In our culture most people remain trapped in their logical, mechanical, and concept based mind. Allen Ginsburg said, "Recent history can be seen as a vast conspiracy to force all of mankind into one mechanical mode of consciousness." This mode of consciousness is that of the problem-solving(or problem creating) rational mind. The mind is used to solve problems but since most people attempt to employ their mind constantly it runs out of actual problems and begins creating self-made problems. This puts the mind into a spiral of trying to solve its own self-created problems. The mind can never transcend it's own interior concepts because its very foundations are built upon these concepts. Words, images, and memories. Experience itself is always beyond the mental concepts that attempt to encapsulate it.
The cure for this endless mental drilling is to begin witnessing the space between thoughts that exemplifies our essential being. This silent space allows our mind to be receptive rather than constantly trying to "solve" the "problem" of reality. As the space grows larger eventually we are swallowed up by the space and we become one with it.
The drop falls back into the ocean.
The cure for this endless mental drilling is to begin witnessing the space between thoughts that exemplifies our essential being. This silent space allows our mind to be receptive rather than constantly trying to "solve" the "problem" of reality. As the space grows larger eventually we are swallowed up by the space and we become one with it.
The drop falls back into the ocean.
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