When One Is Conditioned, One Does Not Examine One's Life

**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

To understand our life is to see our life clearly in actuality.

This world we are living in is full of all kinds of consciousness activities.

Thoughts are everywhere.

From the houses we are living,

The technology we are using,

To the food we are eating,

The things we are doing.

Everything around us is the product of thoughts.

Humans have a bond of knowledge to invent a lot of new things.

And in every way,

Thoughts totally surround us.

When a baby was born,

The baby began to learn languages,

To speak,

To use a verse.

Then it goes to school learning new things,

Knowledge,

And then go to high school,

University,

Colleges,

And work.

From day first of being born until growing up,

The mind is being instilled with all kinds of things,

Knowledge,

Idea,

Thoughts.

What should be?

What should not be?

The mind is shaped by the education,

By the culture,

By the language.

And such a mind is conditioned to that.

When an impotent mind is fueled by this,

The mind can be easily unaware of this.

That's why this conditioning is very easy to happen.

And when the mind is conditioned,

Such a mind is functioning in thoughts.

And all the daily activities actually are full of consciousness activities.

Talking to people needs a verse,

Thoughts,

Even going to the supermarket.

All kinds of labels and packages of the products also further thoughts.

Even when one watches the TV,

The entertainment programs,

It also involves a lot of words,

Stories,

Images,

Sound.

And this is the most people's life.

We rarely examine it.

The reason we don't examine it is because we are not aware of it.

The mind is conditioned to that.

And such a life is also conditioned.