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Hi, my name is Simon Freeman, and I would like to share with you a wonderful experience that has had a profound effect on my life.
It happened while I was studying in America. News had spread around the University campus that there was to be a gathering in the sports stadium to hear a Tibetan monk tell us how to use Zen meditation to improve our ability to learn new information and remember it.
Most of the students, like myself, knew very little about Zen and had never tried meditation, and so we went along really out of curiosity.
After a while a very old Tibetan monk walked calmly out before us, introduced himself as Kamana Lasang, and then much to the astonishment of the huge crowd of onlookers, started singing. He was accompanied by two gaily dressed Tibetan women, one playing a flute as the other finger tapped a rhythm on drums.
Then Kamana began to dance. Slowly at first but then speeding up. It was rather like an energetic Greek or Russian folk dance. Everyone was spellbound, for Kamana was 78 years old, yet dancing with all the enthusiasm of a 17 year old. We really were astonished as he kept on and on with such vitality, energy and agility.
The music then slowed down but hardly pausing for breath Kamana went about persuading people from the audience to join him.
Soon there were about 28 young people out there trying to pick up the steps and join in the dance.
Gradually, as they were able to follow Kamana and move and kick in time with the music, the dance began to speed up. Faster and faster Kamana danced until it became a real frenzy.
Soon the pace got too much for some people and amid howls of laughter from friends ... they fell exhausted to the ground.
One by one they dropped out ... yet Kamana went on and on ... as strong as ever. Finally, Kamana held up the arm of the last remaining dancer ... and declared him the winner.
The crowd cheered noisily, and when silence returned Kamana spoke. `It is a great honor for me to be invited to talk to you today, for you are all the most important people in the world. You are important because you are the young generation, and so the future of the world is to be your responsibility. Your need for knowledge will be endless, yet every question answered will give rise to a hundred more questions.
But you do not have to travel alone. Over the past ages there have been those who`s thoughts and questions have been rewarded with flashes of inspiration. And it is sparks from bright minds that bring light to the rest of humanity, flashes to light up the darkness of the unknown.
It can be like someone holding a candle on a dark and dangerous path, and a little way ahead someone else holds a lighted candle ... and all along the path there are people holding candles ... helping us all to find our way forward by their light.
Some of you in your lifetime may have a wonderful thought and inspiration, some of you here today may light up the way for future generations.
Life in this age is highly competitive and you are under pressure to achieve more, earn more and learn more. And this will seem to be an impossible task. Lectures and studies to attend, revising for exams, learning new languages and trying to also enjoy some fun and friendship.
However, it is important for you to know that you are living on earth to attain spiritual development, and not to be merely a beast of burden, or a robot on the treadmill of some production line.
So I am pleased to show you how Zen meditation can enable you to clear your mind of self doubt, allowing you to think better, remember better, and so be able to enjoy life more.
But first, let me show you how you can make it much easier to remember things simply by forming associations and linking what needs to be remembered with visual images that are easy to recall.
See how easy it is to use your imagination.