Vanity And Pretentiousness Blocks One From Observing Oneself

**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

This world is full of speculation All kinds of philosophies,

Theories are rather speculative To the speaker,

They are all nonsense They are for intellectual stimulation But it has no value at all for one to understand myself Because understand means observe,

Look,

Inquire It has nothing to do with speculation,

Analysis But in this world of the known,

The speculation and analysis is so dominating But look around this world,

This speculation creates all kinds of gossip,

Theories,

Philosophies Scientifically,

Religiously Where there are thoughts,

There are speculation But to understand ourselves,

There must be no speculation whatsoever Which means that the mind must set aside the thoughts to look Else the speculation only creates illusions To look at ourselves as it is,

Is not easy because of the vanity,

Pretentiousness The mind is trapped in a verse,

The known is made up of all kinds of verse,

Symbols Such a mind is seeking a verbal positivity And such a mind is trapped in the illusion of being positive Which is vanity,

Also pretentiousness To look at ourselves as it is,

Requires a humble mind Which means that the mind is free of its vanity A mind that stays unknown In the known,

There is only vanity But in the unknown,

The mind is humble And such a quality of mind is starting to inquire,

To learn,

To understand So this moment can then set aside one's own vanity or pretentiousness To look with great humility and honesty To understand actually what is going on in the mind This also means that you and the speaker have the same intensity To look,

To think together,

To find out what is really true,

What is really false