There's neither right nor wrong, neither good nor bad in the many different types of thinking, beliefs, values, practices, desires and approaches in the world of diversities. There's only pleasant or unpleasant condition and situation in the world deriving from the actions and consequences of actions of the many minds either under the influence of ignorance and egoism, or free from the influence of ignorance and egoism.
Even when the teachings and practice of yoga and buddhism emphasized on the observation of right discrimination, dispassion and the renunciation from all kinds of worldly passionate egoistic thinking, belief, values, practice and desires, in order to allow the mind to inquire towards the truth of everything under a calm and purified mind, free from the influence of all those passionate egoistic thinking, belief, values, practice and desires, it doesn't mean that there's judgment of badness, negativeness, wrongfulness or meaninglessness towards all these conditional impermanent names and forms. All these names and forms are just what they are, neither good nor bad, and they don't have the quality or intention to create harmful effects, unless the minds are functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism.
There's no problem if the mind is free from the influence of ignorance and egoism, while there will be many unnecessary problems if the mind is under the influence of ignorance and egoism, regardless of whether the minds are inheriting or adopting and following whatever type of thinking, belief, values and practice, and have certain desires and certain approaches towards achieving those desires, or the minds are not inheriting, not adopting and not following anything at all.
It is not that important, about what and how all and everyone choose to live life or don't live life in certain way, believe and disbelieve in certain thing, practice and don't practice, know and don't know, experience and don't experience, eat and don't eat, do and don't do, desire and don't desire, healthy or unhealthy, easy or challenging condition, and short live or long live, where all these names and forms are non-essential or irrelevant towards the attainment of self-realization or the annihilation of ignorance, egoism, impurities and restlessness.
What is important, is the essential universal practice of non-attachment, non-identification, non-craving, non-aversion, non-comparison, non-judgment and non-expectation while experiencing or engaging in any kind of names and forms, on top of the essential universal observations of right discrimination that leads to non-discrimination, openness, non-blind believing/disbelieving, non-blind agreeing/disagreeing, non-blind following, non-blind practicing, non-blind propagating, dispassion, renunciation, seclusion, solitude, silence, mind purification, self-discipline, self-control, self-effort, self-independence, self-inquiry, meditation, perseverance, determination, patience, adjustment, adaptation, accommodation, acceptance, and direct experience, that lead the minds towards the attainment of self-realization or the annihilation of ignorance, egoism, impurities and restlessness, where there is correct understanding, clarity of thinking, uncontaminated reasoning power, self-control, contentment, 'I'-lessness, non-separateness, non-possessiveness, fearlessness and unconditional peace that is determining whether there will be more peace and harmony in the world of diversities, or not.
If without all these essential elements in the minds, then all kinds of names and forms, even if they appear to be good and righteous, positive and meaningful, or pleasant, agreeable and desirable, don't lead the minds towards the attainment of self-realization, or the annihilation of ignorance, egoism, impurities and restlessness that give rise to all kinds of unnecessary suffering or the disturbed suffering states of mind.
Such as eating nutritious pure organic vegetarian food, or living a high quality organic way of life, or performing all kinds of yoga and buddhism practice, or performing all kinds of kindness, generosity, charity, prayers and rituals, or achieving all kinds of success, qualification and recognition, or enjoying abundance and joyful family connection and agreeable social interaction, and etc, might give rise to the momentary sense of satisfaction, goodness, healthiness, positiveness, confidence, accomplishment, happiness and meaningfulness, however, they don't lead the minds towards self-realization or the annihilation of ignorance and egoism, if without incorporating all those essential elements.
If there is aversion, dissatisfaction, disappointment, disturb, anger, hatred, ill will, discrimination, offensiveness, defensiveness, fear and violence arise in the mind towards something that is disagreeable, or there is attachment, identification, pride, superiority, desire, greed, discontentment, craving, clinging, longing, envy or expectation towards something that is agreeable, based on the existence of certain thinking, belief, values, practice and desires, then that indicates the mind is under the influence of ignorance and egoism.
Like wise, if the mind is free from aversion, dissatisfaction, disappointment, disturb, anger, hatred, ill will, discrimination, offensiveness, defensiveness, fear and violence towards something that is disagreeable, or there is void of attachment, identification, pride, superiority, desire, greed, discontentment, craving, clinging, longing, envy or expectation towards something that is agreeable, based on the existence of certain thinking, belief, values, practice and desires, then that indicates the mind is free from the influence of ignorance and egoism.
If the mind desires to be practicing 'silence' or 'mindfulness', and thinks and believes that it is practicing 'silence' and 'mindfulness', but somehow, the mind is being disturbed and annoyed by something that it thinks is disturbing and annoying, that is hindering it from practicing 'silence' and 'mindfulness', then know that, that is not what silence and mindfulness is about.
If the mind 'falls in love' with certain types of yoga and meditation practice and their particular effects, then know that, that is not what yoga and meditation practice is about.
Even when some minds think and believe that they are experiencing certain transcendental experiences, and they think and feel "Wow!" and "Amazing!" and "Incredibly touching!", also doesn't determine that the minds are free from the influence of ignorance, egoism, impurities and restlessness. Because that is already indicating that the minds are still under the influence of ignorance and egoism.
Under the absence of ignorance and egoism of attachment, identification, craving, aversion, judgment, expectation, intention and desire, the minds don't need to experience something "Wow!" and "Amazing!" and "Incredibly touching!" at all, not to say, the passionate egoistic reaction of "Wow!" and "Amazing!" and "Incredibly touching!" upon any kinds of experiences being perceived under the selfless function of the selfless impermanent modifications of the selfless mind.
There's no "Wow!" and "Amazing!" and "Incredibly touching!" in self-realization towards the truth of what everything is, about selflessness and impermanence, in the selfless universal consciousness of non-separateness, timelessness, birthlessness, deathlessness, namelessness, formlessness and attributelessness beyond the momentary selfless manifestation of all kinds of selfless impermanent names and forms ceaselessly arising, changing and passing away, and beyond the existence and function of the selfless limited conditional physical body and the selfless perceptive cognitive intellectual egoistic thinking mind under the influence of ignorance and egoism.
There's no "Wow!" and "Amazing!" and "Incredibly touching!" in silence, in stillness, upon the annihilation of the selfless restless modifications of the mind. All kinds of magical and mystical or touching experiences or perceptions are still within the play of MAYA.
Inquire the truth of everything.
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