Catch It Quick | Alex P #14 | 2.9.22

Alex and Dhammarato discuss new skills of being in the present by paying attention happily and developing wisdom. See the video version of this call on YouTube. ►YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4qGaqSqyE0 Find the full video chats on the Dhammarato Dhamma YouTube channel. ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DhammaratoDhamma Weekly Sangha calls, everyone is welcome! ►The Sangha US - https://join.skype.com/uyYzUwJ3e3TO ►The Sangha UK - https://join.skype.com/w6nFHnra6vdh To meet Dhamma friends or volunteer to help spread the Dhamma, join our discord. ►Discord - https://discord.gg/epphTGY To unite the growing interest in Buddhism with the hundreds of Buddhist wats in the West, we are in the process of starting the Open Sangha Foundation. If you want to learn more or volunteer to help, join the discord link above and navigate to the "open-sangha" text channel. We are in the process of timestamping and organizing the 1000+ Dhammarato skype calls on this channel. If you would like to help with the process, find more information here - https://bit.ly/3H1EWSA What do the numbers in the title mean? The number by the name of the student indicates the total amount of recorded calls with Dhammarato. The date in the title indicates the date the call was recorded. 00:00 What’s not here right now? 03:23 Doubt: is this good enough? 09:43 Come and join the joy 15:14 Dispersion: pay attention to what you’re doing now 22:29 Metta: change unwholesome thoughts by attention on the present 25:27 Piti-sukha and a new skill to be developed 33:15 Back to basics; joy as an anchor 40:51 Sukha to upekkha 45:49 Begin to notice how many thoughts are self-referential 47:53 Practice getting out of the ditch; slipping without falling 51:34 Dukkha declines in importance 53:32 Get out of your frame of reference: the map is not the territory