Without Me, Action Is Out Of Compassion & Spontaneous

**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

Looking back at this ego-sink reward,

The me has a motive,

Has a goal Always want to find motivation,

Do something Want to use an image to propel the mind to do something And it is impossible to sustain the action because the thoughts are changing And that kind of action is not action at all It is reaction So such an ego-sink life is a fuller reaction The action propelled by an image which is a motive,

A goal,

A target is never sustainable That's why the me keeps switching to different things in such a restless way But all the things are still being done for the benefit of the me The turbulence,

The boredom,

The conflict,

The struggle Also the aggression Such life is violent But when the me is totally gone,

The mind is able to perceive the danger in actuality Seeing the danger,

The urgency to leave without being trapped by the danger is there,

Naturally there And this energy which has been guided,

Which is also the urgency,

The compassion,

Bring about the action And such action is spontaneous,

It's really sustainable,

Very stable And such a life is acting The authentic living is acting And this urgency is love,

Is compassion,

Is also peace and joy But look around,

Look at this world which is so corrupted People who are trapped in this society have lost this alertness totally Life becomes so ugly,

So isolated,

So meaningless Seeing this,

Can I really go through this mutation?

Can I act now?

Can I gather all the energy to have this urgency to live with beauty,

With virtue,

With compassion?

And this can be only asked when you are really living This is not a theoretical question,

But a practical and actual question that must be answered by your action And this is meditation The true meditation,

Which has no path,

Is not a method,

Not a practice But a real serious living,

Where the laughter,

The joy,

Is never devoid