Mind reflecting on itself.
What is the nature, capability, function, and purpose of Mind as the servant of the person it serves? I realize that is asking mind to reflect on itself in that capacity. That may not be a question mind often asks itself but it may be interesting to know what it thinks about itself in that capacity:)
The mind of Moondance:) has offered something on this under his recent thread "The Natural State". What do other minds have to say about 'themselves' in that capacity?:) All pronouns accepted as mind referring to itself. :) |
I personally regard and so think of 'mind' as being a 'faculty' or 'power', hence often speak of it as ab 'attribute', of THAT which is called 'Brahman' and 'God'. Quoting from the book I wrote:
Everybody (or 'form') in existence is spiritually motivated by a mindfully discriminating intrinsic potency. This (said potency) was termed ‘atman’ or ‘soul’ by sages of old, who recognized everyone and everything as an immediate expression of the universally present, intelligently creative essence which they understood to be the real meaning of ‘Brahman’ and ‘God’.From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind ) "The mind is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, language and memory. It is usually defined as the faculty of an entity's thoughts and consciousness. It holds the power of imagination, recognition, and appreciation, and is responsible for processing feelings and emotions, resulting in attitudes and actions.There's more there, of course. 'Where' are you trying to go (i.e. what 'issue' are your trying to resolve) by way of this 'collection' of 'views', Iamit? |
And then there's this, from The Bhagavad Gita::
"Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature. This is My inferior Nature; but distinct from this, O*Valiant One, know thou that my Superior Nature is the very Life which sustains the universe." |
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Excellant David, thanks for finding and posting that. So many examples of mind reflecting on itself leaving little doubt that it has an astonishing, complex, capacity. After the end of the search for connection, following a resonance with All is One, there can follow an intense focus on what was involved in such a happening. If it is mind that ends the search, demonising it, which happens in so much that is offered to seekers (sending them off on long effots to subdue the mind) is unhelpful. An open mind would be more helpful that includes the possibility that it is mind that conducts and ends the search as it does when resolving other discomforts. Rather than turning mind on itself as the enemy, an impossible situation for the mind to resolve without endangering the organism/driving itself mad, allow the mind to conclude the search, find the solution that suits the character it constructed, and resonate with (select) it. |
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Woohoo!! IamU-n-URme-n-WeR1-living-as-many-2gether!!! :biggrin: Without MIND, I cood n wood na hv written n U cood n wood na have read-o-nated :smile: wth wht I wrote and U cood n wood na hv written n I cood n wood na have read-o-nated :smile: wth wht U did! Without MIND, there wood neither be the creation-n-perception of THIS (click here) nor creation-n-perception of THAT (click here) And no ones to LOVE and EnJOY IT ALL, much less MIND-FIGURE it OUT! Brahman would then have no ears that 'hear' and no eyes that 'see'! :icon_sad: |
Or THIS (click here) or THAT (click here)
There is something to be 'learned' from the fact that, in their 'zeal' for being 'in touch with' what they think of (and so 'feel' as being) 'ultimate' Reality (As in "Allah hu Akbar" = "God is Great!!"; "Neti, Neti" = "I am not THIS and I am not THAT"), many 'fundamentalists' often 'shun' and, in extreme case, even aim to 'destroy' (i.e. 'annihilate') said Reality's 'artfully joyous' manifestations. Just look at the Taliban's 'attitude' towards music, any kind of muse-ing actually - for example! Methinks a 'perverse' kind of (Cain-like?) 'jealousy' may be operational in such cases. Truly talented/creative 'artists' won't feel 'at home' in that crowd. |
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Indeed, or any that live and let live. And yet Oneness manifests as ALL, equally the former as well as the latter. Maybe there is some balance being struck by mind on the infinate scale (which may not be apparant locally) without which there would be no magnificent manifestation/duality. In such a scenario it would never be why is this happening? but rather that this is how it must be for such a balance to be maintained. From your knowledge of texts, is there any reference to such a balance? The Yin/Yang symbol and suchlike seem to suggest this. I have not studied the origins. |
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Without knowing that, it nevertheless occurs to me that the phenomenon of energy transmisson by way of propagating 'waves' wherein 'peaks' and 'troughs' (i.e. opposites?) 'balance' (in a sense) one another may serve as a model for whatever phenomenon you have in mind. Alternating periods or 'seasons' of light and darkness, warmth and cold, etc. are the 'mechanism' which 'drives' the 'evolution' of higher and higher (for want of a better word) kinds of more-integrally-related Lifeforms for instance. From Chapter 1 of the book I wrote: On a transpersonal scale, as everyone contributes to the co-motion, waves of thought, feeling and behavior ripple and ricochet around the globe, cumulatively adding to the vibration of the platform on which we stand, building in resonance as they sweep through the race. At present in particular, with populations soaring and availability diminishing, these are approaching a crescendo of intensity. Those who are conscientious are becoming more loving and coordinated in the process; those who are selfish, more paranoid and alienated. Those who are hopeful are buoyantly choosing paths of constructive action; those without hope are sinking deeper into depression and degeneracy. Tension is mounting as people take sides; polarities of attitude and expectancy are reaching extremes.You may be thinking and asking about something else entirely, however. Am just having fun sharing the thoughts your verbal vibes stimulate in the 'locus' of 'my' mind, Bro. :smile: |
Thanks for that David,
"Balance between what and what? Not clear to me what you are 'seeing' and so asking about". Yes I see what you mean. We experience different vibes with different spaces/people so we know such differences occur. I'm suggesting that all that arises in the manifestation has a frequency/vibration resulting in an overall vibrational state which needs to be maintained for there to be any manifestation/duality to appear at all, and it is something like that which Yin/Yang represents. So the balance would be between what we regard as opposites. Dark as the opposite to light for example. There are scales of difference of course with, for example, light at one end and dark at the other with a whole range of shades in between so it is not as simple as opposites but I'm suggesting that each positon on such scales has its vibrational state which together make up an overall balance between light and dark and that this balance is present in any scale we can imagine. All scales together have an overall vibrational state on the infinate scale and is automatically maintained for there to be duality. It is that sort of thing that I am wondering if Yin/Yang represents. Is there any reference to suchlike in texts that you may have studied? I hope that is enough clarification for you to respond to the question. I cant think of another way of putting it. |
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The only thing that came to mind in relation to what you call 'balance' is the idea of 'symmetry' - which has applications in many fields of knowledge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry may give you something to play with in this regard. |
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