A Quiet Mind That Is Observing Itself Is Free Of Influence

**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 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 a meditation practice.

Transcript

To live a life without those inferences can be very challenging Which requires a huge amount of meditation,

Self-inquiry to observe all those subtle inferences Many of the behaviors are creating all kinds of mental challenges Which bring about sufferings That's why people are confused when they suffer They couldn't find out what is going wrong Because the mind is conditioned on that There is no awareness of the mind that can notice the things that is abnormal But the mind feels normal Meditation is to observe and therefore drop the inference So the mind can stay alone In that aloneness,

The mind perhaps can come upon what is compassion What is love What is the actions that come out of the compassion,

The affection for others Not through the inferences from all kinds of ideas,

Thoughts This also means that the mind has to be still Can we have our mind still,

Quiet,

Without any control So we can live a life healthy,

Sin,

Peaceful and joyful This means that we have to observe what is going on,

On the mind at each moment Through our relationship with others,

Through the contact with others,

Interaction with others The things we are reading,

The images we are seeing,

All kinds of advertisements,

All kinds of information The mind has to be alert to observe how the mind reacts to it