The Importance of Mind/Understanding

[Terell Kirby]

Contemplation note: in many spiritual teachings, it’s frequently mentioned that one needs to quiet the mind to access Truth. This is contextual.

One context is the quieting of the ego mind, which is driven by the material aspect of life and is a master a breaking reality into separate parts. Understanding and mastery for the ego mind is understanding and mastery of survival, and nothing else. This level of looking at reality isn’t  a bad thing per say, it just doesn’t stop there.

There also exist another state of mind, one that is holistic and able to understanding reality in ways that are not rooted in survival, connects all aspects of reality and is super conscious of various ecosystems. We’re looking to increase this level of mind, not to quiet it. It includes rational/irrational, conventional/post conventional, materialistic/spiritual aspects of life.

In short, It’s not about doing away with pragmatic understanding, it’s being able to master it and transcend it, as well as integrating it into the bigger picture of  creation and mysticism . Ultimately, Spirituality is about the mind...just a higher version of it (your mind is all there is!)

Advocating for one over the other deepens duality, and goes against the goal is of being able to merge all aspects of mind and reality into One ❤️

Edited July 6, 2021 by Terell Kirby

[Adamq8]

Yes I agree.

Spiritual circles tend to dismiss mind as mere illusion and useless but they are using the mind to "destroy" mind.

Mind is a totally great thing but can surely get out of hand too.

The ancient sages and philosophers used mind in a different way then what we do presently and that is a shame.

 

[WaveInTheOcean]

But... You have to lose your egoic mind to then build a more encompassing selfless mind

[Terell Kirby]

30 minutes ago, WaveInTheOcean said:

But... You have to lose your egoic mind to then build a more encompassing selfless mind

Definitely. You cannot reach a high state of consciousness while being bombarded with ego. It’s important to reach a state of conscious understanding, and use it to deepen the understanding and compassion for the ego mind. It’s a full circle

[Bodhitree]

The role of understanding is definitely interesting. Understand the mind and many things become clear.