Meditation Is Not Enough

Meditation is a method to calm the mind to allow consciousness (what we are) to see with clarity. It’s not about feeling smug. 🙂

Smug means being too happy and proud of oneself. A smug person acts as if they are better or smarter than other people, often showing a little smile because they think they’ve won, or they know a secret.

Once perception is clear, we drop the method and rest in clarity. We then go about our life, doing what needs to be done. The moment we forget what we are, we remember the method – even for a moment.

It’s all about maintaining awareness and clarity, which is pure consciousness. From this perspective, the meaning of life changes. We notice all the silliness, exaggerations, oneupmanship and subtle distractions which are present even in conscious endeavours. That is Mara at work.

Happiness is just seeing, understanding and realising how we have been deluded – and smug.

Compassion is smug-less.