Inquire towards the power of belief

All kinds of beliefs are not necessarily the truth of things, however, any kind of belief among all kinds of different beliefs is something so 'powerful' in the world of ignorance and egoism, as it is influencing the minds that are functioning under the veil of ignorance and egoism to think, reason, desire, and behave in certain way, that is influencing the general condition and situation in the world to be in certain way.

Power can be something constructive or destructive. Power can build or destroy. It's the same with all kinds of beliefs as well as all kinds of influential elements.

'Belief' becomes something very powerful (destructively), when certain minds with selfish greedy desires and ambitions used 'all kinds of beliefs' to manipulate, tempt or threaten, exploit, and control the thinking, the reasoning, the desire, and the behavior of many other minds, to gain certain power or advantage, that help them to achieve all their selfish greedy desires and ambitions.

'Power' or 'powerful' is neither something good nor bad. It depends on whether it is something that promotes peace and harmony among all kinds of diversities in this world that doesn't belong to anyone and anything, or not.

Just by 'believing in' something, even if that something doesn't really exist, can influence the thinking, the reasoning, the desire, and the behavior of the many minds in certain way, and hence, impacting the condition and situation in the world in certain way.

Even though any kind of belief is something 'powerful' as it is highly influential, just as all kinds of famous charismatic admirable respectable figure or influencer and inspirational event, but all these are not the most powerful thing in the world.

The minds that are free from the influence of ignorance and egoism, they are not being determined or influenced by any kind of belief, or any kind of influential element. They don't need the existence of any particular belief to set as a guideline to live life in certain way. They don't need the existence of any 'leader' to lead them, or to make decision for them. That 'mental and emotional independence of not being determined or influenced by any kind of belief or influential element' is the most 'powerful' among all kinds of so called 'powerful influential elements' in the world, as the liberated mind is not being determined or influenced by any kinds of influential elements, regardless of whether it is some kind of influential belief, or famous charismatic admirable respectable figure/influencer, or inspirational event, or impactful experience, or condition, or situation. The liberated mind is not even being determined or influenced by the ceaseless selfless impermanent changes that are happening in the body and the modification of the mind that is existing and functioning under the selfless support of the selfless energy and elements.

The different minds that are functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism, they are being conditioned and influenced by the many different kinds of beliefs that are existing in the world, to be thinking and believing that all minds cannot live life without believing in any kind of belief to be the guidance that leads to a particular way of living and behavior, where they believe all and everyone need to hold onto certain belief to live life and behave in certain way, that give rise to a sense of belonging, direction, refuge, purposefulness, meaningfulness, accomplishment, and personal/family/community pride.

All kinds of beliefs are neither good nor bad, but the mind is not free, if it is being conditioned and influenced by certain belief to think, reason, desire, and behave in certain way, regardless of whether the mind thinks and believes that the beliefs are something good or bad, and something agreeable or disagreeable.

The teachings and practice of yoga and/or buddhism, is to free the mind from all that, while respecting the existence of all kinds of beliefs being what they are, as there are many minds still 'need' to hold onto these beliefs to set as a guidance to live life, or else, they will be lost under the sense of purposelessness or meaninglessness, if without setting a specific direction or goal in life.

Before the mind attains mental and emotional independence transcending all kinds of beliefs, or before the mind attains self-realization transcending the selfless impermanent modification of the mind, where it still needs to hold onto certain belief to live life, think, desire, and behave in certain way, that give rise to the momentary sense of goodness, righteousness, positiveness, joyfulness, meaningfulness, refuge, or direction/goal, however, this mind also needs to understand that it cannot impose its own belief unto any other minds/people, where it expects all the others should also believe and follow its own belief to live life, think, desire, and behave in certain way, or the way that it thinks and believes is the good and right way, or the best way to be existing as a human being, while judging others who are different from oneself as bad and wrong, and be disturbed or offended by others who are different from oneself, that oneself dislikes and disagrees with based on one's own belief about how things and everyone should be like. One keeps one's belief only to oneself, and not impose one's belief unto any other, not even one's close family members or community, not to say, all the others that are not one's family members or community. Meanwhile, the mind can keep striving to be free from ignorance, to transcend its own belief or the modification of the mind, to attain mental and emotional independence or self-realization, if it wants.

The world is having so much unnecessary chaos or suffering, is due to there are many minds that are functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism impose each of their own particular belief unto all the others, and be disturbed and offended by the others whom they dislike and disagree with based on their own particular belief, while generate actions and reactions that are violent and hurtful unto the others who are different from them.

Inquire the truth of everything, and be free.

Love without possessiveness

Most of the 'love' in this world, is possessive love.

Upon falling in love with something, one will also want to possess that something that one 'loves'. Upon possessing that something that one 'loves', one will also wants to 'control' that something that one 'loves' to be 'the way that one likes and desires it to be'.

"I love you. I want you to be mine. You are mine. You belongs to me. I want you to be good, and always good.

When you behave in the way that I don't like and don't desire and don't agree with, and when you don't behave in the way that I like and desire and agree with, or when you are not good, I am unhappy and angry, and I will punish and hurt you."

Similarly,

"I love this land. I want to keep this land to myself. This land is my land. This land is mine. This land belongs to me.

I love this animal. I want to keep this animal with me. This animal is my pet, my family. This animal is mine. This animal belongs to me.

I love my family, my partner, my children, my brothers and sisters, my community, my people, my pet, and my land.

When the animal, the land, the family, the partner, the children, the brothers and sisters, the community, and the people are the way that I don't like and don't desire and don't agree with, or when they are not the way that I like and desire and agree with, or when they don't give me what I want and they give me what I don't want, I am unhappy and angry, and I will punish and hurt them, because I want them to be good."

What love?

No love.

Only possessiveness and control.

Only anger and vengeance.

Only selfish desires and expectation.

"I don't love you or anything. I don't even love myself. I only love my desires of getting what I want, what I like, and what I agree with, and not getting what I don't want, what I don't like, and what I don't agree with."

Don't fall in love with anything or anyone, if one doesn't know what is love, and doesn't know how to love, but one will be hurting everything and everyone that one thinks one 'loves' very much, out of possessiveness and control and desires.

If one really wants to love, then

Love without possessiveness.

Love without desires of craving and aversion.

Love without control and expectation.

Love unconditionally, and let go.

 

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How to deal with all kinds of ignorance and ignorant affairs in this world

No doubt that there are many people/minds that are functioning under the influence of ignorance and its by-products, and hence, there are many ignorant affairs that are happening in this world that doesn't belong to anyone and anything.

How to deal with all kinds of ignorance and ignorant affairs in this world is the same as how would one be dealing with the many people/minds that are suffering from certain degrees of certain kind of mental illness. And there are many people/minds are not aware of themselves are mentally ill, and they don't like and would feel very disturbed and offended when they are being referred as 'mentally ill'.

Pride is a form of mental illness. Possessiveness is a form of mental illness. Greed and jealousy is a form of mental illness. Anger and hatred is a form of mental illness. Being over-powered by all kinds of impurities influencing one's behavior/action/reaction is a serious form of mental illness. Being ignorant towards ignorance in oneself is the most serious form of mental illness. The minds that are ignorant towards ignorance in themselves don't have any self-control or reasoning power. They are existing and functioning on the instinctive level, being over-powered by or operating under 'the basic survival instinct' that exists in all living organisms, even if they are well educated, highly knowledgeable, or talented and skillful in many things.

The people/minds that are mentally healthy, they don't perceive 'those who are mentally ill' or 'mental illness' or 'ignorance and impurities' as something bad, negative, wrong, inferior, shortcoming, insulting, humiliating, or shameful.

The people/minds that suffering from some kind of mental illness, that are mentally ill, are not different from wild animals, where sometimes they are very calmed and 'cute', while some other times they are very disturbed, agitated, aggressive, violent, and 'hurtful', where they might behave/act/react spontaneously and irrationally, that would hurt oneself and others and the surrounding environment, either intentionally or unintentionally, and either deliberately or randomly.

One cannot reason with those who are mentally ill.

One doesn't need to be angry with those who are mentally ill, and doesn't need to be determined or disturbed by their 'damaging hurtful destructive behaviors'.

Just as one cannot reason or be angry with the wild animals for their unpredictable behaviors most of the time.

Ignorance is destructive. It is like any of the destructive 'natural disasters'. One doesn't need to or cannot be angry with the destructive natural disasters being what they are. One can be angry, if one wants to be angry, but it's one's own responsibility for hurting oneself with anger.

Just as one accidentally (or deliberately) fall into a 'hole' that is there being what it is, and got injured and feels pain, one cannot be angry with the hole, or out of annoyance and anger, one kicks and punches the space of the hole or the wall of the hole in order to release one's anger and pain, to revenge, but it is hurting and injuring oneself further out of one's action/reaction, while it doesn't change the hole being what it is. One might want to fill up the hole with earth, to make the hole disappear, and hence, one digs another hole to get the earth for filling the existing hole, which doesn't make sense.

One can only be vigilant not to fall into any holes. And there are many 'holes' and there will be more and more 'holes' everywhere in this world.

One can only see what one can do, to watch out for any kinds of 'natural disasters', to avoid or minimize coming in contact with 'natural disasters' directly, and see what one can do to 'clean up the mess' and/or 'repair or rebuild what have been damaged or destroyed', or not, without attachment or expectation.

If one wants to clean up the mess and/or repair or rebuild what have been damaged or destroyed, then know that there might be another and/or many other natural disasters will be happening again or repeatedly, where all and everything would be damaged or destroyed again and again after one's continuous effort of 'cleaning up' and 'repairing/rebuilding' the aftermath every time, while remains equanimous and at peace, without being determined, or disturbed, or disappointed, or hurt, or angered by all that.

Just as those who are looking after the people that are suffering from certain serious mental illness, where mentally ill people are not aware of (ignorant towards) what is happening in themselves or their behaviors. They are dealing with a very difficult situation, as they might be 'attacked' and 'injured' at anytime by those that they are looking after with care and loving kindness.

The healthy people/minds that have certain degrees of correct understanding, they don't suffer for other people's/minds' ignorance and the consequences of their ignorance, even if they are being affected physically and mentally, directly or indirectly.

Why hurt oneself further or continuously by something that the mind thinks and believes as other people's 'ignorance', that is 'bad' and 'wrong'?

Under the presence of correct understanding (wisdom), the selfless thinking and acting mind is not being determined or disturbed by the ignorance and ignorant affairs in this world that doesn't belong to anyone and anything. The physical body might be in a bad or weak and uncomfortable condition, but that also doesn't determine the thinking and acting mind that is devoid of ignorance, the idea of 'I' and egoism, that has transcended the selfless impermanent modification of the mind, that is being aware of the selfless impermanent physical condition under the absence of grasping, or attachment, or identification.

There are minds that have not yet developed any degree of self-control (the absence of freewill to make choices to behave/act/react in certain way, or not) or reasoning power (correct understanding) at all, being completely over-powered by survival instinct and influential elements, ignorantly attaching and identifying and associating with the restless impure modification of the mind/the selfless impermanent state of mind, and being the slave of the influential elements/ignorance/egoism/desires/impurities/restlessness.

There are minds that have developed different degrees of self-control and reasoning power of choosing how to behave/act/react in certain way, or not, transcending the survival instinct and all kinds of influential elements, or transcending the selfless and impermanent modification of the mind/the state of mind, via non-grasping/non-attachment/non-identification/non-association and thinning-out/annihilating the ignorance/egoism/desires/impurities/restlessness.

Patience, tolerance, forbearance, perseverance, adjustment, adaptation, accommodation, acceptance, contentment, calmness, generosity, letting go, non-attachment, non-identification, non-craving, non-aversion, non-comparison, non-judgment, non-expectation, non-violence, self-control, reasoning power, correct understanding, determination, and etc, might be presence or absence in different minds, or might be presence under different degrees in different minds, but at the same time, all that can be developed or be strengthened, under self-initiation and self-effort.

"I am disturbed and angry. I want to behave destructively to hurt everyone and everything to express and release my anger."

Or,

"There is disturbance and anger arise in the mind. This is impermanent. It will pass away. It's neither 'I' nor 'mine'. There is no need to behave destructively to hurt anyone and anything."

What will this mind choose?

Inquire the truth of everything.

All will pass away

No matter how good or how bad it is, all will pass away.

No matter good people or bad people, all will pass away.

No matter easy life or difficult life, all will pass away.

No matter healthy or unhealthy, all will pass away.

No matter happiness or unhappiness, all will pass away.

Live in the present moment. There is no living outside/before/after the present moment.

There is only the present moment now, and everything in this present moment is impermanent. There is no "other moment that is not this present moment now".

Just do what one can do in the present moment now.

Just do what is possible in the present moment now.

One can choose to act, or not to act.

And let go.

Let it be.

When one thinks there is nothing one can do, then just be in peace, regardless of whether in action or inaction.

That is the most precious thing in oneself, and that can be given to the world in the present moment now.

Inquire the truth of everything.

Go beyond the accumulated knowledge in the mind or what the mind thinks it knows

The mind only knows what it knows, or the accumulated knowledge and information that it has been coming in contact with, learning, studying, researching, and accumulating as well as memorizing.

The mind doesn't know what it doesn't know (yet).

The teachings and practice of yoga and/or buddhism is not a belief.

The truth of selflessness and impermanence in all kinds of names and forms, regardless of whether living organisms or non-living objects, as well as the nature's law of cause and effect, is not a belief.

Science, or "what things are, as they are", is not a belief.

If a mind thinks and believes, and says, "I believe that the universe is like this, or the human minds are like that, based on my conclusion coming from my own dedicated research on top of studying other people's research for many years," while denying certain knowledge/information/understanding that is different from its own understanding/conclusion based on its own accumulated knowledge and some others' accumulated knowledge, then it indicates that this mind only knows what it knows. It shows that this mind is still functioning under the veil of ignorance and egoism, even if this mind is the most knowledgeable mind among all minds in this world.

It doesn't mean that the knowledge/information or the understanding of this mind is wrong or incorrect, however, it is not the absolute knowledge or complete understanding. It's merely the partial knowledge/information/understanding that would lead the mind towards the absolute knowledge or complete understanding, provided if this mind knows how to go beyond or unattached towards what it thinks it knows, of all its accumulated knowledge/information and the current understanding/conclusion.

Such as there is nothing wrong and it's correct about "You are what you eat", "Develop positive thinking to overcome negative thinking", "Do good, don't do bad", "Treat others the way that yourself want to be treated by others", "Love yourself", "Be grateful and thankful", "The state of mind is being influenced by the energy field that is influenced by food consumption, substances or drugs, all kinds of positions and activities, the surrounding environment, or all kinds of physical/mental/emotional/sensory inputs and activities", and/or "I am That," however, that is not the absolute knowledge or complete understanding, or the goal of the teachings and practice. That's why there are many different types of initial practice and observation that served the purpose to render the state of mind in certain way, which is also impermanent, and it's not the goal of the teachings and practice, but it can prepare and lead the mind towards some other forms of practice for transcending all that.

Such as it's correct about "All minds are functioning under the veil of ignorance, and all are ignorant," but it's not complete. The veil of ignorance can be eliminated via self-effort and through persistence and determination. It is not easy, but it is absolutely possible to be free from ignorance.

Such as it's correct about "The behavior/action/reaction is being conditioned/influenced by the mind behavior pattern," but it's not complete. The mind behavior pattern is also limited and conditional, where it can be modified or changed. That's why there are many different types of practice that are available for initiate the process to modify or change the conditional mind behavior pattern.

Such as it's correct about "The past generated cause and effect cannot be undone," but it's not complete. How the mind acts and reacts in this present moment now towards the past generated cause and effect that cannot be undone, can determine the fresh cause and effect being generated in the present moment.

Such as it's correct about "There is no 'I' existing in the selfless body and mind to be in control of its own selfless and impermanent function and existence," but it's not complete. As long as the selfless body and mind is still existing and functioning under the selfless support of the selfless energy and elements in this present moment now, it can develop willpower and self-control, or non-attachment and correct understanding, it can choose what type of 'minds'/'activities'/'connections' that it wants or doesn't want to get involve with, and it can choose to perform or not performing certain actions that can influence the selfless impermanent changes or the surrounding environment in certain way, in the present moment now, while respecting or allowing the fruit of its action or inaction to be what it is.

The selfless mind can choose and perform action to free itself from ignorance, or not, while allowing the fruit of choices/actions to be what it is. The mind can choose whether it wants to be kind or unkind. The mind can choose whether it wants to realize unconditional peace, or not. The mind can choose to let go, or not. The mind can choose whether to believe or disbelieve in something or anything. The mind can choose to be happy or unhappy, regardless of whether it is experiencing something painful or difficult, or not. There are autonomous functions/activities/actions/reactions in the selfless bodily system to maintain life existence, and there are non-autonomous freewill by choice activities/choices/actions/reactions/desires coming from the selfless thinking and acting mind, either under the presence of ignorance or under the absence of ignorance.

Knowing that this is poison, the mind can choose whether to consume the poison, or not. If knowing that this action will inflict damage or suffering unto oneself and others, and the mind still wants to do it, that is ignorance, that is nothing to do with selflessness (there is no 'I' existing in all kinds of names and forms). All are selfless. The only difference is whether the selfless mind is functioning under the influence of ignorance and its by-products, or not.

If the mind truly understands, it won't think and believe in such way, or debate and argue to justify and prove that "this is right and that is wrong" or "I am right and you are wrong".

The mind that understands "I only know what I know, and what I don't know, I don't know," is not free yet, but at least, it is on the way towards transcending the idea of 'I' and what it thinks it knows and doesn't know (yet).

The mind that thinks and believes, "I know a lot. I know more than the others. My knowledge/research/understanding is correct or more accurate than some others' knowledge/research/understanding that is different from mine," and justify, "My knowledge/research/understanding is correct/true, and other knowledge/research/understanding that is different from mine is incorrect/false," is currently stuck in its own thinking and accumulated knowledge/research and partial incomplete understanding.

And there is neither right nor wrong, and it's neither good nor bad, about all that. It's the freedom of thinking and understanding of all and everyone.

"All are selfless and impermanent. All are limited and conditional," is both restricting as well as liberating.

A mind that was very violent and hurtful can also change and become less violent and less hurtful, or even, non-violent and non-hurtful, or vice versa, if it (really) wants to change.

That's why the highly importance of self-inquiry towards "Who am I?", or more specifically, "What is the 'I' that the thinking in the selfless thinking faculty of the selfless human body that thinks/believes/acknowledges/identifies as I, or me, or my independent and infinite individual self existence?"

That's why the highly importance of Self-realization, of knowing Thyself, or more specifically, knowing what is the restless modification of the selfless impermanent perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting mind? or what is ceaseless births and deaths, or what is the ego and egoism? or what is ignorance and suffering? or what is Selflessness and Impermanence? or what is 'That'? or what is transcending time, space, and causation? or what is transcending the modification of the mind/the state of mind/restlessness/suffering or all kinds of thought activities/feelings/emotions/ideas/beliefs/values/desires/duality/likes and dislikes/agreements and disagreements? or what are all those influential and conditional teachings/beliefs/ideas/philosophies/knowledge/values/practices/inspirations/aspirations coming from all and everyone and everywhere?

That's why the highly importance of open mind, non-grasping, self-effort, self-reliance, dispassion, renunciation, solitude, seclusion, the observation of Mauna, desirelessness, mental and emotional independence, mind purification process, regular persistent concentration and meditation practice, turning the outgoing tendency of the mind inward for self-introspection, sharpening and purifying the intellectual reasoning power not to be influenced by worldly egoistic ideas/beliefs/values/practices/desires, intense yearning towards liberation, and thinning-out/starving/eliminating the idea of 'I' and egoism, a.k.a. activate the practice of non-attachment, non-identification, non-craving, non-aversion, non-comparison, non-judgment, and non-expectation, that prepare the mind to perform inquiry towards all and everything, including all kinds of 'scientific' research, all kinds of ideas/beliefs/philosophies/teachings/values/practices/desires/inspirations/aspirations, and all the teachings of yoga and/or buddhism from anyone and everyone, or from anywhere and everywhere.

Inquire the truth of everything.

Letting go

What to be letting go?

Let go the idea of 'I' (the ego) and egoism of attachment, identification, desire of craving and aversion, possessiveness, comparison, judgment, and expectation, as well as all kinds of by-products that come along under the presence of the idea of 'I' and egoism, that give rise to all kinds worldly passionate egoistic ideas, beliefs, values, practices, activities, desires, visions, inspirations, aspirations, or ambitions, that give rise to all kinds of impurities and restlessness.

Let go the idea of 'I' and egoism doesn't mean that one doesn't love or be kind to oneself, or doesn't strive to improve and doesn't look after the well-being of oneself, while deliberately doing everything that would be damaging or hurtful unto oneself.

Let go all kinds worldly attachment and identification of family ties and connections doesn't mean that one abandons one's duty and responsibility towards those who are in some kind of ties and connections with oneself, or doesn't love and be kind to all of them, while deliberately doing everything that would be damaging or hurtful unto all of them.

Let go attachment towards the world doesn't mean that one doesn't look after the well-being of the world, while deliberately doing everything that would be damaging or hurtful unto the world.

It's about performing all one's duties and responsibilities towards looking after oneself and others and the world, without attachment, identification, desires of craving and aversion, possessiveness, comparison, judgment, and expectation.

It's about performing actions while renouncing the fruit of actions.

One is kind towards oneself, all and everyone, and everything, unconditionally, without attachment and identification or the sense of separateness, of 'myself' and 'others', of 'my family and friends' and 'not my family and friends', of 'my community' and 'not my community', of 'my belongings' and 'not my belongings'.

There is no "This is how much I give, and this is how much I deserve to receive in return."

The minds that don't understand the real meaning and practice of letting go, they would be in a state of selfishness, lovelessness, depression, loneliness, and meaninglessness, when they try to 'let go'.

The minds that understand, there is no selfishness, lovelessness, depression, loneliness, and meaninglessness, when they let go 'what I think is myself', all kinds of attachments and identifications, all kinds of ties and connections, and the world.

Inquire the truth of everything.

If still in doubt, contemplate upon this

There is neither right nor wrong and it is neither good nor bad in all kinds of spiritual/religious beliefs, including the misinterpreted or contaminated 'teachings and practice of buddhism and yoga' that are existing in the world, even if they appeared to be something very disagreeable, or wrong, or bad, or destructive, or that inflict/generate many unnecessary evitable suffering unto oneself/others/the surrounding environment and into the world that doesn't belong to anyone, for those minds that have developed certain degrees of mental and emotional independence, correct understanding, or clarity of thinking and reasoning power, but somehow there is still a thin layer of ignorance, where they are still in doubt, where they are still not free from being bound by the idea of 'I'/dualism/disturbs/suffering/painful sorrow.

If the mind is still in doubt, couldn't understand why there is neither right nor wrong and it is neither good nor bad about all that, the mind can contemplate upon this -

Most minds are functioning under the thick veil of ignorance.

And hence, the mind is thinking/reasoning/desiring/behaving/acting/reacting in certain way under the influence of ignorance and the by-products of ignorance, either wittingly or unwittingly, that would be damaging and hurtful unto itself/others/the world/the surrounding environment, which also bring along the consequences of all that.

The mind that is functioning under the veil of ignorance cannot perceive or understand something that it couldn't perceive and understand, such as the eyes cannot see themselves, or the eyes couldn't see anything under the absence of light or under the presence of hindrance, and hence, it needs to depend on certain 'tools' or 'reflective objects' and 'the presence of light' as well as 'the absence of hindrance', in order to annihilate the veil of ignorance, to see/know Thyself.

All minds are functioning under the different degrees of ignorance, including the great teachers such as Siddhartha Gautama, Swami Sivananda, Ajahn Chah, and all the other enlightened gurus, saints and sages. That's why they are called "The enlightened one", as they were in doubt, and they needed to be approaching certain 'teachers', or coming in contact with and studying certain 'teachings', and engaging in certain form of discipline, or practice, or purification process, before they attained "enlightenment".

The different degrees of ignorance is like the different thickness of cataract that built up in the lens of the eyes.

The sun or the light is always there, just as the truth is always there. The earth that is turning at a particular speed and direction that makes the sun or the light appears and disappears, while generating the illusion of 'time'/'day and night', while the clouds or the atmosphere in the space also act as the 'hindrance' or 'colour filter' that changes the 'appearance' and 'disappearance' of the sun or the light.

The cataract is like the veil of ignorance, which can be removed. The only difference is that, the cataract has to be removed by some others (the eye surgeon, or a machine that is programmed to perform such task), but the veil of ignorance in the mind can only be removed by the mind itself through self-awareness, self-initiative, self-effort, self-inquiry, direct experience, and self-realization. During the process of removing the cataract or the veil of ignorance, certain 'tools' are needed.

There are very few minds that don't need any particular 'tool'/'teacher'/'teachings'/'guidance', as the veil of ignorance is almost transparent or non-existing, where it can see all and everything as they are, as well as all and everything that it perceives naturally appeared to be 'the teachers' or 'the reflective object that reflects all and everything as they are' that allow the mind to see/know Thyself.

All kinds of spiritual/religious beliefs, regardless of believing or disbelieving in 'this' or 'that', as well as the buddhism and yoga Scriptures/Sutras/books/materials, where they all can be and will be contaminated and misinterpreted, all are existing and acting as 'the tools'. Regardless of whether they are contaminated or non-contaminated, they all served the purpose as an initial 'guidance', or 'practice', or 'discipline', or 'path', or 'direction', for the wandering or lost minds that are functioning under the thick veil of ignorance.

Most minds need to hold onto certain 'beliefs' or 'teachings' before they can transcend all kinds of beliefs or teachings. Very few minds don't need all that.

First, the mind is heading towards a particular direction or goal (by engaging in certain discipline or practice genuinely and determinedly), and during that purification process, the mind will eventually start to see 'things' clearer and clearer, and then, eventually the mind can start to see all and everything clearly as it is (transcending all kinds of teachers/teachings/beliefs/Scriptures/Sutras/practice/discipline/path/direction/goal).

First, the ignorant minds are being encouraged to believe and have faith in 'That', to be taking refuge in 'That', to be praying to 'That', and to be grateful as well as be fearful towards 'That', or to be fearful towards 'unpleasant or painful consequences', or to be fearful towards 'ceaseless and restless births and deaths'.

And then, upon the annihilation of the veil of ignorance, or upon the mind sees/knows Thyself, the mind transcends 'That' and 'all that', that only served or acted as a 'tool'/'guidance'/'teacher'/'teachings'/'path'/'practice'/'direction'/'goal'/'refuge', or 'the light' that allows the eyes to see.

First, the illusive 'I' that is 'ignorant', that is in 'doubt', and that perceives 'suffering', that keeps hurting itself and others out of ignorance and suffering, is performing certain 'practice', or is engaging in certain 'observation and discipline', and is desiring to attain 'enlightenment', or 'salvation', or 'liberation'.

And then, upon Self-realization or knowing Thyself, there is no 'I'. There is no 'ignorance'. There is no 'end of ignorance'. There is no 'doubt'. There is no 'fear'. There is no 'suffering'. There is no 'end of suffering'. There is no 'path'. There is no 'goal'. There is no 'direction'. There is no 'practice'. There is no 'enlightenment'. There is no 'salvation'. There is no 'liberation'. There is no 'That'.

And yet, the engagement in mind purification process in order to know Thyself, or to be free from ignorance and its by-products, or to remove the veil of ignorance, is upmost important, or the highest duty of mankind, so that the mind doesn't hurt or stops hurting itself and others and the surrounding environment, or the world, during its momentary selfless and impermanent existence and function in this space that doesn't belong to anyone or anything.

The train, the train track, the fuels, and the train driver, served the purpose of bringing the travellers to any particular destination. If for any reasons, the travellers decide to leave the train before arriving at the final destination, that is their own freedom. While either intentionally or unintentionally, some travellers would sabotage or cause damages unto the train, or cause interference, disruption, and even injury unto some other travellers onboard, or claim possessiveness and control over the train and those onboard, or hinder and stop some others from embarking onto the train, or persuade/force some other travellers to leave the train, or even divert the train path heading towards some other directions and destinations. Meanwhile, some travellers might have embarked onto a train that they thought it would bring them to where they want to go, however, during the journey, they realized that they have taken the wrong train, and they leave the train and embark onto another train that would bring them to where they want to go. Upon reaching the (final) destination, all that are useless as well as 'non-existence' to the travellers upon Self-realization. All that exist along with the existence of travellers that need to travel to somewhere. If there are no travellers, all that doesn't need to be existing. The travellers don't take or keep the train/the train track/the fuels/the driver with them. But, all and everyone needs to embark onto the train (that also has the train track/fuels/driver), or else, they are not going anywhere.

Just as performing many different types of physical and mental yoga and meditation practice passionately and regularly without implementing the elimination of ignorance, the idea of 'I' and egoism, while enjoying all kinds of momentary benefits/effects of the practice, doesn't lead the mind towards Self-realization.

That's why the importance of Satsanga (wise company).

That's why the importance of if there's no Satsanga, it's better to be Asanga (devoid of company) than to be having Kutsanga (ignorant egoistic impure company).

That's why the importance of solitude and seclusion.

That's why the importance of renunciation and dispassion.

Be free.

Inquire the truth of everything.

Proficiency in any particular language doesn't determine the state of mind and behavior

Just as the presence and absence of all kinds of origins, backgrounds, experiences, education, study, learning, training, practice, skills, talents, achievements, status, title, qualification, certification, physical appearance, health condition, fitness level, ability, disability, intelligence, or accumulated information and knowledge, the proficiency in any particular type or many different types of language(s), doesn't determine the state of mind and the behavior of anyone.

Knowing how to proficiently speak, read, write, express, communicate, and interact in all kinds of languages that are existing in this world also doesn't and cannot determine the state of mind and the behavior of anyone.

Wisdom, compassion, peace, understanding, kindness, openness, patience, tolerance, determination, non-possessiveness, non-attachment, non-craving, non-aversion, non-interference, the ability to let go/adjust/adapt/accommodate/withstand, the truth of selflessness and impermanence in all and everything, as well as the ability to allow and respect the perceived reality as it is, and to respect all and everyone and everything as they are, to be sharing the space that doesn't belong to anyone with all and everyone and everything, regardless of whether the perceived reality and all and everything appeared to be something pleasant or unpleasant, desirable or undesirable, and agreeable or disagreeable, are not being determined by the presence and absence of all those names and forms/qualities/abilities/achievements/possessions/identities.

It's very common that most people would ask/question others that they don't know, that they refer as 'foreigners', "Who are you? Where you came from? Where is your origin or birth place? What is your country? Why are you here (in my village/town/country)?"

Many people think and believe that they came from a particular land, that they think and believe is where they belonged, as their ancestors and themselves were born on that land in that space, where they claimed ownership and possession towards the land and the space to be "This is our home, our land, and our space. All these here are ours," and refer themselves as the original inhabitants or the rightful owners/citizens of the land and the space, where they express, speak, read, write, communicate, and interact among themselves under one or a few common language(s) that they think and believe is "Our language(s) and our culture." And they refer all the others that are not (already) one of them, that only exist/arrive/live/make a living on the land and space after them, that have some other backgrounds or cultures, as 'foreigners'.

There are also many people think and believe that many of their social/national problems are caused by the presence of 'foreigners' from other different backgrounds that arrive/exist/live/make a living in their country that belongs to them.

Inquire the truth of everything.

Before the presence of any other 'foreigners' in any particular land and space in this world that doesn't belong to anyone,

All kinds of humanity/mentality/behavior/family/relationship/community/national problems have already been existing in anywhere and everywhere, among one another where all the people among the one same community that have the one same background of particular ancestry family heritage, ethnicity, culture, belief, values, and practices, where people express, speak, communicate, and interact among themselves under the same common language(s).

All kinds of dissatisfaction, discontentment, irritation, annoyance, frustration, anger, hatred, greed, discrimination, jealousy, selfishness, possessiveness, offensiveness, defensiveness, cruelty, ill treatment, violence, corruptions, mischievous conducts, hurtful behaviors, misunderstanding, non-understanding, disagreements, arguments, fighting, unrest, disharmony, fear, pride, arrogance, control, hypocrisy, lies, backbiting, backstabbing, blame, politics, interference, exploitation, wars, and etc, have always been existing in the minds within the one same family, community, or nation of the similar ancestry/cultural/social/national background.

Ceaseless conflicts have always been existing in oneself in one's own mind, among the different ceaseless thoughts and desires that are selfless and impermanent, not to say, with another mind, among partner/couple, among parents and children, among siblings, among relatives, among friends, among neighbours, among villagers, among all and everyone of the same origin and background. There are lots of craving, aversion, selfishness, possessiveness, jealousy, anger, resentment, disagreement, argument, interference, intimidation, threat, or power and control.

Human beings (The minds) have been hurting oneself, and their own family members, partner/spouse, parents, children, friends, relatives, and community of the one same origin, background and culture, under the influence of ignorance, the idea of 'I' (the ego), egoism, impurities and restlessness, either wittingly or unwittingly.

Making all and everyone to adopt one's particular language and culture, or one's belief, way of living, way of doing things, values and practices, doesn't prevent or remove all kinds of existing 'problems' that derived from the minds functioning under the influence of ignorance, the idea of 'I', egoism, impurities, and restlessness.

All kinds of 'problems' don't come from 'foreigners'.

'Foreigners' of different backgrounds, cultures, beliefs, values, practices, or languages, with different personalities and desires, are not the cause of all kinds of 'problems'.

It's the presence of ignorance, the idea of 'I', and egoism in the minds, on top of the selfless intentionless attributeless survival instinct that exists in all kinds of organisms, that give rise to all kinds of impurities and restlessness in the minds, that contribute to all kinds of 'problems' in this world of many diversities that doesn't belong to anyone and anything.

"Stay away from cult. Stay away from politics." - Swami Sivananda

Be free. Be happy. Be peaceful.

May all be free from ignorance

May all be free, be happy, be peaceful

 

Renunciation. Solitude. Seclusion. Silence. Self-realization.

The genuine observation of complete silence in solitude and seclusion, by renouncing worldly passionate egoistic family/cultural/social/spiritual/national/political/commercial ideas, beliefs, values, affairs, activities, interactions, communications, ties and connections, inputs and outputs, inspirations and aspirations, and all kinds of accumulated physical and mental habits or conditional behavior pattern, for minimum 5 - 6 years, or even longer for certain minds, to free the mind from being conditioned by worldly passionate egoistic ideas/thinking/belief/values/practice/desire/inspiration/aspiration, and etc, will eventually lead the mind towards realizing or seeing the truth of Selflessness and Impermanence, even if without coming in contact with any kind of teachings, teacher, or guru.

Some minds think and believe that they have been observing a high level of solitude and seclusion and renunciation, by living alone with a simple and quiet lifestyle while reducing and refraining from unnecessary social activities and interactions for many years, and spending many hours everyday into performing some kind of yoga and meditation practice, but somehow, they are still in doubt, or are not free from ignorance, the idea of 'I', egoism, restlessness, impurities, or disturb/hurt/painful sorrow/suffering, as they are still being determined/disturbed/affected/sadden/hurt/offended/intimidated/disappointed by this and that, where there is still something that they couldn't let go, either wittingly or unwittingly, then they can reflect upon themselves -

Did they really observe silence in solitude and seclusion, physically/mentally/emotionally?

Did they really observe solitude, seclusion, silence and renunciation in everyday life, for a continuous prolonged period of time, and it's not just from time to time participating in certain type of yoga retreats, or even participating in silent meditation retreat courses, for a few weeks or a few months, while actively engaging in some kind of community selfless service under certain spiritual or non-spiritual organization, or engaging in occasional or regular casual or formal get together with beloved family and good friends or spiritual/non-spiritual community, that give rise to and empower the sense of togetherness, goodness, positiveness, joyfulness, and meaningfulness?

Did they really renounce all kinds of worldly passionate egoistic family/cultural/social/spiritual/national/political/commercial ideas, beliefs, values, affairs, activities, interactions, communications, ties and connections, inputs and outputs, inspirations and aspirations, and all kinds of self and group identity empowerment, not engaging with family/relatives/friends/pets or spiritual family/community/brotherhood/sisterhood as well as monk and nun community, and abandoning accumulated physical and mental habits or conditional behavior pattern, enjoyments of the senses, self-indulgence/pampering, books, novels, magazines, newspapers, social medias, musics, songs, arts, movies, theater performances, documentaries, talks, chitchats, justification, glorification, admiration, condemn, criticism, fault finding, blame, ill will, sabotage, exploitation, manipulation, interference, the urge to control, self-righteousness, debates, discussions, arguments, festivals, celebrations, sentiments, mourning, grieving, historical remembrance, rituals, offerings, obsessions, addictions, attachments, identifications, comparisons, judgments, expectations, desires, craving, aversion, longing, clinging, lust, wild imaginations, day dreaming, wishful thinking, building castle in the air, superstition, story telling, mystic, miracle, spiritual healing, vision, ambition, heroism, pride, guilt, regret, fear, worry, offensiveness, defensiveness, anger, hatred, resentment, jealousy, bitterness, possessiveness, sense of belonging, greed, discontentment, resolution, bucket list, worldly or spiritual inspiration, aspiration, and ambition, and etc?

Meanwhile, if the mind has already developed and firmly grounded in non-attachment/non-identification/non-craving/non-aversion/non-judgment/non-expectation/non-duality/dispassion/right discrimination/desirelessness/fearlessness/mental and emotional independence,

where it is being undetermined/undisturbed/uninfluenced/non-offended/non-intimidated/unhurt/unmoved by the absence of goodness and the presence of badness, or all kinds of ignorant affairs and behaviors that give rise to all kinds of evitable destruction and suffering in the world,

where it has realized and is resting in unconditional peace,

where it respects the truth of selflessness and impermanence, and the nature's law of cause and effect,

where it has mentally renounced all kinds of personal ties and relationships with family and friends or community, and is free from clinging and longing towards the presence of love, support, interaction, acceptance, agreement, understanding, togetherness, appreciation, recognition, praise and compliment, or acknowledgement among oneself and one's family/friends/community, and others,

where it is free from the sense of belonging and connection, self-esteem, self-worth, accomplishment, success/failure, goodness/badness, appropriateness/disappropriateness, positiveness/negativeness, meaningfulness/meaninglessness, joyfulness/joylessness, togetherness/separateness, superiority/inferiority, deserving/non-deserving, fear, worry, guilt, regret, shame, pride, arrogance, and etc,

where it sees no difference between itself and others, between family/friends and not family/not friends, between 'good' people and 'bad' people, between wise beings and ignorant beings, between happy minds and unhappy minds, and etc, as all and everyone are selfless and impermanent, and all are governed by the nature's law of cause and effect,

where it treats all and everyone the same as 'all beings/objects/names and forms that are selfless and impermanent',

where it can be kind towards all without discrimination, and unconditionally,

and it knows when to say 'yes' and when to say 'no',

as it knows Thyself, or what is 'I', or what is the modification of the mind, or the truth of selflessness and impermanence, or timelessness/non-separateness/namelessness/formlessness/attributelessness/birthlessness/deathlessness, or the annihilation of the restless modifications of the mind, or silence,

then this mind doesn't need to renounce anything, especially if this mind still has certain unfinished worldly duties and responsibilities towards looking after old parents, elders, unwell partner, young children, or physically/mentally disabled dependents, that depending on one's physical/mental/financial care and support, while actively engaging in certain activity for maintaining livelihood, or engaging in selfless service community activities, interactions, and communication with some others, where all these actions are being performed under the absence of the idea of 'I' or the ego, without passionate egoism of worldly and/or spiritual attachment, identification, desire of craving and aversion, comparison, judgment, expectation, intention, aspiration, or ambition.

The worldly duties and responsibilities, and all kinds of actions, are not contradicted with or separated from dharma/dhamma/teachings/practice/renunciation/silence/inaction/selfless service, when it is being performed under the absence of the idea of 'I'/the ego, ignorance, and egoism.

Perform intentionless actions, and renounce the fruit of actions, being undetermined by the actions and the fruit of actions.

Inquire the truth of everything, including all these teachings here, or from anyone and anywhere.

"You are left alone now." - Swami Sivananda

The essentials for self-inquiry and self-realization

Whatever the mind perceives/experiences/thinks/believes/identifies with, are all merely part of the modifications of the selfless impermanent mind itself.

All forms of 'spiritual/non-spiritual, pure/impure, infinite/finite existence or identity' are nothing but the projections/creations of the selfless impermanent mind itself, during its momentary selfless existence in this space, that (only) exists and functions selflessly and impermanently in NOW, under the selfless support and influence of the selfless energy and elements.

Upon the annihilation of the selfless impermanent modification of the mind/The absence of the idea of 'I' or the ego/The absence of thinking or thought process/Resting in Stillness or Silence, there is no finite or infinite 'I' existing, there is no "I am/I perceive/I experience/I know/I realize/I believe/I think/I see/I hear/I smell/I taste/I feel/I act/I enjoy/I suffer/I give/I receive, and vice versa," there is no whatever 'I' think and believe is "what I (really) am," not to say, "I am the eternal infinite absolute perfect and pure 'this or that'."

There are many "ideas", "beliefs", "values", "practices", "inspirations", "aspirations", "visions", and "various forms of empowerment", created by/deriving from the worldly passionate egoistic minds functioned/functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism, influencing and conditioning the mind to think and believe and behave in certain way, that hinder the mind from self-inquiry and self-realization.

That's why the observation of dispassion, renunciation, seclusion, solitude, silence, and desirelessness, are highly important for the minds that sincerely want to be free from ignorance and the consequences of ignorance, during its momentary selfless existence, to be resting in peace, or to stop hurting itself and others in this space that doesn't belong to anyone or anything.

"Live alone. Walk alone. Eat alone. Meditate alone. Do not mix. Do not associate. Do not build ashram. Do not hoard disciples." - Swami Sivananda

Inquire the truth of everything.

Conditional vs unconditional (peace and freedom)

There is nothing wrong with the conditional (momentary and impermanent) 'peace and freedom', where the mind will be in a momentary state of contentment, calmness, joyfulness, happiness, meaningfulness, accomplishment, goodness, or freedom, upon the presence of pleasant, agreeable, desirable, and enjoyable/soothing/easy experiences, affairs, conditions, situations, activities, accomplishments, interactions, or relationships, and upon the absence of unpleasant, disagreeable, undesirable, and non-enjoyable/painful/difficult experiences, affairs, conditions, situations, activities, non-accomplishments, interactions, or relationships.

Meanwhile, all these states of mind will be disturbed, changed, or disappeared, upon the absence of pleasant, agreeable, desirable, and enjoyable/soothing/easy experiences, affairs, conditions, situations, activities, accomplishments, interactions, or relationships, as well as upon the presence of unpleasant, disagreeable, undesirable, and non-enjoyable/painful/difficult experiences, affairs, conditions, situations, activities, non-accomplishments, interactions, or relationships.

There is nothing wrong with that because that is indeed the truth of selflessness and impermanence.

This conditional state of 'peace and freedom' is momentary and impermanent. It will change, increase and decrease, or appear and disappear.

Most minds are functioning in such way under the influence of ignorance and egoism, where the minds think and believe that it's absolutely normal, and there is nothing abnormal about that, and hence, restlessly identifying with and swaying in between the different states of mind.

During the process of gratifying their boundless desires, as well as out of the disturbed suffering states of mind upon ungratified desires, most minds would hurt themselves and others and the surrounding environment, either wittingly or unwittingly.

That is not liberation.

That is not what yoga and meditation is about.

Unconditional peace and freedom, is beyond the conditional momentary impermanent states of the mind that is functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism, where under the presence of attachment/identification/desires of craving and aversion/expectation, the states of mind is being determined by the mind perception of the different qualities of names and forms that are selfless and impermanent, that ceaselessly arising, changing, and passing away.

Unconditional peace and freedom is always there as it is, upon the absence of ignorance and egoism in the selfless impermanent modifications of the selfless perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting mind that is existing and functioning under the selfless support of the selfless energy and elements.

Unconditional peace and freedom doesn't increase or decrease, or it doesn't appear and disappear, upon the presence and absence of pleasant/unpleasant, agreeable/disagreeable, desirable/undesirable, and enjoyable/soothing/easy or non-enjoyable/painful/difficult experiences, affairs, conditions, situations, activities, accomplishments/non-accomplishments, interactions, or relationships.

It's beyond all kinds of duality - gain and loss, success and failure, goodness and badness, easiness and difficulty, pleasurable enjoyment and painful suffering, joyfulness and joylessness, meaningfulness and meaninglessness, auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, or deserving and non-deserving, and etc.

It's normal and nothing wrong when the minds that are functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism will think and believe that, "Unconditional peace and freedom" is abnormal, bullshit, non-practical, unreachable, impossible, or even, a form of mental disorder/illness/madness.

That is their freedom of thinking, understanding/non-understanding, or belief.

The only thing/element that hinders the mind from realizing or resting in unconditional peace and freedom, is ignorance and egoism.

All forms of yoga and meditation practice is merely about the annihilation of ignorance and egoism from the selfless impermanent modifications of the mind (engaging in or activating the mind purification/disciplinary/silencing process and self-inquiry/self-realization towards the truth of selflessness and impermanence), by the mind itself, through self-initiation, self-effort, self-reliance, and self-discipline, so that the mind stops hurting itself and others and the surrounding environment out of the discontented disturbed suffering states of mind functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism.

It's not about 'blind believing', 'bling following', 'blind practicing', 'blind propagating', 'worshiping', 'glorification', 'healing', 'spirituality', 'ritual', 'blessing', 'fairy tales', 'white lies', 'comforting story telling', 'self-justification', 'self-righteousness', 'auspiciousness', 'goodness', 'meaningfulness', 'perfection', 'all good nothing bad', 'all positive nothing negative', 'life is beautiful and meaningful', 'defy gravity/decay/aging/death', 'heaven and hell', 'merits and virtues', 'good and bad karma', 'superior/inferior reincarnation', 'untouchable', 'miracle', 'super extraordinary transcendental mystical experiences', 'I am That', 'I am strong', 'I am powerful', 'positive mind power to change the world', 'building a perfect desirable world in accordance to my values and desire', 'All desires/wishes come true', 'I can do and achieve whatever I want to do and achieve', 'to prove that I am worthy and deserving to receive respect, acceptance, love, acknowledgement, recognition, admiration, and glorification from others', and etc.

Even though there is nothing wrong with all that, as many minds are being conditioned to think and believe that they and everyone 'need' to rely on all that to deal with or escape undesirable/unpleasant/painful experiences or impermanent changes, and to justify what they don't know and don't understand, or even, to justify their intentional and unintentional hurtful behaviors unto themselves and others and the surrounding environment.

Just as positive thinking, gratitude, encouragement, patience, forbearance, forgiveness, letting go, healing, and etc, are relevant and useful for the minds that haven't developed correct understanding yet, where they are still being determined and disturbed very much by the presence and absence of the different qualities of names and forms, or all kinds of duality, where the minds would feel offended, intimidated, or hurt by this or that. But all these are irrelevant and useless to the minds that have correct understanding, where the mind is resting in unconditional peace, being undetermined, undisturbed, non-offended, non-intimidated, or unhurt by the presence of undesirable/unpleasant names and forms, or the absence of desirable/pleasant names and forms.

There is nothing wrong with many minds rely on the presence/availability of love, support, understanding, agreement, acknowledgement, appreciation, compliment, desirable connection, interaction, and togetherness with family/friends/community to give rise to and empower the sense of pride, accomplishment, goodness, joyfulness, positiveness, and meaningfulness, however, that is not liberation.

What other minds want to think and believe, desire and behave, or not, it's their own freedom.

What this mind wants to inquire, realize, and understand, or not, it's its own freedom.

Inquire the truth of everything.

Be free.

Wisdom and compassion

It's normal that all kinds of discrimination, selfishness, and cruelty are existing and increasing in the world of many diversities that doesn't belong to anyone.

Because there are, and there will be, more and more minds functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism, where they all have one same tendency, which is to impose control, interference, rules and regulations, restriction, oppression, violence, cruelty, and punishment towards some others, including their own family members/partner/children, not to say, those that they recognized as 'not one of them'/'non-compliant towards their particular belief, values, desires, vision, behavior, and practice'/'potential competitor'/'enemy'/'threat'/'obstacle', and towards something that they dislike and disagree with, based on their own particular thinking, belief, values, desires/don't desires, practice, vision, or ambition.

Selfishness, possessiveness, sense of belonging, sense of pride, identity pride, social status pride, community pride, family pride, association pride, origin pride, lineage pride, national pride, regional pride, cultural pride, spiritual pride, knowledge pride, achievement pride, self-righteousness, obsessiveness, oversensitiveness, defensiveness, offensiveness, envy, anger, hatred, greed, fear, and so on, are serious form of mental illness. They are the by-products of ignorance and egoism, and are all leading towards the rise of discrimination, selfishness, and cruelty in the world.

Except in absolute solitude and seclusion, or complete silence, in one's own selfless impermanent function and existence of the mind supported by selfless energy and elements, especially upon the absence of ignorance, where the mind is merely being what it is, devoid of restlessness/impurities/disturbance/qualities/dualities, without engaging in certain physical/mental passionate egoistic activities/inputs and outputs/actions/interactions/duties/commitments, either wittingly or unwittingly, there is very little and even complete absence of any kind of freedom, or there is only partial/restricted/limited/conditional freedom, just by being momentarily functioning and existing in a selfless impermanent world that is full of minds that are functioning under the influence of ignorance and egoism, where there is absence of wisdom (correct understanding) and compassion, that embrace openness, non-discrimination, non-separateness, non-interference, non-violence, non-attachment, non-identification, non-clinging, non-craving, non-aversion, non-judgment, non-expectation, desirelessness, non-possessiveness, independence, the absence of worldly passionate egoistic ideas/thinking/belief/values/desires/visions/practice, the absence of all kinds of pride/shame, the absence of identification and self-righteousness, the absence of superiority and inferiority, the absence of fear and greed, the absence of jealousy, anger, and hatred, the absence of the urge to control and interfere, and that promote letting go, patience, tolerance, forbearance, acceptance, accommodation, adjustment, adaptation, respect, generosity, kindness, and, freedom of existence/living/movement/being what all and everyone are.

The minds that are free from ignorance and egoism, that are devoid of attachment, identification, desire of craving and aversion, possessiveness, fear, discontentment, greed, or painful sorrow, they don't impose control/interference/rules and regulations/restriction/oppression/violence/punishment towards anyone or anything, not even their own family members/partner/children, respecting all and everyone to be what they are, as they are, not to say, all the others that have their own particular ties and connection, background, history, experience/non-experience, understanding/non-understanding, thinking, belief/disbelief, values, desires, behavior, way of living, and practice, where all and everyone are responsible towards themselves/the state of mind/the modification of the mind/their understanding and non-understanding/their desires and don't desires/their actions and the fruits/outcomes/consequences of their actions.

Meanwhile, under the presence of wisdom and compassion, the selfless minds can merely provide the correct understanding, knowledge, direct experience/realization, guidance, and support that might help to uplift the minds that are functioning under the influence of ignorance, that are egoistic, restless, impure, discontented, disturbed, confused, violent, distressed, or in painful suffering, unconditionally without attachment, identification, craving, aversion, comparison, judgment, or expectation, showing them the path towards self-inquiry and self-realization, while allow all and everyone to receive or reject, to evolve as they are, and to be what they are.

Just as the sun, or the nature, merely being what it is - selfless, desireless, intentionless, and impermanent.

 

The truth of selflessness and impermanence in all and everyone and everything, is the only existing 'freedom' that all and everyone have while being existing momentarily, selflessly, and impermanently in this space that doesn't belong to anyone and anything, where none, not even oneself, can control/interfere/change/modify/destroy.

Knowing and accumulating all kinds of knowledge/information/technology/skill in this world doesn't guarantee peace in oneself, that can help to contribute more kindness, peace and harmony into the world of many diversities.

Knowing and respecting the truth of selflessness and impermanence will.

Inquire the truth of everything.