Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Wanting to Be Better



Yogi: I often observe myself wanting other people to do poorly so that I will look best.

SUT: Yes, that's good, you know your mind! It is in the nature of the mind to always want to be better than others, to want to see others as inferior. Only when this is recognized do we get the opportunity to change.

Yogi: How can I work skillfully with such observations?

SUT: Look at how it feels when the mind has a thought like that. You will see that it is not very pleasant. If you recognize this feeling every time there are such thoughts, the mind will become so familiar with the unpleasantness of them, that it will no longer want to be that way. The mind will not only realize that such thoughts are unpleasant but also that it is unnecessary to have them and that they are unwholesome. Once the mind really understands all this, it will easily let go.

Excerpt from: Awareness Alone is Not Enough, Sayadaw U Tejaniya

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