Our senses constantly keep gathering information from the outer world and sending it to the brain. The brain then analyzes it and interprets it by comparing it with the information previously stored in its memory bank.
There is no understanding or feeling without interpretation.
Therefore, all that we experience is subjective.
We create our world. We interpret and experience everything we see according to our perceptions.
Since our mind sees the world by drawing conclusions from the information provided by our senses and from the previous memory - so, all we see and know is filtered. We cannot truly see the world as it is.
Therefore, there is no such thing as objectivity or direct knowledge. Everything is relative because we are all sentenced to our specific conditioned frames of mind. As long as we all have different perspectives, as long as our perception relies on our senses and memory, we cannot realize the absolute truth. All knowledge which is based upon perception and interpretation is imperfect and conditional. Only when we stop to interpret, we see the truth.
Inner truth can only be glimpsed by disconnecting the mechanism of interpretation.
As Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita:
Yatha deepo Nivaatastho Naingatay Sopmaasmrita
Yogino YatChittasya Yunjato Yogmaatmanah
Just as the flame of a lamp does not flicker in a windless place, similarly the subdued mind of a yogi is always focused on the 'Self. (Bhagavad Gita 6:19)
If we can withdraw the activities of the senses and isolate that part of the mind responsible for filtering sensory input, then we can temporarily shut off the ongoing process of interaction with the outside world and turn inward.
We will then be in a neutral place that is free of interpretations. We will then be in an absolute state, entirely without distinction or relativity.
This state is called Nothingness, and this is the Truth underlying all things.
There is no understanding or feeling without interpretation.
Therefore, all that we experience is subjective.
We create our world. We interpret and experience everything we see according to our perceptions.
Since our mind sees the world by drawing conclusions from the information provided by our senses and from the previous memory - so, all we see and know is filtered. We cannot truly see the world as it is.
Therefore, there is no such thing as objectivity or direct knowledge. Everything is relative because we are all sentenced to our specific conditioned frames of mind. As long as we all have different perspectives, as long as our perception relies on our senses and memory, we cannot realize the absolute truth. All knowledge which is based upon perception and interpretation is imperfect and conditional. Only when we stop to interpret, we see the truth.
Inner truth can only be glimpsed by disconnecting the mechanism of interpretation.
As Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita:
Yatha deepo Nivaatastho Naingatay Sopmaasmrita
Yogino YatChittasya Yunjato Yogmaatmanah
Just as the flame of a lamp does not flicker in a windless place, similarly the subdued mind of a yogi is always focused on the 'Self. (Bhagavad Gita 6:19)
If we can withdraw the activities of the senses and isolate that part of the mind responsible for filtering sensory input, then we can temporarily shut off the ongoing process of interaction with the outside world and turn inward.
We will then be in a neutral place that is free of interpretations. We will then be in an absolute state, entirely without distinction or relativity.
This state is called Nothingness, and this is the Truth underlying all things.
This is very deep & profound, yet scientific. I really enjoyed it.
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ReplyDelete"This is the nature of the unenlightened mind: The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information.
ReplyDeleteThis partial information is arranged into judgements, which are based on previous judgements, which are usually based on someone else's foolish ideas. These false concepts and ideas are then stored in a highly selective memory system.
Distortion upon distortion: the mental energy flows constantly through contorted and inappropriate channels, and the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes.
To eliminate the vexation of the mind, it doesn't help to do something; this only reinforces the mind's mechanics.
Dissolving the mind is instead a matter of not-doing: Simply avoid becoming attached to what you see and think.
Relinquish the notion that you are separated from the All-knowing Mind of the universe. Then you can recover your original pure insight and see through all illusions.
Knowing Nothing, you will be aware of Everything.
Remember: because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch."
-Lao Tzu (Hua Hu Ching)
Thanks for this profound post. To increase the value of the gold, nothing could be added to it. Only the impurities need to be removed. Similarly nothing needs to be added to the true self, only ideas and perceptions need to be removed. So unlearning is required. As it is said that happiness is a state of mind but bliss is a state of no-mind. When I realize that I am nothing then I become everything.
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