When Mind Is Perceiving And Acting, There Is No Space For Me

**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 part of true meditation.

Transcript

Meditation is not a tool or end.

Meditation covers the whole field of life.

It concerns about how to live life simply,

Beautifully,

Innocently.

It's to really empty end the me in order to make the me feel calm.

When me is there,

There's no real calm at all.

The me is always seeking a solution to all kinds of immediate issues.

But without really solving the issue of me,

The me keeps creating issues,

Keeps finding solutions to the issues,

And the me is busy all the time.

You see,

All the energy is wasted in that.

The very gathering the energy from all those wastes is the same process of ending the me.

In other words,

The activities of me is the energy being wasted in a very conflicted way.

Meditation is all about acting at this moment.

Sheerly act to break up this continuous consciousness where all kinds of stories and gossips are being created.

And in the actual acting,

When the one is perceiving,

There's no space for the me.

The perceiving is acting,

Else the me becomes the middleman between the perception and the action,

And the perception is distorted by me.

And from there,

The action becomes reaction out of the control of the me.

Your life is trapped again in the me.