Pleasure And Fear Brings About The Me, The Self

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. **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.

Transcript

Inquiring in the self seriously is to observe at each moment the total moment of thoughts.

To be able to observe,

The me must be totally absent,

Else the me is translating into an illusion,

See things through his own opinions,

Assumptions,

And out of fear,

The me couldn't really see things as they are.

Where there's me,

There's only self-deception.

As long as there's self-deception,

The mind couldn't really observe because the mind is deceiving itself.

What is the point of deceiving myself?

For what?

Isn't it because the mind,

The me,

Always wants pleasure,

Create full pleasure as an escape?

In that pursuit of pleasure,

The mind must deceive itself.

To understand the self thoroughly is also to understand this whole dynamics of me.

Is that possible for one to put aside the me to really observe myself truly?

Which means that one must put aside all the pleasures,

We don't deny it,

But put aside all the pleasure things to look objectively.

If there is either pleasure or fear,

The mind couldn't observe objectively.

Unless the pleasure and fear is totally irrelevant,

Then the mind can really observe what is actually going on on the mind.