Everything is mind or on its way to become mind, but sometimes it is difficult to see this.
For some children, the presence of mind is noticeable as sudden outbursts of energy or physical activity, rather than as writing poetry or playing the piano. But there is a development going on, and it leads from body to mind, eventually.
Pure material objects are pure mind. It is most obvious in diamonds.
Organic material objects, like human bodies, are not that well ordered. Of course they are well ordered in being alive. But there are two principles active, and they might be in conflict. Life or structure are the principles.
The two principles can also be called being and forms of being. Being is pure mind, forms of being are body and life.
Do we have a body in order to have a body, or is there any other meaning? If we have a body we are in a position to seek pure mind. It is not easy, as the existence of the body makes the search for pure mind difficult or indeed impossible.
A state of pure mind can be achieved for a short time in deep meditation, when the awareness of bodily functions is suspended.
As we have a body it is essential to take care of it. But it is not all of life. The period of bodily development is maybe 20 years. If we continue to pamper the body in the same way after this, we get sick.
Mind is always active. Mind can be used for developing mind. It can also be used for stopping mind development. There are many distractions and disturbances, and we can arrange for meaningless events.
The reality we live in is very big compared to normal brain capacity. We have many opportunities for living a nice life with mind progress, but there are more opportunities for living a sad life with no mind development.
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