In this very insane and violent world, in order to find out what is true, and what is beyond and deeper than what everyone else is thinking, believing, or hoping, one must have (and “be”) a tremendous and great passion (involving holistic discovery). This immense passion must be beyond motives involving hopes, desires, and secondhand patterns. One must — to truly explore — function with (and “as”) a mind that is untainted, unprogrammed, unafraid, unconditioned, and uninfluenced by others. Such a profound inquiry must not try to influence what may be discovered (via any internal, psychological influences such as hopes, beliefs, desires, and expectations). And, such a pristine, inquiring mind must be extremely healthy, via being part of a body that eats wholesome, very natural, nourishing foods, exercises often, and does not indulge in recreational mind-altering drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products (that can distort the observations).
Then, having laid the right foundation, one can inquire. This inquiry may best be done (psychologically) without methods, systems, and learned techniques… just by timelessly, effortlessly looking without conflict, and conditioning… beyond any previously learned psychological molding, casting, techniques, or shaping. Most thinking, per se, involves methodology, remembrance, and effort; being beyond thinking is neither of methodology nor time. Freedom, spirituality, and truth may not be what people think or what minds fabricate.
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wonderful photo… just had a horrific experience that demonstrates the cruelty and violence endemic with healthcare system… and the insanity that drives it
Thanks, Sara, and Wow, i sure hope that everything is OK. I sure do not appreciate how, these crazy days, the insurance companies have their hands in the pie (trying to control doctors like puppets). It is so wrong, so $-oriented, and so mindless. Office people, with not enough medical education, not enough compassion, and who are not there to actually see and discover the whole situation… are blindly and mindlessly pulling the strings.
compassion is for most quite dead – this might be one of the worst aspects of this experience….. the trauma and never being heard and pumped up with drugs -until I refused all meds until they told me WHAT THEY WERE – THEN CALLED MY VET WHO STUNNED ME WITH THE TRUTH BY EXPLAINING WHAT I WAS BEING GIVEN – ENED OF DRUGS. PERIOD.
So sorry to hear that, Sara.
It’s a little early for my mind to be fully functioning yet and so I’m a bit befuddled. Is there such a thing as a mind that is untainted, unprogrammed, unafraid, unconditioned, and uninfluenced by others? I just can’t fathom it.
That is great questioning, Marlene! Well, we are all human and each one of us is conditioned to some extent… some way more than others. Can we — to a huge extent — step out of that limiting circle? I say, “Yes.” It is when the mind looks simply without its background interfering. Take fear, for example. Fear arises out of time-oriented thoughts involving the thought of “self.” Without thought projections about time and without thought projections of “self,” fear has very little place. (Some fears may be prudent and necessary — like when one encounters a poisonous snake — but most of our fears are unnecessary and rather silly.)
That’s exactly the take I have on programing and conditioning. Had a hard look at most of it that seems to not have a place in my life anymore. Fear is rare these days. No snakes, a few scorpions but nothing that can’t be managed. 😉 I sit with things that could make me afraid for awhile and decide if it’s worth the bother. Most times, I take a pragmatic approach. Deal with logistics and then keep moving forward. Fear gets in the way. I definitely don’t follow the normal path with anything. I did have to do a considerable amount of deprogramming. It’s a strange world we’ve created.
It’s smart of you, Marlene, to go beyond many of those silly fears that people have (and internally “are.”) Tomorrow is Friday the 13th… and you can bet that some people will be apprehensive about it. 😊
My favorite day. My daughter was born on aFriday the 13th. 🙂 Everything is what you make of it. My mom was so superstitious. It can be kind of funny. 🙂
Marlene, what do Italians eat on Friday the 13th?
Fettuccine Afraid-o
😁
🙂 Love it.
Very funny… ha,ha,ha and I am Sicilian…lots of cultural anxiety, superstition and so on. Everything you are speaking against.
Thanks for sharing ☺️
Thank you, LLH&M, for the Thank you! 😊
Tom, it seems that each week there is something more horrific than the week before, be it violence, climate change-related events … it’s all sad, no matter what it is. At least nature is peaceful, especially when you are there to bask in it and capture images like this one.
I saw this quote today and I went back to find it for you after reading this post and because I know you appreciate the author.
« Peace is always beautiful. »
~Walt Whitman
Thanks much, Linda. Yes, the news is getting more and more insane these days. People committing atrocities against other people.
Yes, more people should read Leaves of Grass these days. The world would be a sweeter place if they did! 😉
You’re welcome – I knew you’d appreciate the Walt Whitman’s thought Tom. The world is not a happy place these days – people need a bigger dose of nature to help them survive and get along better.
yup
BART MARSHALL: SEEKING truth IN A MAD WORLD
https://www.bitchute.com/video/zGJUd0uUf6o1/
Your post highlights the importance of passionate and unconditioned inquiry to discover profound truths. It emphasizes the need for an unburdened, open mind free from the influences of desires, beliefs, and expectations. A healthy body through good lifestyle choices is seen as a foundation for a clear and vigorous mind. It also encourages a form of inquiry that transcends structured thinking and suggests that freedom and truth might be found beyond the constraints of thought.