Mya Than San - Born on a blessed day

“ I thought about it when I was about to die. My life was actually lived for others. People think that they live their lives for themselves. They think that way because they are so egotistical. No matter how egotistical they think, people don’t live their lives for themselves. They live for others. What that means is that they live to impress others. They live to please others.”

Happy birthday.

My eyes are still closed.

But then I realized that I was awake. Just because I realized that, the series of dreams that I had been dreaming about stopped. The dream had died. I wondered what role I had played in the dream. And what had I dreamed? What were the subjects? I noticed that I wanted to re-imagine it. A series of thoughts began to come to me. The thoughts followed me, but they did not come to me. Even if they followed me, they would not end.

The dream you had may contain joy. It may also contain sadness. The feelings of joy and sadness move the mind. The mind is already accustomed to moving, so don't let it go. It will be of little use to you. It is a very difficult mind to calm down.

"I feel like thinking back on my dream."

However, I made a comment. Then, “awareness” came to the current situation. To continue to create that “awareness”, I had to put in a little “effort”. “effort” is pushing “awareness” back. A small effort to not let “awareness” slip away. Even because of the power of “effort”, “awareness” does not escape from the situation that has been corrected. In other words, it becomes interested in the attention that is being noted.

After four or five or six repetitions, the mind becomes quite calm. The mind is now firmly established in the present moment. When the mind continues to be mindful, due to the power of viriya, the steady state of "concentration" begins to develop.

"I'm going to focus on the in and out without thinking about anything else. I'm going to be mindful of what I do all day long today. I'm going to try to be mindful until I go to bed at night."

A little bit of determination has developed. The little bit of determination that will one day define you has taken its place in the mind first. It is very important for that kind of determination to develop every day. That importance needs to be there, to be there, when you wake up.

When you wake up, when you become aware, the first thing that comes to mind is the knowing mind. If you keep trying to keep the knowing mind going, after a while, it will become a clear, pure, peaceful, and stable wholesome mind. It is very blessed to start the day with a wholesome mind, a meditative mind. It doesn’t matter if your face is not clean yet. The mind is more important.”

I was listening to the short sermon of Maha Myaing Towra Sayadaw U Zaw Tika (Pyin Mana) on the tape "The House of Consciousness." Because of the sermon, I believed that today would be a blessed day.

I slowly opened my eyes. I was aware of the touch of my left and right hands, folded on my chest. I was also aware of the touch of the air coming in and going out, touching the tip of my nose. Once, twice, three times. I had the idea of ​​focusing on the mind of the Buddha, free from defilements. I focused on the characteristics of the defilements, such as greed, anger, ignorance, and pride, one by one. The mind of the Buddha, free from the characteristics of defilements, a mind free from defilements.

Ideas that are related to intelligence appear one after another.

Send yourself love.

I want all beings to be happy just as I want to be happy, and I want all beings to be at peace just as my own heart is at peace.

May everyone be prosperous.

My mind has become clear. My heart is filled with love and peace. I have become calm.

Then, in order to gradually eliminate the notion of “I,” I visualize the aggregates one by one. Hair, hair follicles, flesh, bones, tendons, claws, nails, new food, old food, blood, sweat, heart, lungs, small intestine, large intestine, stomach, etc. I visualize the aggregates of 32 organs one by one. What is “I”? There is no “I.” Yet there are only visible parts. There is the physical body that cannot be touched, and the four mental bodies. There are the mind and the senses that are attached to these physical and mental bodies. There are many, many things. The material and material natures are doing their own work. They work, they disappear, and new ones come and disappear. They do not stop. Because the mind is weak, it cannot see everything at once. It only sees some. Often, we have to think about things we haven't seen and what we have read.

32 The aggregate of the Misunderstandings, misunderstandings, crying, laughing, supporting each other when someone is hurt... etc. There are many reactions depending on the thoughts and views. When someone dies, if they don't want them, they will be happy. If they want them, they will be very sad. In the end, I think, are those who are suffering competing with each other?

“I thought about it when I was about to die. My life was actually lived for others. People think that they live their lives for themselves. They think that way with their ego. No matter how egoistically they think, people do not live their lives for themselves. They live for others. What it means is that they live to impress others. They live to please others. This is the teaching of Sayadaw U Zaw Tika. Because of this teaching, I realized what was going on in my mind before I died. What have I prepared myself for my death? To what extent have I prepared myself? If I have not prepared myself yet, how will I prepare myself?

When you are about to die, don't think about how you have lived your whole life at the whim of others, and don't go through life with a heavy heart of regret, not letting go of this mind, not letting go of that mind. If you go through life with a heavy heart of attachment to external objects and feelings, not letting go of that mind,.....

There are many things to think about after the death of death. Just thinking about it now has already reduced my passions and ego considerably.

I have focused on the Buddha's pure mind.

I have developed love for all beings.

32 I have contemplated myself, the aggregate of form and name.

I have set my heart on death.

We have been away from the thoughts of passions that want to be a thousand times. We must carefully control the courage of this new mind. We must carefully guard and maintain it so that it can be passed on to the new mind that will arise. For this, we must make a small effort called viriya to keep it alive in our mind.

You will know the steps to strengthen the “sati viriya”. You will feel like getting up from bed. Get up. From stretching your body to bending, sitting, putting your feet on the bed, slowly standing up, putting up the mosquito net, folding the blanket, cleaning the bed with your hands, you will be aware of every touch. You will be aware of changing your face, going to the bathroom, walking along the corridor, entering the Buddha’s room, sitting in the posture of meditation for an hour and a half, and observing. During that time, observe all the physical and mental events that occur. Divide the number of merits you have made in the morning into equal parts.

Before going to work, be careful before saying what you should not say at work, be kind to the person you are talking to, and be compassionate and understanding towards everyone you come into contact with and interact with.

Be mindful of eating, drinking, big and small things. Be mindful of any kind of touch, whether you are driving or riding in a vehicle. Be mindful of coming, going, moving, getting up, sitting, taking things, putting things down, be mindful of everything you touch, be mindful of everything you say, be mindful of everything you do, be mindful of everything you eat, be mindful of everything you walk.