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Limitations of Rational Thought
It seems one of the significant stumbling blocks in both spiritual and practical matters is how we have been conditioned to think “rationally.” We are led to believe that by breaking things down to ideas we label as “facts” that we somehow are engaging in the only sane way of thinking. We are like the…
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Words as a Road Sign
Rather than noticing what is… We think we know. Yes, and if you know you need not “think” things. You need not construct models of the world in your mind. You will see, experience, and move and be moved quite naturally. We cannot truly avoid thought, but we can know it for what it is.…
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Thinking vs Knowing
All things we know. I use the word “know” in contrast to the word “think“. They have their origin outside of the reel of our consciousness we recognize as rational thought. How often in all of this rational thought do we ask another, “What do you want?” And they respond “I don’t know”? Or “How…
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Escaping Control
My own spiritual path is based not on abstaining from passion, but on embracing it. When you truly embrace it and let it consume you, you learn something surprising. This you it consumed is not “you”. Not the all encompassing thing. Some have described me as having strong self control. I don’t actually. I don’t…
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Observations on Consciousness
Do you think they have special labs with deep thinkers on hallucinogenics? No, Leary was not very well funded, and Project Stargate is supposedly closed. Those dabbling in consciousness enhancement seem to have fallen flat on their faces. Rather than revile altered consciousness maybe they should look into it more. They are making breakthroughs with…
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Questioning Minds
We have questioning minds because we have roving eyes. Does each lead or follow at different times? Does mind exist only in the wads of meat in our skulls? I would argue the mind doesn’t follow the eye and this can be backed up in science. The eye follows the mind. Native tribes exposed to new things…
Category: Thought
When you have different thoughts in your mind. Is that a disagreement? Not necessarily. You can see the middle of the idea and its shadow. There are two possible objects of identification. There is your thinking…your self image…learned patterns…the objects of memory and experience, and there is the consciousness that came before that. Who you were before you became concerned with who you are.
The domain most people recognize as thought is not the only realm of mental operation, and from my own view it’s all one thing. How I see it, everyone always has something not their mind. Their attention just may be elsewhere.
Some say silence is the response, but silence is not truly a response. It’s the third point in duality. The Tao between the five Chinese elements. Silence gives thought form.
You can think of two things at the same time, and that is good my friend. But the two ideas go hand in hand. You can’t imagine an emotion, but you can recall or imagine an event that triggers the emotion.
Can you think of several things in different layers? Yes, but this can be clarified. You can think in a focused way or more broadly. You can think of home and in that way trigger all the associations of the idea. Or you can think of your kitchen and narrow it. You can think in rapid sequence and not loose track of your thoughts, the mind can be very fast.
The process doesn’t know if you’re fooling yourself.
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle