“If you react with reasons or logic, this is not delusion.”

“If you react with reasons or logic, this is not delusion.”

Question:  “How do you let go of the mind once you've let go of the body?”

Than Ajahn:  “You let go of your delusion, the thought that the mind is ‘I, myself,’. You have to change your perception of your mind. Your real ‘self’ is just the ‘knower’, not the actor. If you react to whatever you see, you still use your delusion to react. You’re still delusional if you react. But if you see or hear something and you remain calm and neutral, you are not reacting, you just know, then you are returning to the real mind, the knower.

That’s why the Buddha said, ‘Whatever you see, you should just see, don’t react. Whatever you hear, just hear, don’t react.’ Then, you’ll get rid of your ‘I,’ your ego, your delusion. So, watch your reaction. If you still react, then you’re still deluded. However, if you react with reasons or logic, this is not delusion.

If you react with emotion, like when you hear something you don’t like, you start screaming, this is delusion, this is ego reacting. But if you hear something loud and you say, ‘calm down’ or if you hear something loud, then you turn the volume down, this is not reacting, because you do it with reasons, not with desire or emotion. This is not delusional. This is wisdom.”

“Q&A, Oct 9, 2017”

By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
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