David - the pleasure in thinking

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> > David wrote:

> > Recently my mind has become very caught up in career plans.

> > It is so interested in its thoughts that it doesn't want to rest

> > in the " I am. " That is why the Maharaj's words about the fall:

> > " accepting experiences as the truth, it gets more and more

> > involved... " resonated with me so much. The pleasure in thinking

> > and weaving a world of experiences is so great with me that I am

> > sometimes reluctant to step beyond it.

 

~ Yes... the mind is fascinated with itself.

But You are not the mind.

With a little detachment you can see how

it bounces between pleasure and pain.

 

At some point living the truth of yourself

becomes more attractive than the mind's

entertainment. No one knows when.

 

Xan