This is a YouTube video titled "The Enjoyment Of Being" containing a monologue or talk from July 12, 2013, focusing on mindfulness and the sensory experience of interacting with everyday objects. The speaker guides the audience to pay close attention to the sensations and presence of ordinary items, encouraging a deeper appreciation of the present moment. The content is reflective and instructional in nature, without indication of multiple speakers or a conversational format.
And see what happens when you pay attention to the way in which you interact with objects every minute of the day. You pick something up, you put something down, you unbutton your shirt, you take off your shoes, you lift this, put this there, open your zipper, back, you look inside, take something out. Can you feel it as you take it out? Can you feel the texture of that? And then you put it on the table. It makes a sound as you put it on the table. And then you have a glass of water and the light is reflected in it and it moves. Perhaps you drink and it tastes and you put it down again. And then you look at a familiar object. And instead of using it always as a means to an end, here you have the luxury of occasionally just taking an ordinary object that you handle every day and just for a few seconds, give it attention and acknowledge its being just as that, as that object, just feel it, see it as it makes a noise as you put it down. And again you bring in sense perceptions. Getting dressed in the morning, putting pants on, they make a noise as you put them on a little bit, listen, do things. You pick up the toothpaste, you hold it for a moment open, put the cap on the sink, click. And then turn on the tap. And then while you brush your teeth, you turn off the tap because you don't want to waste water. But that's not part of the exercise. That's natural thing. And you can actually begin to like and to enjoy the tiniest things around you that would normally be completely overlooked. So the way in which you interact with the world of objects and that brings a richness into your life that doesn't depend on how many objects you own. You don't need to own them to interact with them. And so here you acknowledge their beingness. And sometimes you might just put your hand, as I'm doing now. Here's a table, it's wood. And I'm putting my hand on it. And for a moment I feel the smooth texture surface of this table. And it feels very pleasant. But I don't need the mind to tell me that I can sense that. And the strange thing is, even so called, inanimate objects in a strange way have a life of their own.
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