enjoy experience rather than compare and judge it to "the set of standards". Dhammarato accentuates on breathing as a key exercise to bring Sati to whatever you are doing. In the end, he reiterates that we are all already enlightened, it's time we enjoyed our enlightenment. 

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0:00 Rules and critical thinking 

8:09 Judging meditation vs enjoying it

10:19 Dukkha and the critical parent creating the second Dukkha

15:10 Mindfulness

16:30 Sati: coming out of the mind and seeing reality through senses

21:10 "Wow" experience and Dukkha of comparing 

30:10 Control the breath = control the mind

36:00 Frequency vs length of Anapanasati practice

36:50 Paying attention to what your hands are doing throughout the day

42:00 The body is a marvelous toy to play

44:30 "The world is a stage and people are actors" with their own scripts

48:18 Stamp of approval. Enjoy your enlightenment