Human Activities Are Self- Expansion Out Of Self- Isolation

**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 part of true meditation.

Transcript

Nothing is more important than this moment.

The mind is always going to somewhere,

Other places.

This moment,

Can we come back to this moment truly?

This coming back is not through the control or any imagination.

But via this deep awareness,

Being aware of the movement of thoughts.

In that deep awareness,

The mind returns to this moment.

Our life is always at this moment.

Our existence is always at this moment.

But the mind is so into the thoughts,

Images,

Illusions,

Ideas,

Fantasies.

In that trapping,

The mind simply loses the connection with this moment.

Without the connection with this moment,

The mind is in isolation.

You and me are separated,

Are divided.

Via the language,

Via the culture,

Via the tradition,

Via the nationalism,

All kinds of things.

And this world has taken the separation for granted already.

All these social activities are functioning on the basis of separation.

But we rarely examine whether it is right or not to be separated,

To be divided.

Without really examining it,

We accept this division.

I look around this world,

All kinds of human activities are propelled by this utter isolation.

Though we say we have ambition,

We make efforts,

We want to achieve something.

But all those are the excuse for this utter isolation.

So there is self-expansion.