Meditation Is A Serious Inquiry Into The Self, The Thoughts

**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

Life is a tremendous thing for each of us,

But for most of us thoughts take over it.

And such a vast field is the best to a fragment which adopts.

If one looks closely at the modern life one is living,

I mean one is very serious,

Very objective,

Very humble to see things as they are,

One must find out this modern life is merely some thoughts.

When thoughts go beyond this moment,

Thoughts are meaningless.

And when thoughts go beyond this moment,

We are no longer serious at all.

Thoughts can create all kinds of fantasies,

Theories,

Ideas,

All kinds of inventions that bring about pleasure,

Satisfaction,

Fulfillment,

Or a sense of connection,

Though it is a false one.

When thoughts are no longer pointing to what is,

Thoughts in empathy bring about illusions,

Confusions,

Isolations.

And look at this life we are living,

Full of absurdities,

Full of all kinds of meaningless things.

It all means that we are not serious about our life.

A living which is not serious leads to all kinds of issues.

So to understand the living,

The life,

We have to understand the limitation of thoughts,

The danger of a life merely based on thoughts.

Thoughts are never stable.

If a life is merely based on thoughts,

How can a life be stable?

And such a mind which is trapped in thoughts is always creating for security,

Stability,

The mental stability,

Emotional stability,

Whichever you call it.

It's the same issue with different forms.

We only feel the symptoms.

We don't really find out what is the cause.

Because life for most of us is so deeply conditioned to thoughts.

Even the thought of examining the thoughts can bring about a temporary fear.

Because our pleasure is so important to us in this turbulent world,

And examining the thoughts can also shake the pleasure.

So without understanding the thoughts thoroughly,

Life will be turbulent forever.

This is a hard fact.

So this journey which is called meditation is to seriously understand ourselves,

The thoughts,

And inquire whether it is possible to live a life where thoughts stay in the right place.

Which also means that can we really live a life seriously?

Well,

The word serious can be misleading.

It doesn't mean that I don't smile.

I always have a grim face over time.

That's not serious at all.

Seriousness means the attitude is very serious.

The mind is very eager to find out what is the truth.

What is the truth of living?

Such a serious living leads to peace and joy.

It means there will be more laughter in life.

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