A Mind Conditioned To Thoughts Is Confused About The Issues

**Note: Truth does not always sound pleasant. 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 and with HUMILITY. This talk is a meditation practice. What one needs to do is listen attentively, without getting stuck in words, examine the mind in silence, not agree or disagree, and just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already part of true meditation.

Transcript

When the mind is living in thoughts,

The mind is inevitably in illusion.

Thoughts bring about all kinds of illusion,

And unfortunately,

Most people are living in thoughts.

This world,

This civilization,

Is merely based on the thoughts.

The commercialism,

The consumerism,

Are mainly the consciousness activities of this civilization.

The life is extremely personal,

Egocentric,

And this personal life and the egocentric state of the mind is illusion.

Everyone is living in their own self-isolation,

Its own illusion.

And this world is drifting apart with numerous divisions,

Conflict,

And contradictions.

Such conflict between different self-isolation is huge.

The hurt is deep.

The ego has accumulated numerous hurt.

It's all kinds of issues,

Challenges.

This is the consequence of the living in thoughts.

Without understanding the limits of the thoughts,

The mind must be afflicted with the thoughts.

Thoughts have permeated into almost every corner of living.

This mental construct of the society is based on thoughts,

Based on the egos,

The concept of the self.

From shopping to work,

From school to home,

Thoughts are everywhere.

And the mind is so easily conditioned to them,

And such life is easy.

But when the mind encounters challenges,

The mind is inevitably confused about the issues.