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Easy but Deep EP.20: How to Stop Pressing the Eyeballs — a teaching of Luang Por Dhammajayo, Wat Phra Dhammakaya on closing the eyes properly: the eyelids should touch gently, not squeezed tight, not pressing the inner corners, not pressing down on the eyeballs. Gentle eyelids show the mind is resting comfortably, not focusing too hard on the nimitta. Firmly shut eyelids mean we are pressing the eyeballs to look, causing stress and making us wrongly blame our merits. We must observe ourselves and adjust to the right method. YouTube ID fi3knzLKd40

Easy but Deep EP.21: Easy Is the Right Method — a teaching of Luang Por Dhammajayo, Wat Phra Dhammakaya that it is important to close your eyes properly; closing the eyes makes recalling the Buddha image easy. Don’t close with force, but let the eyes rest lightly, half-closed. The word "difficult" does not exist; it is so easy it reaches the easiest. If it becomes difficult, blocked and stuffy, rigid or tense, we are not doing it according to the true principles. YouTube ID pHVr-zQd9RA

Easy but Deep EP.19: Think and Speak of Refined Things, the Mind Becomes Refined — a teaching of Luang Por Dhammajayo, Wat Phra Dhammakaya that only a refined mind can reach refined things; if the mind is not refined it cannot enter. Throughout the day, in our thoughts, words, and actions, we must keep dwelling on refined things; if we think, speak, and do refined things and dwell on them, the mind becomes refined accordingly. YouTube ID KzQaqVxiQJ8

Easy but Deep EP.18: A Comfortable Mood, Don't Listen Passively — a teaching of Luang Por Dhammajayo, Wat Phra Dhammakaya on the importance of a comfortable mood: don't be so restless you forget to listen, don't listen passively, don't look down on simple advice. Make the mind calm, soft, gentle and mild, without paying attention to the bases. The comfortable mood comes by itself when we seek and desire nothing — just be still. YouTube ID wjUoQ3fB_SE

Easy but Deep EP.17: Mindfulness and Comfort — a teaching of Luang Por Dhammajayo, Wat Phra Dhammakaya that comfort is the heart of meditation practice; mindfulness and comfort must go together throughout the entire path, from the beginning to the final destination. When they go together, the mind easily comes to a standstill, and after the mind stops, to reach the inner Dhamma element one must keep the mood comfortable. YouTube ID F3eXdvcBhdw

Easy but Deep EP.16: The First Stop is the Hardest — a teaching of Luang Por Dhammajayo, Wat Phra Dhammakaya on why the first stop is difficult: we are not used to stopping the mind within, being used to stopping it outside, which is only mere amusement and not real happiness. To truly know the word happiness or reach its real meaning, the mind must come to a standstill; only then does this word appear. YouTube ID zy1SGivQOC0