If One Does Not Observes Oneself, There Is No Understanding

**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

The perception has been totally distorted by this super individualistic thinking The egoism,

The commercialism,

All kinds of hidden desires,

Cravings,

Utter selfishness This distorted perception has made the mind lose the humanity,

The connection with this moment Humanity only exists at this moment And there's a tremendous suffering due to this division,

Endless division,

And conflict within,

Between people And we still want to solve the symptom,

Want to find out the solution to the symptom Without any interest to go deep,

To understand,

To really inquire,

To find out what is really wrong Why is the mind so divided,

So fragmented,

So petty?

You can't find the answer from reading a book or observing others Because the outward behaviors is the consequence of the very complicated inner thought processes You can't judge people merely by their outward behavior Unless you really observe yourself,

Inquire into yourself To understand your own tendencies,

Your own idiosyncrasies,

Your own habits Else you just accept all kinds of theories designed by other people,

All kinds of specialists,

Or whatever And most of us refuse to observe themselves Because it is hard,

It is difficult,

There's all kinds of reactions to the self which blocks one from going deep So in this world,

People keep talking about others,

But they really talk about themselves honestly What they are talking about is merely out of vanity,

Disguise But it needs tremendous energy to examine the hidden desire,

The hidden motives,

The hidden tendencies of the mind Without doing so,

We can't really understand why this world is so divided,

It's so separated We can feel angry,

We can feel aggressive,

Lonely,

But we can't perceive this utter oscillation directly Unless we look at ourselves objectively