Ask A Monk: Self-Consciousness and Courage

"Dear Brother Yuttadhammo, I am 17 years old and have been inspired by your methods of meditation. Can I use meditation to help deal with constant stress, anxiety, and self consciousness to be more courageous and more at peace with myself?"

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Self-Consciousness
• Self-Esteem
• Courage
• Enlightenment
• Spiritual
• Heart
• Love
• Awakening
• Meditation
• Dharma
• Teaching
• Consciousness
• Development
• Growth
• Freedom
• Samadhi
• Path
• Wisdom
• Ego
• Practice
• Reality
• Happiness
• Nirvana
• Peace
• Mindfulness
• Awaken
• Balance
• Healing
• Insight
• Buddha
• Buddhism
• Buddhist
• Dhamma
• Harmony
• Wellness
• Vipassana
• Religion
• Spirituality
• Truth
• Ajaan
• Ajarn
• Ajahn
• Monk
• Phra
• Noah
• Yuttadhammo

[Globox822]

these videos deserve more views, but instead people watch Justin Bieber and other nonsense that waste their life.

[yuttadhammo]

@Globox822 thanks for the vote of confidence... feel free to promote these videos any way you can. It seems like a lot of people viewing them as it is, though... my videos get almost 2,000 views a day, and that's steadily increasing all the time. Nothing compared to Justin Beiber, tho :)

[mindsmattered]

What is the relationship between mind and matter? You can change the mind though physical means (the classic example is Phineas Gage, the man who changed dramatically after having a metal pipe go through his head and damaging some of his brain). We can change the mind with drugs - so how can the mind be non-physical if it can be affected by physical things?

[yuttadhammo]

@mindsmattered how can matter be physical if it can be affected by mental things? The problem is you are looking at the issue from a dualist vs. reductionist point of view. It is better to look at it from an experiential POV, where phenomena can have both physical and mental aspects to them. Every phenomenon has the potential to affect future phenomenon; some phenomena have both mental and physical aspects, some just mental, and some just physical. This is all empirically verifiable.

[lukuleles]

I think you need to change one of your tags, i.e. elf-consciousness. This tag is bringing up related vids like "a night elf tribute" on the side bar related vids. : )

don't get to elf-consciousness about it though.

[yuttadhammo]

@lukuleles Thanks, I bet the elves are confused :)

[calle899]

@Globox822 i was thinking the exact same thing.

[wikramanayake2011]

can parents love their chidren and not show attacment? shouldn't they show how special their are [to their children] If only you do your duty to them there won't be any warmth extended to them?

[OnyxMarigold]

I love your energy!!

[HaHoTaT]

Is the sex bad for meditation, spill of energy?

[gerry2345]

That's a very good reply....