Why Embracing Challenges is the Key to a Better Life: Discovering the First Noble Truth

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Peaceful Breathing - Meditation and Mindfulness

Күн бұрын

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Have you ever felt like your endless pursuit of happiness leaves you feeling empty and unfulfilled? What if the key to a better life lies not in avoiding suffering, but in embracing it?
In this video, we explore the profound wisdom of the First Noble Truth from Buddhism, which acknowledges that suffering (dukkha) is an inherent part of life. We'll dive into why recognizing and accepting suffering can transform your approach to daily living, leading to deeper fulfillment and lasting happiness.
What You'll Learn:
- The Pitfalls of Pleasure-Seeking: Why chasing temporary pleasures often leads to disappointment and unfulfilled desires.
- The First Noble Truth: An introduction to the Buddhist concept of suffering and its relevance to our lives.
- The Power of Acceptance: How accepting life's challenges can foster resilience, personal growth, and a more profound sense of peace.
- Practical Tips and Practices: Mindfulness, gratitude, and self-compassion exercises to help you embrace and navigate suffering.
- Real-Life Stories: Inspiring examples of how people have transformed their lives by accepting and learning from their struggles.
Join us on this journey to understand why embracing suffering is not just a path to coping with life's difficulties, but a key to unlocking a richer, more meaningful life.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:57 Nothing Lasts
2:45 The First Noble Truth
5:34 The Benefits of Acceptance
7:59 Mindfulness Practices
10:07 Summary

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@PeacefulBreathing 25 күн бұрын

This week is an exploration of the first noble truth of buddhism which states that suffering is an integral part of life and by accepting this truth, we are starting on the path of inner peace. There will be more videos to go deeper in this teaching via journaling and guided meditations. Let me know what you think of today's teaching! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:57 Nothing Lasts 2:45 The First Noble Truth 5:34 The Benefits of Acceptance 7:59 Mindfulness Practices 10:07 Summary

@cristinar272 24 күн бұрын

Thank you Olivier for this useful and well structured video. I think the practices and final recap are very helpful. I have focused a lot on gratitude and confidence in Spirit lately. Looking forward to your next videos 😃

@PeacefulBreathing 24 күн бұрын

Hi Cristina, thank you for sharing your thoughts on the video. I am trying to shorten the videos, making them more concise and structured so thanks for the feedback! I feel excited to what I will be learning and sharing. Hope the content will be helpful! 🙏🙌

@LL-qe3nt 24 күн бұрын

Yes acceptance. I feel like that could be a step out of suffering for exemple when we are stressed about something diffrent thoughts can arise like "will i make this?" or " do i have to do this now" or "am I good enough" i feel like if we see what we're going trough for what it is and dont let things like stress or boredom get in the way we can enter some state of neutrality and just do our best. I feel like stress and other negative feelings is not our natural state and if we realise that the emotion that we're feeling just is something artificial and that ultimatly we are in controll that creates a sort of snowball effect of good habits. Even the Bible admits that we are in controll: "belive and it will happen". But I think it is even "know and it will happen". The power and peace is within us as you said. What do you think, are feelings artificial, because I feel that if you think that way you can get trough them and not be controlled by emotions and thoughts. And do you think that we are what we think or that we are what we do? 🙏

@PeacefulBreathing 23 күн бұрын

Yes, acceptance. Others call it surrendering. Accepting our reaction with fighting it, accepting life comes with dissatisfaction. Do you find this truth easy to accept? I know I don’t and working on it. The more we reject it and deny it, the more we will struggle. That I can see. And yes, if we don’t feed those negative states, we can come to a state of neutrality like you said, experience equanimity. Am not sure what you mean by artificial, but as we’re saying, if we can accept and let go of our emotions and feelings, we can be more at peace. It doesn’t mean not to feel anything but rather, be able to be aware of them and not perpetuate them. As for what we are, our feelings, our actions, … it’s a longer answer I’ll share in a video. It my teacher said that : “our true continuation is our communication “.

@LL-qe3nt 23 күн бұрын

Yeah i think life and its diffrent emotional states is hard to accept and surrender to. As for dissatisfaction i think i can accept that life is that way. But its hard to master this off course because things can feel intense. But i'll continue to try. And you're right we should not reject reality and what we feel that could add to the suffering. So about feelings being artificial that meant that they're not real at all but that was just a thought and could lead to just not accepting the diffrent emotinal states we enter, the ups and downs. Thanks Oliver! Peace be with you.

@jamesbubak6530 18 күн бұрын

Hello, is it a problem if I can't breathe without affecting the breath while observing the breath in meditation? Does it affect the quality of meditation? Often, complete relaxation of the body does not occur when the breath is unnatural. But, for example, during walking meditation, the body is not deeply relaxed either... Thanks for your work

@PeacefulBreathing 18 күн бұрын

Hello James, thanks for your question. relaxation is a byproduct of meditation and not necessarily the goal of it as it is often presented. It’s a pleasant experience nonetheless. If your breath is not natural as you observe it, it doesn’t change the quality of your meditation. What is important in meditation is to recognize what is there. For you, it could be for example this unpleasant experience of not breathing naturally. This is “suffering “ in your experience. So can you accept it and not resist to it. Can you accept it as part of the meditation practice? Know you’re not the only one. I too and many others have had this experience. Suffering is universal, so can we be kind to ourselves in those moments? In short, it’s not a problem. The practice is to recognize what you are experiencing and if it is unpleasant, can you surrender to it, fully accept it as part of your experience. Know it’s not going to be like that all the time too, it is impermanent so no need to cling to it either. Hope this helps! Tomorrow I’ll upload a new video but a little different. Hope it’ll help too

@jamesbubak6530 18 күн бұрын

@@PeacefulBreathing Thank you for the excellent answer, I was afraid that the question would not be clear, but you understood exactly what I meant. I often try to achieve some kind of relaxed state during meditation to have "confirmation" that I am doing it well. But it's probably better to look at it as a long-term process, a slow improvement bit by bit.