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The third power is the power of mindfulness.
Mindfulness is the energy of being aware of what is
happening in the present moment. When we have the
energy of mindfulness in us, we are fully present, we
are fully alive, and we live deeply every moment of our
daily life. Whether you are cooking, or washing, or
cleaning, or sitting, or eating, it is a time for you to
generate the energy of mindfulness. And the energy of
mindfulness helps you know what you should do and
what you should not do. It helps you avoid difficulties
and mistakes; it protects you and shines light on all
your daily activities.
Mindfulness is the capacity to recognize things as
they are. When you are mindful, you recognize what is
going on, what is happening in the here and now.
With mindfulness we do not
have to regret the way we have lived. Mindfulness
helps us see and be in touch with our loved ones. It is
the energy that allows us to come back to ourselves, to
be alive and truly happy.
The Power of Concentration
Mindfulness brings about the fourth power, the power
of concentration. When you drink your tea, just drink
your tea. Enjoy drinking your tea. Please don’t drink
your suffering, your despair, your projects. This is very
important. Otherwise you can’t nourish yourself.
There are things that you have seen but not very
clearly. You can use the power of concentration to
experience a breakthrough and see deeply the nature of
what is there. Perhaps you have some difficulty,
depression, fear, or despair, and you want to look
deeply into the nature of your affliction to be able to
transform it. To do this you need a lot of concentration.
Concentration on the nature of impermanence, nonself,
and interbeing can help us realize great breakthroughs
that will bring us the fifth kind of power, insight.
The Power of Insight
Insight, the fifth power, is a sword that painlessly cuts
through all kinds of suffering, including fear, despair,
anger, and discrimination. If you are using your powers
of concentration, insight allows you to fully see what
you are concentrating on. Concentration on
impermanence and nonself leads to the insight of
impermanence and nonself.
Impermanence is not an idea, not a notion, but an
insight. Many of us try desperately to hold on to some
notion of stability or permanence. We become anxious
when we hear the teaching of impermanence. But
impermanence is not just negative; impermanence can be
very positive.
When the Buddha spoke about impermanence, he
was speaking of insight. He was not being pessimistic
but only reminding us that life is precious, that we have
to treasure every moment of life.
When we
begin to touch insight, we are deeply in touch with
reality and there is no longer any fear. There is
compassion. There is acceptance. There is tolerance.
This is why we talk about insight as a kind of
superpower.
All of the first four
powers lead to this fifth superpower. And with insight
.comes a tremendous source of happiness