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“There’s no such thing as peace of mind.”
--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“There’s no such thing as peace of mind. There’s only peace if you are out of your mind.”
--floyd
“Originally, every human was mindless.”
--floyd
EVERY HUMAN HAVING THE ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER TO ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER PROVES THAT ALL HUMANS ARE TRYING TO REACH THE ZERO CONCEPTS, NO-MIND STATE OF WHICH I SPEAK
To continue from yesterday:
I ask, “Why exactly would the suggestion to be rid of the mind and then abide under the auspices of the brain be so threatening and anathema?”
And “why exactly would you allow that consideration to trigger an ‘I’m ready to fight you, Floyd’ reaction?”
Originally, every human was mindless. It took thousands and thousands of years for the brain to evolve / mutate enough to form new parts which could store and retrieve information that could help perpetuate the survival of the human species.
Also originally, it could be argued that the newer brain parts could have been considered to be “a relative asset.”
But that was before language developed enough for some persons to consciously lie or unconsciously lie or spread superstitions and nonsensical beliefs and play “The Telephone Game” for millennia and manipulate others for their own selfish agendas.
Again, the human brain was originally one cup in size; it expanded over the millennia to its present 3-1/2 cup size, at which point the mind parts took over total control - blindly and unquestioningly - of each human’s thoughts and words and actions.
Once the beliefs stored in the brain tipped from being mainly sensible to being mainly irrational and unreasonable and insensible and insane, the newer brain parts could have been considered to be “a relative liability.”
Eventually, the noise of 70,000 thoughts per day robbed humankind of any chance to find “peace of mind.” The liability reached a peak when any chance for “peace of mind” ended; thus Maharaj would explain that humankind reached a point where “there is no such thing as piece of mind.”
When certain body parts stop functioning properly, they are often removed and discarded. Such as? Parts of the colon. The appendix. Some reproductive organs. The spleen. The tonsils. The gallbladder (happening to those humans who have not understood that a simple one week, at home, cleansing process can remove gallstones without having to cut out the gallbladder).
Cataracts. Hemorrhoids. All or part of the prostate gland. Cancerous parts of the lungs, the kidneys, the brain, the cervix, the ovaries, the larynx, the breasts, and more.
Now sure, there are some persons who do not accept a doctor’s advice to remove parts of organs or entire organs, but nearly 10,000,000 humans per year agree that the removal of parts of their bodies could be beneficial, relatively speaking.
But how many a year agree that they should remove a part of their brain which has become a detriment to humankind, relatively speaking, that part being the BS beliefs and nonsense stored in the mind parts of their brains?
That part of the brain is causing 70,000 often uncomfortable thoughts per day to arise; is generating intolerable noise levels between the ears; is causing fighting and divorce and murders and wars to occur; is blocking all chance to love because those parts are festering angry and hatred, etc.
After the doctor removes the sick parts an organ - or a sick organ completely - patients thank the doctor, hug the doctor, adore the doctor, give the doctor huge sums of money, and treat the doctor as if he were a god.
But let Maharaj suggest that the really sick stuff in the brain should also be removed and tossed away and the reaction is “You bastard! Up yours! I’d like to cut you open and toss parts of you out the window to the stray dogs and feral cats roaming about on 10th Lane, Khetwadi! And the same goes for that a-hole Floyd!”
All for offering a plan to treat their Ultimate Sickness by eliminating the root of their misery and suffering and to free them of any degree of insanity which might be present, be it a mild personality disorder or a significant one; be it a mild neurosis or a significant one; be it a mild psychosis or a significant one.
Humankind’s search for millennia has been a search for freedom from the mind, which is causing their discomfort.
But suggest they eliminate that diseased part of the brain which is storing warped beliefs and driving warped thoughts and warped actions, then what happens? Egotism is triggered and generates the highest levels of offense.
Only a few might be willing to at least consider some of the relevant pointers which came via his no-mind state in the end, the state which ultimately freed him and led to the birth of his wisdom:
“All illness begins in the mind.”
“Your confusion is . . . in your mind.”
“Whatever is conceived by the mind must be false, for it is bound to be relative and limited.”
“Distrust your mind, and go beyond.”
“There is no chaos in the world except the chaos which your mind creates.”
“ . . . The mind obscures and distorts.”
“It is the mind that creates illusion.”
“There is no such thing as peace of mind. Mind means disturbance. Restlessness itself is mind.”
“Don't rely on your mind for liberation. It is the mind that brought you into bondage. Go beyond it altogether.”
“Beyond the mind there is no suffering.”
So if the problem centers in the mind, and since a sick mind - obviously - cannot heal a sick mind, then what is the solution, per Maharaj?
“Stop making use of your mind and see what happens.”
“Separate yourself from the image and the mirror. Keep on remembering: I am neither the mind nor its ideas.”
“There is no such thing as mind. There are [bogus] ideas . . . .”
“Abandon wrong ideas, for they are false and obstruct your vision . . . .”
“The death of the mind is the birth of wisdom.”
“To know that you are a prisoner of your mind - that you live in an imaginary world of your own creation - is the dawn of wisdom.”
“I have no mind . . . .”
Want to be free of the mind? Maharaj advised, then . . .
“Reach a state of zero-concepts.”
“As to my mind, I have no such thing. There is consciousness in which everything happens.”
“I am double dead: not only am I dead to my body, but to my mind, too.”
“I find I have lost the mind irretrievably.”
To be continued.
Please enter into the silence of contemplation.
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