Dependence Brings An Easy But Also Dangerous Life

**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

When the mind is conditioned to me,

The mind is already conditioned to the thought that me is the first,

Then everything follows,

Because this perception has been distorted by the me.

But when one sets aside the me now to really observe the mind without being the observer,

Just look,

One will find out for sure The process of depending and relying creates the illusion of me.

Not me first and this depending second,

And then the drugs,

Medicine,

Or other things become the third.

This perception,

Like this,

Is an illusion.

So it is a unitary process.

But every time we talk about it,

The verse has the order,

First,

Second,

Third,

And so on.

This brings about a misperception.

So to understand,

To observe,

One must set aside everything,

The verbal things,

The me,

Everything,

Just feel,

Look,

Observe,

Learn.

To see in person this subtle but extremely important process,

That is,

When the mind is depending,

The mind creating the me,

The illusion which is called the me.

So without tackling this dependence,

This attachment,

Any methods or practices border on self-deception.

Physically,

One must depend on water,

Food,

And other necessary things to survive.

But mentally,

Why does one depend?

For what?

To live such a miserable life?

To depend is very easy,

Isn't it?

This society offers all kinds of things you can depend,

But unfortunately,

It becomes a trap,

Which conditions all the human beings on its planet.

Such an easy life is born out of this dependence.

But the danger is also born out of it.