Why Is The Mind Divided

**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, no agree or disagree, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already part of true meditation.

Transcript

Why is the mind so divided?

Have you ever noticed that the mind is always seeking something?

Want to achieve something?

Want to become something?

Want to reach something?

Some level?

To get some reward?

This wanting to be implies that the mind is divided.

The mind wants to change what is into what should be.

The mind has an image.

The very movement from what is to what should be creates a division.

The division between what is and what should be.

When the mind is holding onto what should be or any kind of mental images,

The mind is already functioning in division.

The mind is busy achieving something,

Achieving something,

Getting something.

Always want to achieve something according to an image.

And this process creates the division.

Because the real life is what is.

It's a fact.

But what should be is an imagination.

It's a thought.

It's a mental image.

It's not a fact.

It's non-fact.

When the mind is achieving the non-fact,

There's already a division between the fact and the non-fact.

The very movement,

The mind moves away from the fact,

What is.

The mind has already created the division.

And those are numerous.

Everybody has different images,

Different thoughts,

Different ideas to pursue,

To achieve.

And this division is spread over the place.

And also within one person,

The mind is always want to achieve different things,

Have different images.

And those images bring about enough conflict.

All kinds of struggle,

All kinds of mental challenges are all based on this mental division.