Pleasure Destroys The Joy Of Living

**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

Why it's so difficult for one to observe thoughts?

Is that really difficult technically?

Or because the mind has this vested interest in thoughts?

The pleasure,

Right?

For most people,

Pleasure becomes extremely important for one's life.

But pleasure is also the product of thoughts.

And when the mind is encountering issues,

The mind is seeking pleasure from thoughts to run away.

So you see,

The mind is always interacting with thoughts,

And at the same time,

Thoughts keep creating numerous issues.

Are you willing to give up the pleasure from thoughts?

Please don't misunderstand it.

The very giving up the pleasure saves the joy of living.

In other words,

The pleasure itself destroys the joy of living.

To really observe the thoughts,

The nature of it is to understand the nature of it.

To really observe how one thinks,

Speaks,

And behaves in one's daily living.

Through that objective observation,

One begins to understand oneself.

One's reactions,

One's behaviors,

One's tendencies,

Idiosyncrasies.

So this inquiry is always total.

The problem like anxiety,

Fear,

Worry,

Or panic is related to the total issues of the human mind.

When the mind is being understood by itself,

All the issues are gone.

Or else the mind keeps solving the issues and creating new issues.

But this must be observed by each of us actually.

Because this conversation between you and the speaker is not theoretical or verbal.

It has the actual meanings in the living.

But it depends both sides to go beyond the verse to see all of these issues actually.

Not verbally,

But actually.

Only then,

A real journey,

Which is called meditation,

Starts.