It(Truth, timeless, nameless, eternal, GOD whatever you want to call it) is not within the limits of mind. The mind has ideologies, gossip, theories, attachments, fears, desires, argument, prejudices, success, failure, insult, flattery, charity, failure, hatred, analysis, propaganda, entertainment, self pity, conflicts and many more with which it wants to fill itself. Human being has a sense of feeling that there is something beyond this enormously complex activity of mind. This dark cloud of thought's activity has it's own strength, and cunning intelligence. The utter lack of sensitivity, out of self ignorance produces all kinds of disorder. When this dark cloud is so real to me, the problem for the real teacher is to say that is just illusory cloud. The teacher says silence, stillness may affect that darkness, not your effort and struggle so try to be still. I am so reluctant to be still, and in return I say are you mad? you can't see which is in front of my eyes are you a teacher at all?
As this cloud is real to me, the activity of solving is my life. I try to solve it by dominating, killing other people, helping others, practicing spirituality, acquiring knowledge, money, indulging in pleasure, worshipping other people, running to monasteries, by getting attached, drugs, sharing good things to others. After tremendous effort of doing all these things, the mind got used and accustomed to work in this way. It is programmed, conditioned to solve. Even the social respect is based on one's acquisition, not based on how peacefully one is living. When everything proves to be futile, one goes back to the master, as the master is clear he repeats the same. His point is illusion can not be put aside by effort, you need to observe more closely and realize it as just illusion.
One's mind is programmed to effort and struggle. So when the master says simply observe your own mind, in the beginning one tastes the beauty of simple observation with an unburdened mind. One starts with simple observation, but soon all the effort comes back unconsciously. When one is ignorant of the word "simple" in "simple observation" that observation, awareness might become another burden to mind. After all the circus, if one is lucky he or she realizes the limitation of the mind to find something beyond itself. The challenge is after knowing the dangers of usage of mind, still one needs to use it for livelihood or to do certain functions outwardly in day to day life.
As this cloud is real to me, the activity of solving is my life. I try to solve it by dominating, killing other people, helping others, practicing spirituality, acquiring knowledge, money, indulging in pleasure, worshipping other people, running to monasteries, by getting attached, drugs, sharing good things to others. After tremendous effort of doing all these things, the mind got used and accustomed to work in this way. It is programmed, conditioned to solve. Even the social respect is based on one's acquisition, not based on how peacefully one is living. When everything proves to be futile, one goes back to the master, as the master is clear he repeats the same. His point is illusion can not be put aside by effort, you need to observe more closely and realize it as just illusion.
One's mind is programmed to effort and struggle. So when the master says simply observe your own mind, in the beginning one tastes the beauty of simple observation with an unburdened mind. One starts with simple observation, but soon all the effort comes back unconsciously. When one is ignorant of the word "simple" in "simple observation" that observation, awareness might become another burden to mind. After all the circus, if one is lucky he or she realizes the limitation of the mind to find something beyond itself. The challenge is after knowing the dangers of usage of mind, still one needs to use it for livelihood or to do certain functions outwardly in day to day life.
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