Mind is a great tool in answering questions about any phenomenon in the world. If you want to understand the gravity there are Newton’s laws, want to understand universe the big bang theory, want to understand matter you have the Quantum theory. The conceptual machinery that the mind creates is based on duality- subject and the object, the observed and the observer. This breaking down or division helps in describing our day to day activities and remaining at peace however whenever the mind tries to understand itself this strategy collapses. How do you create a division between self and itself? The mind goes into a tailspin, it stutters to find the zillion conceptual contraptions to figure itself out however a doubt looms- either you are shaken in that insecurity of an awkward non-knowing and get back to the security of mundane life or are resilient enough to probe further. The mind rests in one concept today, discarding it and rests on something else tomorrow.
In the pockets of certainty that one has in the journey there is also a danger that the surety the mind ends up having over concepts palliates it and provides it with sense of security and temporal peace. This security fills one with a sense of gratitude and a pleasurable wondrous experience. Man becomes God. The concepts become dearer and dearer. So dear are the concepts that one develops an insecurity lest that the concepts be taken away. Man writes it down, archives tomes and tomes of eulogies about awe inspiring concepts, collect taxes to build temples to house those scriptures, fight wars to fend of raiders and infidels, Man consumes the whole world. Man gets into a state of insecurity that he wanted to avoid by chasing a tail that he shouldn’t have been chasing.
The mind, great tool but not good enough to conceptualize about itself with the premise of duality. When it comes to the self there is no duality. Observer is the observed, subject is the object, and there is no know-er and the unknown. This has to be obvious if one is dealing with the self. But how does one discard the tool that has seemingly served one so well. Man is so attached with the mind. Man has identified with the mind so intimately; whatever the mind thinks man owns it without question. Man is in love with his most beloved tool- the mind, and all the conceptual contraptions. It is love, the identification of the self with the mind that “I AM”. This is the pinch that holds the self with the world. Is it? Would there be a world if that “I AM” dissolves, would “I AM” be when the world is naught? Would there be light without the Sun and Sun without the light? Isn’t the answer obvious?
In the pockets of certainty that one has in the journey there is also a danger that the surety the mind ends up having over concepts palliates it and provides it with sense of security and temporal peace. This security fills one with a sense of gratitude and a pleasurable wondrous experience. Man becomes God. The concepts become dearer and dearer. So dear are the concepts that one develops an insecurity lest that the concepts be taken away. Man writes it down, archives tomes and tomes of eulogies about awe inspiring concepts, collect taxes to build temples to house those scriptures, fight wars to fend of raiders and infidels, Man consumes the whole world. Man gets into a state of insecurity that he wanted to avoid by chasing a tail that he shouldn’t have been chasing.
The mind, great tool but not good enough to conceptualize about itself with the premise of duality. When it comes to the self there is no duality. Observer is the observed, subject is the object, and there is no know-er and the unknown. This has to be obvious if one is dealing with the self. But how does one discard the tool that has seemingly served one so well. Man is so attached with the mind. Man has identified with the mind so intimately; whatever the mind thinks man owns it without question. Man is in love with his most beloved tool- the mind, and all the conceptual contraptions. It is love, the identification of the self with the mind that “I AM”. This is the pinch that holds the self with the world. Is it? Would there be a world if that “I AM” dissolves, would “I AM” be when the world is naught? Would there be light without the Sun and Sun without the light? Isn’t the answer obvious?
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Would there be a world if that “I AM” dissolves, would “I AM” be when the world is naught?
There are two sides to this coin:
Based on spirituality: I am under the impression that "I" can see the world only when "I" goes out of sight. The more the Ego the more we distant ourselves from others.
Based on logical thinking: World can't survive if "I's" dissolve. After all, "I's" make the world.
A good write-up. Food for Ego - I mean thought :-)
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