A Mind That Does Not Depend Has No Self-Deception

**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, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already part of true meditation.

Transcript

To live a life without the mental dependence,

One has to be alone.

It's a practical challenge because this culture is constructed in a very dependent way.

Everyone is dependent on the society without really understanding what is a society.

Such dependence creates numerous ghosts.

And in that dependence,

The mind is controlled by something that doesn't really exist.

To stand alone is to really understand how this dependence creates such a world,

Such a society.

In that scene clearly,

The mind acts to stand alone.

It doesn't mean that nobody is around you,

But mentally,

One is totally alone,

Free from all the inferences.

And this whole journey of ending the fear by living a life free from any mental dependence.

To stand alone is the meditation in an authentic sense.

When the mind is free of all those dependence mentally,

The mind has no fear.

The mind is really alive.

And in that state,

The mind is full of action.

In that action,

The mind is changing its environment to continue keeping away the fear.

Because in that life,

Which is full of action,

There's no space for the illusion to kick in.

Illusion only comes in when the mind is depending.

To depend means that the mind is creating the self-deception,

Which is illusion.

To live a life free from any kind of mental dependence is to live a life without any self-deception.

And that life itself is security.

It's not a theory or idea,

And you must find out all by yourself.