As mentioned in the previous posting, all of our actions are based by our inner motivation. Upon contemplation of our own lives we can see that there are aspects of it that might give us the feeling that we have been walking in circles, one after the other. If we investigate it a little deeper, we will see that this feeling of "walking in circles" comes from our incapacity to change our mindset. As a result we are bound to keep making the same choices over and over and keep experiencing the same frustrations over and over.
Even though sometimes we feel we are making a fresh new choice, judging by the changing of appearances, we overlook the mental pattern we are using to make that "new" choice, which in the end, is the same pattern we have been using for previous choices that ended in frustration in previous cycles. Therefore we see that the mindset we use is always the same. This mindset is a mental scenario under which our ego is operating.
The difficulty in changing the mindset arises from a selfish motivation that leads us to judge the best actions to be taken according to the satisfaction of that particular mental scenario. However, when we have a truly compassionate motivation, we look to others trying to understand them in their contexts and see which mental scenarios are validating their experiences. That helps us to "see" our own mental scenario by broadening our minds and actually "see" the interdependence of all things, therefore reducing our attachments to a false idea of ego, which prevents us from realizing our primordial nature.
As a first step in an effective meditation practice, we should contemplate our inner motivation and make that a selfless one, otherwise your meditation will end up being an experience filled with frustration, leading you nowhere, just as our choices guided by ignorance.
May all beings benefit from it!
Cris
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