Blaming Brings About Suffering

**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, no agree or disagree, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already a meditation practice.

Transcript

The very blame itself re-enhance the ego,

The self,

The me,

With all the reactions,

Conflicts,

Emotions around the self,

Around the me.

Look around this world from all kinds of media,

They are all kinds of blaming on each other.

Sometimes one country condemns the other country.

Sometimes one person criticizes the other person.

And in many moments,

People are blaming themselves.

All of this creating all kinds of bitterness,

All kinds of issues of the mind.

In that blaming,

The mind delivers very conflicting energy,

Which can drive a lot of behaviors in real life.

Such energy is very destructive.

In that state,

The mind is turbulent,

Chaotic.

The mind is trapped in tremendous suffering.

So to understand,

To really end the self-centered activities,

The concept of me,

One has to understand the consequence of blaming.

Such a strong habit,

Pattern,

The mind is trapped in.