An Organised Mind | Zach #8 | 3.2.22

Zach and Dhammarato discuss the supports and features of an organised mind.

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00:00:00 What is right view (samma ditthi)? Right noble organisation of the mind (samma samadhi)

00:06:42 An organised mind is fit for work; free from hindrances

00:10:42 Four supports and three features

00:22:04 Immediate benefits from the noble path; wrong view

00:28:28 Imaginary fears; investigation; satisfaction 

00:38:28 Remembering to look is a skill

00:40:53 Throw out what stops you feeling safe and secure

00:46:38 Existential fear and feeling safe (abhaya); fight, flight, seeing clearly

01:00:12 Removing hindrances in advance by restructuring concepts

01:02:44 Fixing the world

01:08:51 Thus one trains oneself: repetition, rhythm and cadence; sati

01:14:05 Repression and arguing with yourself vs. tracking

01:17:35 Sukha is the opposite of dukkha; being a lion

01:19:41 Letting go of tanha: being satisfied without getting what you want

01:24:45 Controlling what you like; vedanā; paticcasamuppāda

01:29:26 Criteria and standards; sankhāras - piles of this and that

01:32:13 Name and form; nāmarūpa - handling things

01:39:07 Changing handles - just look

01:42:29 Wisdom is learning to fly by the seat of your pants