Receive without producing is saying the same thing. I want to encourage you to receive the thoughts. If you can, don’t express and don’t add. You may have to put a lunge line on that pony of your thoughts so that you can see the way you continue to take what arises and use it as a credential or proof of something else.

https://youtu.be/kNNQb1Hc_aI

Kleshas may appear to increase because you’ve been covering them up. Now that you’re practicing meditation and studying the buddha’s dharma, the cover-ups aren’t working quite so well. If it shows up in your mind, it is yours. Don’t fight with that.

https://youtu.be/XbVK3xWYbww

Whatever is arising in the mind stream at any given moment is dependently arisen. That means there’s no real thinker there. We may try to ignore what’s arising or shove down our emotions. In order to see that you’re even doing such a thing, just be aware.

https://youtu.be/i0MJ_uRY1Ao

Observing doesn't fixate. The tendency of the mind is to fixate in order to protect an imaginary person. If you’re actually observing you won’t latch onto anything. As soon as you lock down on anything, that’s fixation. You can sit down and just collapse into whatever this is.

https://youtu.be/Dakz8DTUubI

Look closely at your mind - that’s what you’re here to do. It doesn’t matter what happens, what matters is your intention. Consciousness has nerve endings. Be grateful for those feelings and be grateful for this precious human birth.

https://youtu.be/1yhg0h4i3NQ

Look at the confusion that arises in your mind relative to what’s happening with your interactions with others, whether pleasant, boring or disturbing. Rather than look for the cause of the confusion, train yourself to see what this is fundamentally by looking at the confusion directly. This is done through the sitting practice of meditation.

https://youtu.be/HgotzWl4Hww

When anything comes up in your mind, before the naming comes, before you even call it confusion, just observe. The original situation is what needs to be seen. That's the dharma gate.

https://youtu.be/MFrJ_u6HLMI

https://youtu.be/SYUIah-N28U

Karma is Sanskrit for action. The simple karma of cause and effect is what most of the world is trapped by; the illusion that ‘this caused that’ and you can do something to stop it. If you wrestle with your life, you’ll miss it.

https://youtu.be/d58KP0AtzCQ

https://youtu.be/mbIlC-MU3_g