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0Today's topic：Are you imprisoned by our own thinking patterns?
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Each one of us lives in illusion. From concepts such as language, society, and family, we have learned a certain fixed pattern of thinking.
This pattern of thinking is so powerful that it becomes second nature, even seeping into every aspect of our lives unconsciously. We dream without knowing it, perform without knowing we are performing, and pretend and deceive without knowing we are doing so.
To be able to let go of all concepts and what we know — in other words, to stop habitual thinking — we must first see and perceive its influence on us. We must realize that we are dreaming, and that both the past and the future are merely imagination.
It is we who store past experiences, events, and memories in our minds, allowing them to persist until now. They then become our guidelines: how to speak to different people, how to live, how to act — all come from past experiences and teachings.
The future, in turn, is built upon these things from the past. We imagine what a possible future might look like; the future is nothing but a projection of the past.
Do you see? We have always lived in imagination, in an illusory dream. And the author of this dream is none other than ourselves. Because we do not realize we are dreaming, similar scenarios keep unfolding in our lives, with the past and the future repeating themselves, driven by our recurring habitual thinking.
Thus we are imprisoned by our own thought patterns, resulting in a lack of creativity, numbness, and suffering. See that you are dreaming. See that all this is nothing but a game of thoughts. See that you are not those thoughts. See that the past and the future do not actually exist — they are only imagination. All along, you have been awake; you simply did not know it.
In truth, we have no past or future at all. All we have is the present moment. Step out of the continuity of thoughts, step out of the dream, step out of the past and future. You will then realize that even the so-called thought patterns do not truly exist. They are merely chains we have placed upon ourselves within the dream.
Wake up. Freedom has always been here, in the present moment.
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