Living At Present Is Peaceful & Free Of Influences

**Note: If the mind is not really peaceful now, it might not be a perfect moment to listen to this podcast, 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 a meditation practice.

Transcript

To live a life without being influenced. A life free from all kinds of influences is to live a life without any illusion, Without any fear. Thoughts create the illusions, Also breeds the fear. A mind which is living in thoughts is inevitably being influenced. We lack something, We dislike something, Which are both in the domain of thoughts, Which also implies there is an influence. And when we have liking or disliking, We can't observe, Because liking and disliking imply bias, Fearism, Preference. So to be free from the influence, The mind has to be neutral, Which means that the mind must drop the thoughts, Has no attachment to thoughts, No justification, Which is a form of liking, No condemnation, Which is a form of disliking. When the mind is still, The mind is not enslaved to thoughts, Therefore such a mind is not being influenced. And that's why meditating is to imitate the mind, Imitate the influence. So the mind is free from the illusion and see this moment. When the mind is living at the present, Such a mind is free, And such a mind is full of passion, Also compassion. Out of that, The mind has the affection, Has the love, Has the gentleness, And such life is beautiful, Like a flower with a sense. And this life is never devoid of meaning.