The Impossible -- Seeking Security From Thoughts

**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 a meditation practice.

Transcript

See the change of the mind when you are doing nothing,

No judgment,

No justification,

No condemnation.

When one could witness it independently,

That observance bring about the certainty about how the mind works.

It's different from the certainty,

The me,

The self is always seeking.

When the me is active,

When the life is purely in thoughts,

The mind is always seeking.

Seeking certainty,

Seeking security from all kinds of things in terms of thoughts.

So someone try to find the security from a belief,

From a faith,

Or from an idea,

A theory.

But all of those products are thoughts.

Thoughts are never stable.

It comes and goes.

It is so changeable.

If the thoughts stay,

Which is the attachment to some images,

Ideas,

Thoughts,

The mind will encounter issue immediately.

Because when the thoughts stay,

Which means that the mind is conforming to a pattern,

But the neurons are always refusing to conform to a pattern,

Which means that as long as the thoughts stay,

The mind will be into the conflict,

Which will show in different forms of mental challenges.

So how can one find security from thoughts?

The mind is so craving for security.

But life is full of all kinds of subtle fear.

When the mind is seeking security,

Safety from thoughts,

The security never arrives.

Because the thoughts is always changing.

If the thoughts stay,

The conflict comes.