What is ego? It is a sense of separation and a boundary a wall an identity. Listen, what is devotion? It is a state of Love. So through intellectual stimulation also meditation happens. The awareness about this existence suddenly takes you to another plane of serenity, of calmness. The mind is chattering all the time, finding fault in others, or oneself, and suddenly you find all these things are insignificant compared to the vastness of the universe and of this existence. That little chattering mind just shuts off. That stimulation of the intellect brings a different context to life and makes the mind meditative. One of the examples I gave is, when you go to a space museum or watch a space movie, then you see the earth in contrast with the universe, and how small this earth is, and where you are to what this universe is. Through emotions you can attain the same meditative state. Love, compassion, sense of service, all these can bring a certain degree of serenity to the mind it becomes very calm and meditative. Then through emotions heightened refined emotions. Through taste, smell, sight, sound and touch. Then through any of the five senses the mind can become meditative. So, through breathing techniques and breathing exercises, the mind becomes very serene, calm, and happy. Even though the arm is amputated a person feels the arm is still there, i.e., the subtle body which is still there. I usually give the example of the Phantom Arm. Usually we think the mind is inside the body, but it is the other way around. Then, we have the mind or the consciousness then the intuitive body which is a further refined consciousness, and then the blissful. First is the physical body, then the pranic body which is the bio rhythmic force or bio electro-magnetic energy. This is even more important because we have five bodies to us ( Panchakosha). Not totally but a certain degree of meditativeness can come by exercise and physical manipulation. Through physical manipulation, Yoga, Tai Chi, all these can bring a certain amount of calmness in the mind. So how can this happen? We saw many methods or many ways. And creating a condition where you really can do nothing is all that is important to look into. It is not doing something but doing nothing and that is meditation. The key for meditation is effortlessness. Meditation is a happening, this is the first point. Please check out our main menu here for more lessons: homepage.So we will recapitulate what we have been doing in the last two days. , myanma bhasa,, ģ2 million (total: 42 including as a second language)īurmese is the native language of the Bamar and related sub-ethnic groups of the Bamar, as well as that of some ethnic minorities in Burma like the Mon.Īlthough the constitution officially recognizes the English name of the language as the Myanmar language, most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese. You can either pick a lesson from the table above, or read more about this beautiful language. You can either choose a random lesson below or start with me lesson by lesson. We will also review some simple grammar rules, practice common phrases, and we will have fun memorizing many important vocabulary lists, and everything else that you see below. All the lessons contain audio and are all offered for free. I'm here to help you learn Burmese, by going step by step. I would like to welcome you to the Burmese lessons.
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