Self-Inquiry Is Essential For A Living Free Of Influences

**Note: If the mind is not really peaceful now, it might not be a perfect moment to listen to this podcast, 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 a meditation practice.

Transcript

To live life without inference is to look at ourselves objectively.

If we care about ourselves,

We can't really observe.

Because we have preference,

A fever,

A bias for ourselves,

We can't really observe objectively.

So to observe is to totally let go of the self-importance,

To really understand,

See clearly how those inferences are operating on us.

Out of that,

Clarity comes.

So with the advancement of the technology,

Now there are more and more information,

Which means that there are more and more subtle inferences.

To the speaker,

This world we are living in is becoming more and more dangerous,

Which requires a very strong sense of alertness,

So the mind won't be carried away by that.

Also the self-inquiry is becoming very essential,

Very necessary for each of us to live in this world peacefully.