A Mind Able To Deal With Influence Is At Peace

**Note: If the mind is not really peaceful now, it might not be a perfect moment to listen to this podcast, be aware of the emotions or reactions that can block one from listenING ATTENTIVELY. This talk is a meditation practice. What one needs to do is listen attentively, without getting stuck in words, examine the mind in silence, no agree or disagree, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already a meditation practice. You are welcome to donate to help bring clarity to more people.

Transcript

To listen to your friends,

People around you,

To listen to the speaker,

To be able to verify whether it's right or wrong,

To really see the correctness or the falsification behind the statement.

The mind must be very quiet,

Very,

Very quiet.

To be able to verify whether it's right or wrong,

Whether it's true or false,

The mind must be able to examine itself,

Understand itself,

Observe itself.

Then such a mind doesn't rely on any external standards,

Criterion to judge.

For many people,

Probably most people only explain it.

They rarely,

Probably never,

Think inward.

They speak,

They judge,

Based on the standards they inherit from the culture,

From the ideology,

From the environment,

Which they never examine carefully.

So those people have spoken a lot of nonsense.

The content is totally impotent,

Meaningless,

Judgmental,

Biased,

And also very influential,

Polluting other people's mind if other people couldn't listen attentively.

So if one can really listen attentively,

One can listen without being caught up in verse,

At some time examine one's mind to verify whether it's true or not.

This means that the attentive listening can help one free from all kinds of influences,

Because the mind is listening,

Is observing,

Is really investigating,

Is able to see the real issues behind the verse,

So the mind can take wise actions.

Such a mind has no issues.