Why are you unhappy?
Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself-
And there isn’t one.
-Wei Wu Wei
Have you ever noticed how the mind is continually asserting
that you should be different; that life should be different; that if X, Y, or Z would change, then you would finally be happy? It’s likely that you recognize this storyline as a trap. This storyline belongs to the conditioned mind. The mind that has been shaped and influenced by parents, school, society, culture. The mind is habituated to think in a particular way. The mind that believes what we were taught: This is how I’m supposed to be. This is how life is supposed to be. The mind that regrets the past and worries about the future. Through practice, we can recognize the conditioned mind for what it is. This recognition frees us to find out: if I am not this conditioned mind, who am I really?
This teaching not only includes a talk, but an exercise as well. This exercise invites direct experience and is a practical tool allowing us to see the conditioned mind for what it is, thus creating the opportunity to disidentify from it.
Join guest teacher Caverly Morgan for this Weekly Meditation session on Resting the Attention in Its Source.
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