당신에게 정말로 중요한 것은… Mind & Ego

당신에게정말로중요한것은

당신에게정말로중요한것은

당신의사회적지위와성취가아니라

당신이어떤사람들과더불어살아가고있느냐하는것이다.

당신에게정말로중요한것은

당신이얼마나많은인기와부러움을받고있는가가아니라

얼마나많은사람들이당신을믿을만한사람으로생각하고있는가하는것이다.

당신에게정말로중요한것은

당신이얼마나많은사람들을친구로가지고있는가가아니라

얼마나많은사람들이당신을진정한친구로생각하고있는가하는것이다.

당신에게정말로중요한것은

당신이좋은동네에서살고있는것이아니라

당신이이웃사람들을어떻게대하고있는가하는것이다.

당신에게정말로중요한것은

당신이살고있는집이얼마나크고좋은가가아니라

얼마나많은사람들을집으로초대하느냐하는것이다.

당신에게정말로중요한것은

당신이어떤차를소유하고있느냐가아니라

얼마나많은사람들을태워주느냐하는것이다.

당신에게정말로중요한것은

당신이무엇을얼마나소유하고있는가가아니라

남에게무엇을얼마나베푸느냐하는것이다.

당신에게정말로중요한것은

당신이얼마나많은일을하고있느냐가아니라

당신이사랑하는사람들을위하여

얼마나많은시간을함께보내고있는가하는것이다.

당신에게있어서가장귀중하고아름다운시간은

당신이누군가를사랑하고있는바로시간이다.

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Memory·Mind·Ego

Theconsciousnessiswithinyou.

Aroundtheconsciousnessthememoriesareaccumulatedontheperiphery.

Butthememoriesareuseful

Andyoucannotsurvivewithoutthem.

Thememoryformsyourmind,

Andyourmindisthegreatestaccumulator.

Whatsoeverwashappenedthemindwasaccumulating.

Andwheneveryoulooktheworld,youlookthroughthismind.

Yourmindisyourpast.

Thepastbecomesamediator.

Wheneveryoupassthroughanewexperience

Youlookthroughthememories.

Youinterpretitthroughthememories.

Youlookateverythingthroughthepast.

Constantlylookingthroughthepast,

Forinstance

Yousay“IamaChristian.”

Butthat’swrongandnonsense,

BecausenooneisbornasaChristian.

Youaresimplybornasahumanbeing.

Thenyouaretaught;

YouareconditionedtothinkthatyouareChristian.

Thisteachingisaccumulatedonthemind.

Thisisamemoryandwheneveryoulookthroughthismemory

Youfeel“IamaChristian!”

YourconsciousnessisnotChristian;itcannotbe.

Butyougetidentifiedwithit-

Thatidentificationistheego.

Theidentificationoftheconsciousnesswiththememoriesistheego.

Wheneveryougetidentifiedwithanymemory,anyknowledge,

Anyexperience,anynameandform…

Then‘I”isborn.That‘I’isyourego.

Yougoongettingidentifiedwiththingsthataccumulatearoundyou

Andtheegoisborn.

Anotherword,egoisidentificationwiththemind.

Sowhenthereisnomind,

Thenthereisnoego.

That’swhywhenyouaresilenttheegoisnotthere,

Becausewhenyouaresilentthemindisnotfunctioning.

That’swhatrealsilencemeans.

~Sang-BongLee,Ph.D.

*Dr.Lee’sLessons:DiscoveringYourNature

P.O.Box52063,Philadelphia,PA.19115

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