An Unserious Life Is Conforming & Imitating

**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

Now,

Let's gather all the energy together to inquire together.

The energy is being visited,

Dissipated all the time by thoughts,

Endless thoughts,

Numerous thoughts,

Ideas,

Imaginations.

To inquire,

To understand ourselves is to really gather this energy together.

So we have this intensity to understand,

Eagerness to find out what is living,

What is life.

So this very seriousness is gathering the energy.

Else,

The life is not serious at all.

And indeed,

Most people's life is not serious.

Living serious is not to have a grim face,

But the attitude is very serious.

Such a mind is very sensitive,

Eager to find out what is true,

What is false.

In that exploration and inquiry,

The mind has different quality.

And only this life,

Which is living with care,

With intensity,

With this sense of urgency can come upon the truth of living.

Else,

The mind is being carried away by thoughts all the time.

The mind is always competing,

Always conforming,

Always imitating.

And this whole world is trapped in the mainstream.

Each of us is totally responsible for this mainstream.

If the mind is never conforming,

Never imitating,

There is no such thing called mainstream.

But because the mind is so conforming,

So imitating,

This mainstream becomes a ghost,

An invisible hand that pushes everybody.