July 28, 2546 B.E.
Once You Can Keep Your Mind Still,You Will Be Hooked.
Fifteen days have gone past since the start of this Rains-Retreat which has been designated as the season for attaining the Dhamma or the Dhammakaya. It is the season for performing wholesome deeds because the weather is rather good. The rain may cause some people to catch a cold. But it is better than being too hot or too cool.
Our Master Nun, Khun Yai Chandra Khonnokyoong, was really partial to the rainy season. She said that it was not too hot or too cool, therefore, suitable for beginning practitioners who are still affected by the weather.
But for the accomplished practitioners, the weather plays no role at all because their mind is permanently fixed to the center of their body. No physical movements, not even a somersault can cause their mind to move from the center of their body. It is like a shirt that one has on, it stays on one's person whether one is jumping or doing a somersault. It is like
one's nose which stays in place whether one is jumping around or doing a somersault.
For an accomplished practitioner of Vijja Dhammakaya, the weather,the time, the topography mean nothing. But these things still matter for beginning practitioners whose mind is not yet fixed to the center of their body. It is still going every which way. However, if one can keep one's mind still just once, one will be hooked. Nothing can be better than fixing one's mind to the center of one's body at all times. There, one will experience brightness, happiness, joy and cheerfulness.
