Pleasure Blocks Objective Observation

**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

When most secretly thoughts breed fear.

As long as the mind is trapped in thoughts,

Fear is inevitable.

Being trapped in thoughts means that the mind mistakes the thoughts as true.

And that misinterpretation brings about this tremendous fear that the mind can't escape.

Unless the mind says,

Oh,

It's only thoughts,

It's not true at all.

When the mind is seeing what is,

That is,

Thoughts are thoughts,

Then the fear is dissipated immediately.

Please do it in your life to see it whether this is the case or not.

Simply negate thoughts.

Negate thoughts doesn't mean that one breaks away from thoughts brutally,

But one understands the essence of thoughts.

Thoughts have no reality whatever in the actual life.

Even clearly the nature of thoughts is the negation of the thoughts.

But why don't you negate thoughts?

Why do you still hold the hope for thoughts?

Isn't it because pleasure?

Because thoughts give you all kinds of pleasure,

All kinds of satisfaction,

All kinds of fulfillment.

And you have interest in it,

Right?

The vested interest in it.

That's why you can't negate it.

The mind refuses to see the nature of thoughts because pleasure is there.

But to see what is,

The mind must be able to perceive pleasure and fear always go hand in hand.

You can't keep one and leave another.

That's an illusion.

But for a mind which is into the pleasure,

This is not an illusion.

Right?

A mind always wants to seek pleasure and always wants to avoid fear,

Pain.

But all of them are the product of thoughts.

And why are you doing so?

It's a struggle.

It's a constant struggle which leads one to nowhere.

To inquire together now,

You and I must observe this objectively.

If you have this vested interest in thoughts because of pleasure,

And you refuse to look at it objectively,

We don't condemn pleasure.

But can we set aside all the pleasurable thoughts,

Ideas,

Just look at thoughts as they are?

Yes.

Okay.