Spotless mind 2

The idea of making mind spotless artificially is natural but bad. It is natural as our normal, not spotless mind is giving problems. But the problems can be dealt with in a more rational way than just erasing them from memory.

According to mind theory we human beings are governed by mind, and mind can be governed by disturbing emotions of unclear origin. We are also governed by external and internal consequences of our earlier actions.

The basic problem is the disturbing emotions of unclear origin. 

There are two kinds of disturbing emotions: intense desire and intense aversion . Mild desire and mild aversion are all right. The problem is when the reactions become too strong. Then desire turns into grasping and aversion into hatred.

If we do things out of extreme desire, the result must be disappointment, as the thing or person we desire never can contain this extremely positive factor we think is there. If we do things out of hatred, our reaction is meaningless as the object does not deserve this hatred, and the means we use are often destructive by themselves.

The remedy against disturbing emotions is to be aware of the origin of these emotions. If we have this awareness, we can make good decisions. 

We can let things be, or we can follow the emotions even if we know they will not last but turn into its opposite soon enough.