The Cunning Mind Is Escaping From The Fact Into Ideas

**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

This self-inquiry is to find out what is really true.

What's the self?

What's the ego?

Does the self exist as a fact or as an illusion?

This requires a mind with tremendous observation and diligence to penetrate the wall created by the ego,

By the self,

To understand the nature of the self,

To find out the fact,

The hard fact,

That the ego,

The self,

Is an illusion.

Is it a fact,

Or does the mind see the fact actually?

Do you see the fact actually?

Or the mind is translating this fact into an idea?

I think this is the speaker's thought.

The very translation means that the mind doesn't see its fact.

It is another thought to such a mind.

To really see the fact,

One must see clearly,

Pay close attention to this issue.

The mind is automatically translating,

Making the fact into an idea.

So the mind is still escaping from the fact,

Avoiding the fact,

Continuing deceiving itself.

To see this fact actually,

The mind must get all the energy to look.

There's no translation,

There's no interpretation,

But just give full attention to it.

In that full attention,

The self,

The ego,

Is totally absent,

And the mind is able to see the fact actually.

Else,

The ego is always translating according to its own conditioning,

Projection.

So no matter what the speaker says here,

The mind is always translating in a cunning way to avoid seeing the facts.