The Mind Trapped In Fragments Is Narrow And Petty

**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.

Listening to this talk is meditation. What one needs to do is listen attentively, without being stuck in words, examine the mind in silence, no agree or disagree, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already part of true meditation.

Transcript

The mind is always trapped in all kinds of thoughts,

Ideas,

Fantasies,

Illusions.

And most of all,

The mind is very limited,

Very petty.

All behaviors are driven by all kinds of reactions.

The behaviors come from a thought.

Living in this way,

The mind can't respond to the question adequately.

At each moment,

There are all kinds of issues popping up.

But the mind which is trapped in conclusions,

Ideas,

Philosophies,

Views,

Cannot see the question,

The problem clearly.

Therefore,

It can't respond to the issues adequately.

And more and more issues are accumulated.

And this is most people's life.

To understand ourselves is to see this inadequacy clearly.

The mind always functions locally to a small fragment where our personal appearance are built up.

And this world is trapped in numerous fragments.

Each of us is not only divided by those fragments.

Also,

The tremendous conflicts within oneself are also performed through those fragments,

Which are all thoughts.

Being trapped in a fragment,

The mind has a very narrow scope.

The experience is only limited to that small fragment.

And out of that fragment,

There is self-protection.

There is translation,

Interpretation,

According to one's very limited,

Narrow experience.

And everyone who is living in fragments is doing the same.

There are numerous self-productions,

Numerous conflicts.

The mind is confused because it receives different things from different people,

According to their own very little,

Incomplete experience.

And we stay away from each other,

Stay aloof,

Because we are all living in fragments.

We never treat life totally.

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This was right on target