The Self Just Wants Certainty In Its Isolation, Not Trust

**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, no agree or disagree, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already a meditation practice.

Transcript

When the mind is living with me,

The mind is me.

Me is the mind.

In the me world,

What's the relation between you and me?

Or do we really have relation at all?

I have the image about you and you have the image about me.

The relation between you and me is actually the relationship between the images.

We don't see each other at all.

Because the mind is always holding the images about others,

Creating a wall,

A filter between you and me.

So when we are living in thoughts,

We have no relation at all.

We are oscillated by me,

By thoughts,

By this concept.

We don't see each other at all.

Then to believe somebody is the desire to be certain,

To be confirmed.

The mind is seeking an image from which the mind wants certainty.

Or else the mind feels uncertain,

Shaken,

Turbulent.

So this belief is driven by that desire,

By a mind which is trapped in thoughts,

The me for such a mind,

For such a life.

When talking about trust,

What is actually taking place is the desire to be certain,

To feel confirmed.

Where is the trust?

Oh,

This trust is only a self-deception.

I don't even see you.

How can I trust you?

I only have the image about you and I want to have another image about you so I can feel certain.

That's what is taking place all over the world,

Right?

So there are all kinds of exhibitionism to show how trustworthy I am,

To create an image to impress you,

To make you feel that I'm really trustworthy.

From the politics to the business,

Even to the education,

All kinds of certificate is everywhere.

It is all the evidence that the world which is trapped in the me,

In the self,

Is seeking certainty.

People don't see each other at all.

I have to see you through your certificate,

Through your degree,

Through all kinds of measurements,

But I don't see you at all.