The Nature of the Mind

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07 Oct 2013 18:45 #120870 by
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The nature of the mind, when understood, no human words can compass or disclose. Elightenment is naught to be obtained, and he that gains, does say he knows.

Bodhidharma

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07 Oct 2013 18:56 #120871 by Kohadre
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What is the world, but an embodiment of the mind.

So long and thanks for all the fish

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07 Oct 2013 20:41 #120877 by
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typo correction does NOT say he knows.

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07 Oct 2013 21:45 #120889 by
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The mind is everything.

What you think, you become. (Buddha)

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07 Oct 2013 23:25 #120896 by
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I'd like to add: what you think becomes, your mind creates.

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08 Oct 2013 08:31 #120924 by Gisteron
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Actually the mind is understood pretty well by people who study how and why it works the way it does rather than starting with the premise that it is beyond our understanding. In fact, that premise is a really good pivot point for all sorts of ignorance. As is, of course, the postulation of knowledge in advance to the study that shall reveal it.

So yea, I pretty much disagree that this sort of wise men's statements are wise statements.. for reasons as simple as their detrimental implications to any field of study related to their contents and, of course, that our fair Jedi code instructs us to seek knowledge which is demonstrated to only be obtainable once premises like that it isn't are dismissed.

Better to leave questions unanswered than answers unquestioned

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08 Oct 2013 10:00 #120926 by Adder
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"Thus when the Buddha was attaining enlightenment, he observed; Strange indeed it is, for I see that in reality all creatures are enlightened... are Buddhas".

Probably 'self', in its natural form, if enlightenment is some concept of refinement away from that.

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08 Oct 2013 11:41 #120929 by
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Adder wrote: "Thus when the Buddha was attaining enlightenment, he observed; Strange indeed it is, for I see that in reality all creatures are enlightened... are Buddhas".

Probably 'self', in its natural form, if enlightenment is some concept of refinement away from that.


By that quote, I took it as enlightenment being the unrefined, where the concept of self and duality are refinements from enlightenment. Or, as in Taoism, the uncarved block.

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08 Oct 2013 11:46 - 08 Oct 2013 11:52 #120930 by
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Gisteron

Are you implying the ONLY way to know one's mind is through science?

I posted this believing it to be a thought provoking self discovery and good for philosphical discusion.
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08 Oct 2013 11:50 #120931 by
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Mind is not brain.

Wisdom without a self.

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