I feel as if all the hot air in my head has been let out after listening to Ajahn Brahm tonight. I've been feeling so utterly tired lately, so tired I wanted to just give up, lay down and never get back up. So pull up this video, and half way through, I began feeling light and noticing I can breath again.
"Pushing the wheelbarrow is easy, thinking about it is the hard part." I laughed out loud so much at this. Thank you as always for your wise words and teachings. Sadhu Sadhu SADHU!
I wish one day, i can join you on one of this retreats, and maybe even staying for good, but till then, just want to thank you for everything you are trying to teach us!
I started listening to Ajahn Brahm in 2015 during a very dark period, since then I started heavily investing in the Thai Forest Tradition and I can't thank AB enough, he is a true Arahant I'd swear it 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for this enlightening topic. Just what I most needed to try now that I get so stressed and tired often these days. Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu!
Master of knowledge beyond my capabilities so far. How can I move on beyond this realm. I have reached this point of not being able to teach anymore and tire too much I want to move on.
thank you this really helped me, especially the bit about university and discovering yourself. it helped confirm what I was thinking already. being positive is something I struggle with and your video made me notice the pattern im getting stuck in
Today I was exhausted because if worry and hearing so much chattering. After meditation, I recovered. What ajahn Brahm said goes beyond tired ness of my kind. In first Johnna, threw are directed thought, after a while it is tiredness ,and that is the time the heart knows to let thought go and go into the second Johnna.
Television, entertainment gets me tired. So I don't watch much television any more. It uses up precious energy when Watching television or any form of entertainment.
I also go into seclusion ... At least 24 hours of not seeing anyone. Sometimes, I'll sleep for 48 hours, getting up only to wash, brush or to take a toilet break. I've also reduce my work hours. Stop listening to all the product advertisements. Remember, this is the world. Learn to go against it .... against the grain like Buddha did.
I too try to discipline myself and insist on choosing one day, 24 hour period during which I manage to totally detach from the world around me; e.g computers, cell phones, headlines in any form, so that I cam just to be a "being" versus a "doing" person. Indeed I am refreshed and rewarded each time. Nice to hear from someone who seems to share my views.
Yes but there is chronic fatigue and long vivid and sleep disorders. Attitude can make a difference but if you are debilitated enough not sure how you deal.
48:10 Ajahn Brahm basically frivilously advises to be untrue to one's own word, which amounts to lying that's ok, unless the advice was supposed to be Dhammic and aimed at lay buddhists a Dhammic advice would be to keep silent instead of giving a promise you don't intend on fulfilling
There is some truth to what he says but if everyone would follow his advice, there would be no roads, no bridges, and certainly nothing from modern day. Would that be better? maybe. But if we would follow his (monk) advice there would also be no monks very soon because their life is (from what I've heard) dependent on productivity (food) of other people. And lastly, I am certain that there would be very soon no people at all, since reproduction and evolution doesn't particularly agree with just being. Or 'doing' without any thinking/planning.l about the doing itself. So yeah, a bit unpractical advice. Nice to listen to but if you don't wanna become a monk, not really applicable. Or am I wrong?
Very soon there will be no people because we are doing too much and destroying the planet. Building things just for the sake of building isn't a good long term plan. If everyone lived simple lives like monks there would be enough food and resources for everyone.
