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**Woziwfaq** · 09-20-2010, 01:48 PM

I went to another of Ajahn Sumdho's talks yesterday which was called "Seeing through Delusion".

He spoke about the many ways that we can disagree with each other.. and how delusion is about our sense of ego and not knowing anything beyond the conditions we create and our biases and views about one thing or another. Society is all about praising and blaming.

He said our gift is that we can reflect on Dhamma and not take positions, but be awake, mindful and present in the here and now.

He advised that we can become what we attach to ...e.g. grasping anger we become an angry person, and that recognising conditions of impermanence and unsatisfactoriness, and being aware, brings us into the reality of the here and now. If we're mindful and aware we don't hold on to anger because we have the gate to ultimate reality and we can see through delusion.

We meditate in order to let go of ego, and habitual tendancies.

If we are attached just to principles, we can become very rigid and inflexible. Mindfulness will develop our responses.

09-20-2010, 01:48 PM	#7
Woziwfaq Join Date Dec 2005 Posts 367 Senior Member	I went to another of Ajahn Sumdho's talks yesterday which was called "Seeing through Delusion". He spoke about the many ways that we can disagree with each other.. and how delusion is about our sense of ego and not knowing anything beyond the conditions we create and our biases and views about one thing or another. Society is all about praising and blaming. He said our gift is that we can reflect on Dhamma and not take positions, but be awake, mindful and present in the here and now. He advised that we can become what we attach to ...e.g. grasping anger we become an angry person, and that recognising conditions of impermanence and unsatisfactoriness, and being aware, brings us into the reality of the here and now. If we're mindful and aware we don't hold on to anger because we have the gate to ultimate reality and we can see through delusion. We meditate in order to let go of ego, and habitual tendancies. If we are attached just to principles, we can become very rigid and inflexible. Mindfulness will develop our responses.
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