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May 29
2008
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SEEKING THE TRUTH (or minding the mind)Posted by Darryl Schoon in Thinking, the mind |
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A seeker set out to discover the truth. One day he walked past a farmer and asked for a cup of water. The farmer after giving him the water asked where he was going.
“I’m going to find the truth.”
“How will you know when you find it?”
“My mind will know. My mind can shine light into darkness and discern the difference between truth and falsehood. My mind will be my guide.”
The farmer smiled sadly at the seeker’s response and sighed.
“Do you not think I will find the truth?” The seeker asked.
“Oh, of that there is no doubt. The mind will show you many truths. It is the truth the mind will not show you that is the problem.”
The mind is a perceptual-creation machine, constantly creating our perceptions of “reality”; and, therein lies our problem. The database of our mind is our personal judgments.
What the mind shows us is not REALITY, but a reflection of our judgments about reality. We “see” what we believe to be true. Our minds are a self-validating, self-fulfilling trap and if you want out of the trap, you must follow your heart, not your mind.
On my first blog, I posted the UTube video in four parts of my speech before the Positive Deviant Network regard the crisis humanity is now facing. Here are the links:
Click here to download the MP3.
