If the mind feels being intimidated, offended, disrespected, belittled, insulted, unloved, and etc, by what it experiences/perceives, it's coming from the mind itself reacting in such way towards the perceived names and forms that the mind recognized/categorized as intimidation, offensiveness, disrespectfulness, belittling, insulting, unloving, and so on. It's not coming from the names and forms that the mind perceives/experiences through the senses.
This conditioned reaction is due to the egoistic impure mind is functioning under the influence of pride and arrogance and expectation. The ego doesn't like or doesn't want to come in contact with the unpleasant/undesirable/'hurtful' experiences of what the mind recognizes/categorizes as intimidation, offensiveness, disrespectfulness, belittling, insulting, unloving, and so on.
The ego thinks and believes and expects that it deserves certain kinds of treatment/interaction and doesn't deserves certain kinds of treatment/interaction.
"I don't like this. I don't agree with this. I don't want this." and "I think/believe/expect/want all beings/humans/people should think/believe/react/behave like this and shouldn't think/believe/react/behave like that."
It's the prideful/self-assured/self-glorified ego that feels being intimidated/encouraged, offended/pleased, disrespected/respected, belittled/flattered, insulted/praised, unloved/loved, and etc. When the ego is annihilated, all these qualities of names and forms vanished.
The mind doesn't need to feel/react in such way and just allows all the perceived experiences/names and forms to be there as they are. There's no intimidation, offensiveness, disrespectfulness, belittling, insult, unloving, and etc, if the mind is free from egoistic pride, arrogance and expectation. Other beings/humans/people are just behaving in the way that they want to behave, and their behavior is their own responsibility and freedom of actions.
Why allowing other people's thinking/belief/reactions/behavior to determine one's state of the mind or reactions? Especially if one thinks and strongly believes that oneself is all good and righteous and didn't do anything bad or wrong, but one is suffering/unhappy/disturbed by other people's thinking/belief/behavior that one thinks/believes/perceives/recognizes as bad/wrong/negative/hurtful.
If the mind still couldn't understand this and feels annoyed/offended by this teaching, then this mind doesn't need to practice this teaching. It's the freedom of this mind of how it wants/doesn't want to think/believe/react/behave.
The minds that are not free from ignorance and egoism, that are not free from pride/arrogance/superiority/self-assurance/self-glorification/expectation will always easily be disturbed/offended/intimidated/belittled/hurt/insulted by anything, at anywhere and anytime.
Those who have realized the magnificent of oneness/non-separateness beyond all the different qualities of names and forms, will not spend even a tiny drop of attention/interest/effort/energy onto all these worldly names and forms of thinking/belief/behavior/reaction generated/sprung from ignorance and egoism. There's no difference between intimidation and encouragement, offensive and pleasing, disrespectfulness and respectfulness, belittling and flattering, insult and praise, unloving and loving, and so on. There's neither craving nor aversion towards all these qualities of names and forms.
If the mind tries to ignore or deny the names and forms that the mind perceives as bad/wrong/negative/unpleasant/meaningless, but it doesn't stop chasing after or clinging onto the names and forms that the mind perceives as good/right/positive/pleasant/meaningful, then this mind is not free yet. Though that is the freedom of this mind to be what it is.
One doesn't need to stand there to allow/receive treatments/behavior/interactions that are abusive coming from ignorant impure minds. One can move away or stay away from ignorant minds and ignorant behavior, to conserve energy, to not waste energy into dealing/affliction/conflict with ignorant minds and ignorant behavior. Just like standing under hot sun for more than certain time will burn the skin badly, one moves away from the hot sun and takes shelter under the shade. It's ignorance to think, "I am practicing non-attachment and non-reaction, I should stand here under the hot sun even if it will burn my skin."
Be free.
This conditioned reaction is due to the egoistic impure mind is functioning under the influence of pride and arrogance and expectation. The ego doesn't like or doesn't want to come in contact with the unpleasant/undesirable/'hurtful' experiences of what the mind recognizes/categorizes as intimidation, offensiveness, disrespectfulness, belittling, insulting, unloving, and so on.
The ego thinks and believes and expects that it deserves certain kinds of treatment/interaction and doesn't deserves certain kinds of treatment/interaction.
"I don't like this. I don't agree with this. I don't want this." and "I think/believe/expect/want all beings/humans/people should think/believe/react/behave like this and shouldn't think/believe/react/behave like that."
It's the prideful/self-assured/self-glorified ego that feels being intimidated/encouraged, offended/pleased, disrespected/respected, belittled/flattered, insulted/praised, unloved/loved, and etc. When the ego is annihilated, all these qualities of names and forms vanished.
The mind doesn't need to feel/react in such way and just allows all the perceived experiences/names and forms to be there as they are. There's no intimidation, offensiveness, disrespectfulness, belittling, insult, unloving, and etc, if the mind is free from egoistic pride, arrogance and expectation. Other beings/humans/people are just behaving in the way that they want to behave, and their behavior is their own responsibility and freedom of actions.
Why allowing other people's thinking/belief/reactions/behavior to determine one's state of the mind or reactions? Especially if one thinks and strongly believes that oneself is all good and righteous and didn't do anything bad or wrong, but one is suffering/unhappy/disturbed by other people's thinking/belief/behavior that one thinks/believes/perceives/recognizes as bad/wrong/negative/hurtful.
If the mind still couldn't understand this and feels annoyed/offended by this teaching, then this mind doesn't need to practice this teaching. It's the freedom of this mind of how it wants/doesn't want to think/believe/react/behave.
The minds that are not free from ignorance and egoism, that are not free from pride/arrogance/superiority/self-assurance/self-glorification/expectation will always easily be disturbed/offended/intimidated/belittled/hurt/insulted by anything, at anywhere and anytime.
Those who have realized the magnificent of oneness/non-separateness beyond all the different qualities of names and forms, will not spend even a tiny drop of attention/interest/effort/energy onto all these worldly names and forms of thinking/belief/behavior/reaction generated/sprung from ignorance and egoism. There's no difference between intimidation and encouragement, offensive and pleasing, disrespectfulness and respectfulness, belittling and flattering, insult and praise, unloving and loving, and so on. There's neither craving nor aversion towards all these qualities of names and forms.
If the mind tries to ignore or deny the names and forms that the mind perceives as bad/wrong/negative/unpleasant/meaningless, but it doesn't stop chasing after or clinging onto the names and forms that the mind perceives as good/right/positive/pleasant/meaningful, then this mind is not free yet. Though that is the freedom of this mind to be what it is.
One doesn't need to stand there to allow/receive treatments/behavior/interactions that are abusive coming from ignorant impure minds. One can move away or stay away from ignorant minds and ignorant behavior, to conserve energy, to not waste energy into dealing/affliction/conflict with ignorant minds and ignorant behavior. Just like standing under hot sun for more than certain time will burn the skin badly, one moves away from the hot sun and takes shelter under the shade. It's ignorance to think, "I am practicing non-attachment and non-reaction, I should stand here under the hot sun even if it will burn my skin."
Be free.
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