THE DICHOTOMY                  

 CONCERNING THE MIND                   
PART TWO

  It has been said that, “The Creator created creation so that, The One which peers through many faces, could experience its infinite myriad of qualities.”  It has also been said that, “Man, which is consciousness dwelling within a form(of energy/matter), became flesh.”  As well, the scriptures say, “We should be, In the world but not of it.”  

These statement implies a certain amount of Objectivity. They imply Impartially.  These things imply to be apart from the things we consider—including even our own personalities.  A personality is a collection of accepted ideas, gained through an assessment of a myriad of experiences, through which our ideals and values are formed; However, what is not properly understood is that those thoughts originated from the environment (The World/so to speak): The consideration of  these things through which we calculate our perception of reality.
    I say this because of the scripture; “From the dust ye came and to the dust ye shall return—but the spirit will go back to that which gave it.”  By using this Biblical  knowledge as a reference, the implication of such is, what we are aware of dwelt within an electromagnetic form (a spirit or energy complex) at first; which later becomes flesh (matter)—because—according to Christian concepts, it is the consciousness that gets judged during the day of judgment (In the beginning was the word, etc).  
Muslims also have a similar belief.

    Remaining separate from the things in which you are observing or perceiving, has always been the focal point of those pursuing meditation; For it is here that true justice and jurisprudence takes place—and without it—life is just opinions and prejudice prepositions.  

   One  might ask, why should I quote the Bible?  The answer is, Hebrew is one of the oldest languages and culture which ever interfaced with the West.  The Hebrew nation has come in contact with Europeans in several points in time.  The Hebrew scriptures represent their wisdom; something in which the ancient Greeks and Romans coveted, stole, in the attempt to transplant, enrich and enlighten their kind. Therefore, these Eastern teachings are somewhat infused into the Western, for us to use, but if I may quote from “The Godfather III”—Look at this stone.  It has been in the water for a very long time, but the water has not penetrated it.  Look. . . Perfectly dry.  The same thing has happened to men in Europe: For centuries they have been surrounded by Christianity, but Christ has not penetrated. Christ doesn’t live within them.   Christianity, Islam and Buddhism represents three of the biggest Eastern oriented religions which exist within the West but the West has not modify their point of view. . .  The point is, most of us know the scriptures; directly or indirectly—therefore it becomes easier to elaborate on Eastern concepts using these matrixes.  And even more for me, because the original Hebrews are Black [Semitic is part of the African/Asiatic group]. 

   To recap: In the West, people are indoctrinated into the belief that each person has their own mind, and this mind is different for each person incarnated; In the East, they are indoctrinated that there is only one mind and that each being taps into a universal source of conscious and that the person is defined by different rates of development into this singularity of  overall universal awareness of all there is.  I loved Morgan Freeman’s Lucy  Evolution Lecture in the movie, “Lucy” [2014]; It showed conscious within the microorganisms within the cell unfolding into organelle, then organs, and organisms—into animals, people—groups of animals and people, etc. . .  Exactly how I would illustrate the concept of all that is.  There’s only one creator of All; one consciousness that peers through all faces and creators etc, whose most proper name is described by many as Allah!  According to many Eastern concepts, the mind (which they consider universal), is identified more as an electro-magnetic energy/matter region called  the sphere of awareness (some say it is the sun);  a place in which all things are evaluated or judged by our various levels  of this unlimited and universal consciousness (based upon what each person is aware of). 

   When I was in high school, many of us was taught Applied Geometry.  In Applied Geometry, our teachers taught that a plane was a flat level of no thickness, extending indefinitely in all directions  throughout space; And a ray, which is a beam of light, extends into infinity from a single point of reference: Now this may or may not be true; but in order for you to perform Applied Geometry, you would have to agree with (or entertain the possibility of) certain suppositions and precepts; and as long as you go along with its basic concepts or fundamental terminology—then all the rest of the logistics will make sense.  

  This same thing happens when you go from culture to culture: There are certain customs and beliefs that are believed to be true in one culture, which may or may not be true in another culture.  This is because the concepts in which those practices take root,  are not present in other cultures; many times this is so, simply because it is not a point of emphasis of the people who make up that culture.  For example, for the ancient people of India, who read Sanskrit, meditation was a profound preoccupation; therefore the culture produced several meditation techniques.  This however, was not a point of emphasis or preoccupation of the Nordic, Scandinavian or Teutonic tribes that we call Vikings and therefore there is little growth and development concerning this amongst those tribes; as well as the Visigoths, Goths or Vandals (and many do not have respect for such things).  

   Which brings me to another point: Even though all cultures  may possess scientists, education, and various technologies—its the beliefs, ideas, and personality  of a particular people which often dominates over and clouds the perception of truth and the moral ideals in modern day societies (as opposed to ancient and traditional societies).

   Furthering the perspective on the Self, people, family, person and culture; I also had a conversation with a person who minored in psychology in college who said: “We’d like to say, there are those who deal in reality and those who don’t—but just what is reality or whether someone is sane or insane is a matter of debate.  We all have our reality; some based on facts and some based upon feelings, emotions, opinions, conjectures—or maybe a combination of the two; The point is, either way one’s perspective may seem just as real as the other.  When we say reality, what we are dealing with is the commonality of various realities; based upon things already confirmed to be true to the others by concrete evidence.  In other words, in a broad sense, doesn’t matter what it is based on, in the perspective of the believer (truth, feelings, emotions, delusions, illusions or lies)—one may be just as real as the other—in the eyes of the beholder: 

This is the major impetus behind why courts have to determine whether or not both parties are fit to stand trial or why wills start of with I—of sound body and mind:  The commonality of cultural standards of what might be considered sane.  

   We consider what is real or true within our sphere of awareness; based upon what we are aware of, and the evidence of things around us, documents before us; precepts set by our people before us (or the people before us).  What we are aware of can come from various sources; How true such these things are, depends on our diligence to seek the truth and our values we were reared with.  What we judge, is the events we witness—or are involved in, the things in which we hear, see or read:  How well we do at this is based upon the culture, how we are cultivated and the point of emphasis that truth plays with us as part of our personality and the standards we set for ourselves. 

   END OF PART TWO  

Peace

C. Be'er la Hai-roi Myers