To Understand Oneself Is To Actually See The Me Is Empty

**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

Most of us mistake the verse as a thing,

Because the mind has already identified itself with the verse.

The mind is so lazy,

It gets satisfaction from verse and refuses to go deep to say what is actually.

When the mind mistakes the verse as what is,

You see such a silly mistake,

Which leads to so many disasters in our life.

The language has a functional purpose,

But it can be only used properly by a mind that understands what is language.

Else the language is always being misused,

As it's taking place now almost in everybody.

When the mind identifies itself with the language,

The verse,

The expressions,

The mind has such a strong desire to express itself.

Because the mind depends on verse for a sense of existence.

When one expresses oneself,

One feels one exists.

There's pleasurable sensations from that.

And everybody is doing that,

Is doing the same,

To express themselves,

To enhance this sense of existence,

Which is the egoism that is so prevalent.

And this existence is verbal,

Isn't it?

The me,

The self,

The ego is some verse,

Expressions,

Descriptions,

Some opinions,

Some conclusions.

The me,

The self,

The ego is the abstraction created by verse,

But verse are not a thing.

To understand oneself,

Which is the self,

The me,

Is to find out what is the me,

Which means that the mind must not be trapped by verse,

By the abstractions.

The mind must go beyond verse to see for oneself what is the self,

Actually.

When one really do that,

Go fairly deep into that,

One finds the me is nothing,

It's totally empty.

It is merely some verbal expressions,

Abstractions.