Meditation Is To Have The Urgency To Live At Present

**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, nor agree or disagree, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already a meditation practice.

Transcript

Look around this world, The media, Found the politics, Ideology, Rumors, Comments, Views, Opinions. This world is becoming more and more dangerous. There are so many influences. If one can't really stand alone, Stay clear, The mind must be trapped in all kinds of influences. It is cruel, Isn't it? You can't stand on two boats, Either you stay away from the influences or you are influenced. So that's why for each of us who is really serious in turning inward, In understanding ourselves, We have to feel this urgency. The life is really in urgency. So to meditate is to have this urgency, To feel urgent, To change, To transform, To end the chaos. And this urgency only comes when the mind is clear. See it clearly, See the danger of the thoughts, The influences, All kinds of verbal things. Feel the absolute necessity to live fully at this moment. So the life can go on really at this moment. The mind is no longer propelled by thoughts, Which are the ambitions, Motivations. The mind is driven by the feelings of the urgency, The passion, The affection. When the mind can really perceive this moment, Perceive the danger in that perception, Which is free from the distortion of the thoughts, The urgency arrives.