Living In Thoughts, There Is Fear, There Is Panic

**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, and just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already part of true meditation.

Transcript

For most people on this planet,

Life is totally trapped by thoughts.

Thoughts have permeated into almost every corner of the living.

Egoism,

Individualism,

Commercialism,

Consumerism are all the product of thoughts.

Thoughts are infinitely divisive,

Creating endless and numerous fragments.

A life trapped in thoughts is fragmentary,

Being divided by thoughts all the time.

Bringing about numerous conflicts,

Contradictions,

Therefore confusions.

In face of these conflicts and divisions,

The mind is totally confused.

The mind suffers with all kinds of challenges,

From these so-called personal issues to the so-called societal issues.

Though there's no difference between the personals and the societals,

Which are both fundamental issues of the mind.

So you see,

This division created by the thoughts is a bottomless hole,

Trapping the mind endlessly,

Creating such a disordered life.

The mind is restless because the mind has numerous divisions.

Those divisions bring about this movement of thoughts,

Which are extreme,

Changeable,

Conflicting.

And such a mind is living in fear,

Where there are thoughts,

There's fear.

And such a life is inevitably in panic.

People panic in different ways,

For different things,

Different content of the thoughts,

But the mind is panicking.