Depending For Security Is A Constant Struggle

**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

To understand ourselves,

One must really observe the total movement of thoughts.

See clearly how the thoughts bring about the dependence,

The attachment.

And the very dependence and the attachment,

Perhaps is the thought activities.

And this modern life we are living is full of all kinds of dependence and attachment.

This materialistic world makes the attachment super easy,

Isn't it?

The mind is attached to all kinds of things,

All kinds of tiny things,

Small things.

And this attachment brings a lot of issues,

Sufferings.

Let me ask,

Why is one attached to something?

Why does one rely on something for a vote?

Does the attachment bring a sense of security,

A sense of certainty?

So the mind keeps searching something,

Keeps seeking something for a sense of stability,

Security,

Certainty.

And that process brings about the attachment.

The mind keeps seeking security,

But it rarely asks what is security?

Does security really exist or not?

Or it is merely an illusion?

The mind wants to be certain.

So this attachment brings a sense of security,

Which is very momentary,

Transitory,

Which is still a form of pleasure.

But when the mind is attached,

The mind begins to suffer because the neurons are resistant to it.

So the mind is looking for some new attachment to be detached from the old ones.

So the mind is moving from one who to another.

Always attachment,

Detachment,

Attachment,

Detachment,

Which manifests the struggle of living.

The mind even depends on drugs to alleviate the depression,

The pain,

Or whatever.

In that dependence,

The mind is encountering numerous issues from the dependence.