Without Self-Awareness, Feeling Innocent Is An Illusion

**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 meet at this moment means the mind must set aside everything else.

The mind has discarded everything else,

Everything human beings have created.

So the mind is really free,

Free to look,

Free to listen,

Free to observe,

Free to question,

To doubt,

To understand what is actually taking place.

For most people on this planet,

Seeing things as they are is one of the most demanding talks.

Most people are living in illusions.

The mind is trapped in all kinds of personal experiences,

With all kinds of peculiar ideas.

Life is totally lost in this river which is called consciousness.

The mind is always chasing something,

Pursuing something,

Achieving something.

The ambition,

The dream,

Or whatever.

When the mind is into that,

The mind can't really see what is actually taking place.

Without seeing what is actually taking place,

What you are actually.

The mind is confused.

Look at life.

The mind is bombarded with all kinds of things,

Being pushed by all kinds of things,

Being influenced by all kinds of things.

There are all kinds of nonsense,

Politically,

Commercially,

Religiously.

The mind is always being influenced and manipulated.

And this society becomes a stage for all kinds of circumstances.

The mind is trapped in a pattern,

And that pattern is being manipulated by other minds which is trapped in other patterns.

All kinds of tribalism are the manifestation of this incessant circus.

The mind is being hit hard by all kinds of things.

And look around,

Everyone is pretending to be innocent.

Such living is totally confusing,

Isn't it?

And this is most people's life.

And this society becomes more and more ugly.

More and more degenerate.

More and more immoral.

Cabo!