A Mind Able To Listen Attentively Is A Clear Mind

**Note: If the mind is not really peaceful now, it might not be a perfect moment to listen to this podcast, one has to 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.

Transcript

A mind that is listening attentively is a clear mind.

Confusion comes out of listening inattentively or to the reactions to the verse,

The thoughts.

When the thoughts pop up,

When the mind is trapped in all kinds of narratives,

The mind can't listen.

The mind translates what it hears according to its conditioning,

Its assumptions,

Its conclusion,

Its preference,

Its idiosyncrasies.

Everything has been distorted by this filtering,

By this screening.

So to be able to listen attentively,

The mind must make no judgment,

No justification,

No contamination,

Just observe,

Just see.

The mind stays with the problem,

Stays with the suffering,

Remains with it.

Never escape,

Never avoid,

Never run away from it,

Just remain with it.

To really see the problem clearly,

To end the confusion,

When the confusion is gone,

The problem is also gone.

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