What Is Behind The Escape Is The Abiding Deep Anxiety

**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

For most of us,

Such an occasion to understand,

To learn,

To inquire is rare.

This whole life is buried totally in these superficialities.

Our mind keeps escaping from one thing to another,

Always scratching the surface but rarely going deep.

What is behind this escape,

This constant escape,

Is the deep fear running through the mind.

Ultimately,

Life has been good enough.

But there is always a kind of deep anxiety,

Despair,

Hopelessness running through the life.

The mind is always escaping,

Avoiding this issue.

But this issue is abiding,

Always there.

As one grows older,

The mind is more and more conforming to this mental construct of society.

The life is more and more shaped by the pattern of this society.

The mind becomes duller and duller,

Losing its vitality.

But this sense of deep anxiety,

Fear,

Despair is always there.

The mind is always depressed in one way or another,

Though the mind grieves all kinds of pleasure.

Ultimately,

One can look very excited,

But inevitably one can be deeply depressed.

Life is full of all kinds of hypocrisy,

Contradictions,

And the mind is conforming to the etiquette of the society to show this kind of decency.

But what is behind this superficial decency is all kinds of unbelievable,

Shocking,

And ugly behaviors.

The mind is controlling to behave normally,

But what is behind it is extremely abnormal.

All kinds of distortions deformed living is behind this very superficial,

Very fragile decency.

The next mental escape is the response to the deep issues that are never examined.