The Mind Seeking Permanent Pleasure Is Full Of Fear

If life is full of thoughts,

If the thoughts exist in every corner of life,

The fear is inevitable.

Why is it so difficult for one to let go of the thoughts?

The fact is very simple.

Thoughts bring about all the skills,

Turbulence,

In the form of fear.

But why can't we let go of them?

Isn't it because the thoughts also bring about pleasure?

Through thoughts,

Human beings have cultivated all kinds of pleasure,

All kinds of pleasant things.

Through thoughts,

It's like a drug.

It's so addictive.

The satisfaction from the pleasure is instant.

As long as one has some nice thoughts,

That kind of gratification,

Satisfaction,

Is very instant,

Immediate.

It's so instant that one can't resist.

But as long as there is seeking pleasure from thoughts,

There must be fear.

When the mind seeks pleasure,

The mind wants to sustain that pleasure.

That kind of wanting,

Craving,

Creates the fear of losing that pleasure.

So as long as one seeks something,

One will get fear at the same time.

Wanting to get something,

Therefore fearing losing something.

So pleasure and fear are two sides of the same coin.

If the life is full of seeking pleasure from thoughts,

The life is inevitably full of fear,

The mind always wants some permanent pleasure.

So the mind tries its best to sustain pleasure,

But thoughts are always transient.

Thoughts can't stay,

So pleasure won't stay.

But the mind is trapped by the illusion of permanence.

Therefore,

When the mind feels pleasure,

The mind wants to use thoughts to sustain the pleasure.

And the mind fears.

If one really carefully examines the mind,

One will find that the mind is always seeking pleasure from all kinds of small things.

Therefore,

Those small things bring about fear at the same time.

So such a life,

Which is the most pure life,

Is a battlefield,

Isn't it?

On the one hand,

One keeps seeking pleasure.

On the other hand,

One keeps enduring the fear,

All kinds of mental challenges in this loop.

To meditate,

To really awaken to the nature of the mind,

One has to sit in oneself deeply.

What the speaker can describe is only about this.

For the rest,

It requires everyone to go into it,

To find out whether this is the case.