Body And Mind Are One

**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.

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

To meditate is to understand the duality,

The influence of it on each corner of life,

And live a life totally,

Wholly.

Another famous division which privately exists in people's consciousness is the body and mind.

Because in the Western philosophy,

People tend to think that body and mind are different,

And now people think,

Oh,

They are connected.

But still,

The mind thinks that body and mind are different.

Body and mind are two concepts.

And we use that body to point to the physical body,

And the mind is something inside the head.

That's the superficial definition of it.

If one really inquires into this,

To observe this,

One may find that the body is the mind.

The mind is the body.

They both confine the neuron system.

They are the neuron system.

The neuron system creates the feeling of the body,

And also creates the mind where the emotional thoughts are functioning.

Body and mind are all part of the neuron system.

They are the one.

But if we regard body and mind as different,

As something separate,

Then this division itself creates the conflict,

Which inevitably brings about confusion about life.

And nowadays,

People are overthinking a lot.

The thought activities are more than the body activities,

And this enhances this division.

In the Western civilization,

The egoism,

The individualism,

Is all to this division.