500 образов для медитации на шагах пути к просветлению, занятие 12

[Speaker 2]
What's this one all about, and why did I choose this picture? Yeah, there's nothing more comfortable than a pair of old jeans, and there's nothing more uncomfortable than a new pair of jeans, okay, in my opinion.

[Speaker 1]
So, enjoy the things you have, okay? Like, take your old jeans out and kiss them and say, I love you, and you're going to be here forever. And don't worry, I'm not bringing any new jeans, okay?

We'll be together for a long time. Okay, and learn to be grateful for what you have, and learn to enjoy what you have. So, that's the second part of DOD CHUNG CHOG ZHES.

CHOG ZHES means enjoy the things you have, and be contented and grateful with them, okay? So, for me it means every six months I have to go through my clothes. I have to throw out things I'm not wearing.

Shoes are really bad. They love to stay in your closet. They don't want to leave.

They're like roaches, you know. And you got to be tough with them. Okay, and in America, we have these stores that accept donations of clothing for poor people, and you know, take them every six months, take them out.

Okay, but the emphasis for meditation condition number three is really, to me, it's enjoyment. You know, enjoy the things you have. Treasure them.

Be grateful. Be contented. Learn to be contented with what you have.

So, people give me yoga t-shirts over and over, and I give most of them to the Goodwill store for the poor people. Maybe one out of ten I will keep, but I have to keep getting them out of my house. It's a big struggle, okay?

And I take my favorite one, and then I wear it for like seven, eight years, you know, so, and I enjoy it. You see what I mean? So, it's a kind of enjoyment.

It's a kind of pleasure in something you are friends with, your old genes, and have a relationship with them, and the things in your house, okay? Like, get some beautiful things that are simple and elegant, and then don't let other things attack your house, and that will make your meditation better, okay?