Thoughts Are Always Fragmented, Creating Numerous Divisions

**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

Those themselves are fragments.

Those are part of the brain,

Some neuron loops running in some regions of the brain.

The running of those neuron paths implies that it is a local activity,

Which further implies it is division.

Because only a small part of the neuron paths are running in contrast with the total mind.

And some people want to imbibe more information,

More ideas,

Want to have more neuron paths running in the head,

Which is called the self-expansion.

But no matter how hard one tries to expand it,

Compared to the total mind,

It's still a small part.

The consequence is an over-activated mind,

Which can go easily crazy.

The thoughts are always fragmented.

Look at politics.

Nowadays,

The views are more and more divided.

Because this information explosion,

Everybody is exposed to all kinds of subtle inferences.

Why the internet?

Why all kinds of media?

All kinds of nonsensical views,

Opinions.

Naturally,

The mind is becoming more and more divided,

Which shows in all kinds of political activities.

All those fragments lead one to nowhere.

The mind feels miserable in its state,

Fragmented by thoughts,

Ideas.

If the mind seeks solutions,

Actually the mind is trapped from one fragment to another.

Can we empty the mind,

Clear the fragments in one go?

Or else the mind is trapped in all kinds of fragments forever.