Man-made values versus existential values

The real, the valuable, the really valuable is discovered by the mind only when it gives up that which is trivial. Mind lives in its own values. We will call them ‘man-made values’.

See what mind values, see what it has been trained to value, see how it gets habituated and conditioned. Look around! What does the mind value? Look around the world and you will see what the mind values. Prestige, respect, power, position, money, greed, security, pleasure, acceptance, validation, physical arousal, that is what the mind values.

As long as the mind is valuing these, there is no question of coming upon that which is really valuable.

You say, ‘I already know what is valuable in life.’ What is valuable in life for you? ‘The honour of my tribe, the respect of my family, the certificates that I gain from others, having a nice secure house, having some kind of bank-balance’, that is what most people say is valuable.

Till the time you find all these important, your boxes are already ticked. There is no scope for inquiry, there is no scope of opening the gates of mind to the Truth. You have already decided!

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