500 образов для медитации на шагах пути к просветлению, занятие 30

[Speaker 1]
IDIM 30 In the Lam Rim of Pabongka Rinpoche, he has a special section on subtle dullness. Subtle dullness. So, I put it in the IDIMS. Mighty meditation enemy. Why? It feels like the meditation is going well. Okay?

But you are... In English, we say spaced out. How do you translate that Stanley?

I don't know. You are like this, okay? Physically, your body is good meditation posture.

But your mind is like... Okay? Like you just had a glass of wine or...

Okay? Or you just feel a little stupid or tired or something like that. But you are...

Physically, everything is going very well. So, this is the most common result when you try to meditate too long. And there are...

I've been to places where the teacher will demand that the person meditate for two or three hours without moving. Trust me, after five minutes, everybody in that room is in subtle dullness. Okay?

Or they've learned to sleep sitting upright. Okay? Like DCI staff at Geshe Michael's 200 Level 1 lecture.

They are like... And they are sleeping off their jet lag with their eyes open. It's a special DCI staff skill.

They teach it in a secret room at the college. Every once in a while you go... Okay?

So, no subtle dullness. Very, very dangerous. Most of the time, it comes when you meditate longer than you should.

Okay? Your body looks good. Your position looks good.

To people who come in the room, it looks like you are doing really well. And you are not really thinking about anything. You are just kind of...

And it feels good. Now, what's the classical karmic result of subtle dullness? What kind of seeds do you plant in your mind if you spend a lot of time in subtle dullness?

Yeah. No, we are not going to talk about that. You forget things.

Okay? You can't find your phone. And I often lose my yoga mat, but I have a feeling that's not the real reason.

I lost two yoga mats in one day. I left, anyway. Yeah, so you become forgetful.

You can't remember what you were saying. You don't know where your phone is. You lost your car keys.

It's actually a karmic result of spacing out. Okay? Alright?

So, it's not helpful. You will hurt your mental sharpness by spending time in dullness. Okay?

The Lam Rim also says if you fight the dullness and you are just losing, losing, losing, then stand up, go in the toilet, and put cold water on your face. Okay? Okay?

If thinking about how lucky you are doesn't work, then go in the bathroom and take a cold shower. Then you are like, Okay. Alright?

Really, seriously. Okay.