Being Personal, The Mind Is Trapped In its Illusion

**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. Listening to 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

In this relationship,

The sifika is a mirror so you can look into to see what you are actually,

To see the egocentric behaviors,

To see all kinds of tendencies.

And through this mirror,

You see yourself clearly and we see each other clearly.

But if you don't see the mirror,

Just regard the mirror as a thing you want to possess and then the process of being personal starts.

For example,

You may have a taste for Asian people automatically classifying the speaker as the Asian people because his accent,

Outlook and whatever.

So you want to make friends with Asian people because Asian people are less confrontational and more tolerating than your peers.

And this brings about an extra image about the speaker.

And most of your life,

Your behavior is based on people's negative reaction to act or not act.

So the mind misinterprets this as something permissive.

And the mind wants to go further,

To seek pleasure from it.

Because the mind may find a sense of warmth or feel well treated.

And when the mind is doing this,

Being personal starts.

And the mind is taking pleasure from it,

It's pursuing it.

And the mind wants more and more fun experience.

Because this experience brings about a lot of pleasure.

And the very doing so,

The mind stops observing itself.

When the mind is really observing itself,

The mind can't be personal at all.

If the mind is really observing,

The mind will find that the speaker assumes the Asian outlook,

But he's not belonging to any nationalities,

Any groups.

But the mind is already trapped in its own images,

Thoughts,

Preferences,

And begins to seek for its own self fulfillment,

Satisfaction.

So all of this is a broken one,

Seeing things actually,

And the mind is trapped in its personal experience.

Therefore,

The mind ceases inquiring and understanding.

It is merely trapped in its own illusions to seek,

And the speaker becomes your personal friend.

But actually,

It's the image that you form about the speaker is the friend you mean,

Which has nothing to do with the speaker in actuality.