April 2012 - Original planting seeds - The power of mindfulness film trailer

Mindfulness could be everything. Like when you eat, when you walk, when you play, everything could be mindfulness. When you do something, you know that you're doing it. So whether you're walking, whether you're eating, whether you're sitting, or even playing a video game, you know what you're doing, so you're mind isn't somewhere else. When we share mindfulness with children, they really enjoy it and they see that the way are together in a group of kids it has a real quality it's so important to have a living example of people who do live happily and peacefully and to show live children like Jay, who know how to speak lovingly to other people and to listen deeply, to really hear what someone is saying so for other kids to see kids and families and adults who live in a way that is awakened that is, trying to really take care of themselves, take care of each other, take care of the earth, be kind to ourselves and to everything that makes up who we are which is everything. Like with mother or father, sometimes if shouting with them, and then, you could actually think about that before you have something to say Could it be mindful, could it hurt them? And I think that's one of the things I would learn. If you go to school, mindfulness, like for a few minutes before you have a test or something, you breathe or you just sit down, or take a walk. It really helps you. The vase of water is our mind. And the different colors of sand are our thoughts and feelings. What kinds of thoughts do you have when waking up? Pick a color of sand that feels right for your feelings or thoughts. This is how our minds are when we are in a hurry, stressed, angry, or upset. Can you see things clearly in this state? Let's breathe with the bell and observe all the sand as it slowly settles to the bottom of the jar. (breathing) This is what happens to our minds when we meditate, when we are mindful of our body and of our breathing. What is the water like now? The thoughts and feelings can still be there in our minds but rest peacefully at the bottom because we know how to return to our breathing to calm. If people are bullying me, I look into why they are bullying me. Maybe they have their own suffering, or they see something in me that makes them suffer. Or maybe their families have problems and they want something to, to like make people unhappy, to make themselves feel good. We also need to understand why they do that. If we can't do something to stop what the other person is doing we can at least take care of what is happening in us. So if we feel sad, or if we feel angry, if we feel hurt, we can know that those feelings are there in us and that those feelings are ok. They're normal, to have that feeling. And so we can know that we need to be there for that feeling, just like if our younger brother or sister will be sad or upset, we'll try to take care of them. So we see that the feeling in us is like our little brother or sister that we need to take care of. So to have a very alive family, community of people that they can relate to and enjoy and not just real people but superheroes and comic people who can show in a very complete way how we can, in our daily lives, live peace, be peace. And change the world through how we are in each moment. (laughing) They didn't teach me how to float. Subtitles by the Amara.org community