Egoism Is The Violence Taking Place All Over The World

**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

If one feels this wall has nothing to do with one,

Why is being violent?

Because one doesn't really observe oneself,

Doesn't really see the violence in oneself.

In this egocentric world,

The ego is in its own deception or illusion that it is in peace.

But as you note,

The ego itself is violence.

The aggression,

The avarice,

The jealousy,

The self-assertion,

The comparing,

Imitating,

Conforming,

Judging,

Excluding,

Competing.

This egosynchronic mind is always violent,

Always creating conflicts.

In the past century,

There is the First World War,

Second World War,

And many other wars on its planet.

There are so many killings for the name of all kinds of nonsensical ideologies.

And up to now,

Have we really changed?

All this kind of violence is being hidden by the pleasure-seeking.

This world,

This civilization is trapped in pleasure to make the violent mind happy.

And in the day living,

There is endless conflict,

Clashes between the egos,

Between the selves,

Between different people,

All within oneself.

There's endless struggle,

Utter isolation,

And we are totally disconnected.

And pleasure becomes the common interest.

So we can do together for the pleasure.

We can be violent together for the pleasure.

Look at this global capitalism.

Look at this commercial life,

Which is based on the exploitation to sustain this pleasure-seeking.

This kind of economical global expansion is a form of violence,

Isn't it?

The mind is craving,

The mind is desiring,

The mind is wanting.

And this way of life,

This civilization is conditioned deeply on this commercialism.

And this conditioning is a violence.

And this kind of egoism is very influential,

Because this self-centered view is convenient.

If the mind doesn't really think carefully,

The mind can easily accept this nonsense.

And this kind of Western way of living is so influential for the same reason.

This capitalism sweeps off the whole world,

And while monetizing,

Profiting,

The mind sustains this loop of pleasure-seeking.

And the self,

The ego,

Is unaware of this.

And this is the violence taking place of the world.