Realism 2

As individuals we often experience our limitless possibilities - we can become anything! Problems occur when we try to achieve it.

There are internal obstacles. In order to achieve anything we have to practice. The rule of thumb says we have to spend 10 000

hours of practice before we can master anything. Even if we are talented we have to practice this much.

We have this time, but all of us do not use it in a systematic way. But those who do become good, in whatever it is like music, computers, writing, sports, business.

Our most important organ to practice is mind, independently of what we are interested in concretely. Music is mind, computers is mind, writing is mind, sports is mind and business is mind.

Then we have external obstacles. There are many of them. The expectations of others are often limiting. Competition creates limits. Habits creates limits. 

To follow a norm might be difficult enough, as many norms are so extremely demanding, but to break a norm is even more difficult.

However, social norms and individual norms are not absolute. Even if it seems so sometimes.

There is one way to dissolve this social oppression. It is simple to state: Everyone decides not to thwart the good ambitions of others.

Three times 2

The principle for living in the now is "fake it till you make it". It means that we should know our ideal and try to live it immediately, while we continue to learn and do what is necessary for making it a spontaneous reality.

The advantage of this is that we have to define our ideal, and that we can start realizing it now.

This is the standard formula for every successful person in world history. Be it in business, arts, entertainment, science or whatever.

If we do not trust in the now, we usually trust in some established reality. The past is very obvious and imposing, and the future is given by the past, it seems. 

But the practical reality is that the future seldom fulfills the promises of the past. Everything from empires to small companies fall. The Roman empire and the Soviet Union were strong in any realistic analysis. General Motors and Ford were strong companies.

So the truth is that the ideas we have in the now are stronger than "reality". Indeed, the "reality" is formed from our ideas, not the other way around. Microsoft and Google are made from ideas, not from reality.

All ideas and ideals are not good. The very good ideas are few. So we should know where to look for them. We find them in the clear mind, and we impose them now.

Side effects 2

If we have an interesting idea, we naturally tend to repeat it and stick to it and see its advantages. But this process can be very deceptive.

Our imagination can make the idea better than it really is.

If we want to use mind in the best way, we should try to shatter the original idea, return to clear mind and see what appears. If the idea can stand this test it is probably a good one.

On the level of clear mind language does not exist. It is too gross. Language is a side effect, something that can appear when the frequency gets lower.

In order to communicate with others, we use language. The things we read and hear needs interpretation. A normal way to interpret is to lower frequency. But the best way to interpret is to go up in frequency. This is pure joy.

Of course, everything that is said does not improve when the frequency is increased.

Old and new knowledge 2

The goal in the classical Buddhist knowledge of mind is to reach a combination of wisdom and compassion. If somebody does not want that, there is no use to start the process of learning and practice. 

Compassion here is a total compassion, including all. It is not only compassion for me, my group or nation but for all.

Wisdom is not knowledge in general, but knowledge for a purpose. The purpose is compassion. 

This purpose is understood in a very wide sense. The ambition is not to limit knowledge, but to avoid wasting time and energy in learning things that never will be used, as for violence and conflict.

If we knew how to live in harmony, we would not need to know how to fight. This has never been tried practically, but it sounds reasonable.

The combination of wisdom and compassion is not artificial. It is the goal we arrive at even if we do not want it initially.

In every generation there are a lot of individuals who try to reach something good by neglecting compassion and using knowledge that is not very wise. The result is always disaster. 

Creating 2

Mind is very creative, but mind itself can not directly see the difference between good and bad. Many of the ideas appearing in mind can be problematic.

So in order to use mind we need a meta mind. A mind that controls the mind. There are many meta minds or normative systems around. 

The problem with them is that they often get outdated soon. The reality is in constant change, and we need a meta mind that can work in unison with this change.

At the same time it is an advantage if the meta mind is accepted by many or even all individuals. This calls for some stability or at least ability to communicate.

A meta mind for change will always tend to expand and see things in new ways.

So there is a natural tension between the old and the new on the social level.

There is a difference between good and bad, and the difference is drastic on the level of result. But the difference is also obvious from the start.

The good starts from the idea of harmony for all in non violence. The bad starts from the idea of ego preservation with violence. The two will never meet.

Looking out for looking in 2

If our observations of the external reality are decided by our own subjective interests and feelings, the idea of objectivity is challenged. 

It is very easy for us to assume that others see reality in the same way as we do. And there is no direct method for control. We can never see with the eyes and mind of someone else.

But we are reminded all the time that different persons see and understand reality differently. We see it in the opinion polls, in elections and in the choices we all make daily.

Life would be easy if a complete objectivity existed. But we realize that this is not the case. Then we might feel that objectivity is right on the whole, but that there is a limited subjective flavor to it.

This is probably wrong also. Instead, the truth is that the totality of reality is subjective. We can be certain about that.

But in this subjectivity, there are truths which can be shared by all. 

Truths are facts about relations in the relative reality. There are general truths as "virus can cause illness" and there are specific truths as "I was ill last week".

None of these truths are absolute. To say "virus can cause illness" implies that all virus does not cause illness, and that all are not ill by exposure to virus. And the sentence "I was ill last week" can mean that I was in bed, or that I did work as usual even if I did not feel quite fine, for example.

If we want to seek out the few truths that exists in the big ocean of subjectivity, one way is to look at ourselves, our interests and feelings, and thus avoid our spontaneous bias. 

Intention 2

Solving acute problems in a way that gives problems in a future shows the power of intention. We did not intend to create problems for the future, but we did. 

If our intention had been not to create long term problems, we had probably solved the acute situation in another way and thus escaped the long term problems.

The process "intention - action - result" is always going on, and if we neglect the intention aspect, the action and result will easily derail.

Intention can be superficial as choosing the most attractive alternative of the alternatives at hand. Historically this has been quite common. Many bad alternatives have been accepted as the best during the years.

Intention is something we can consider over and over again. We do not have to make fast decisions, even if we can make fast decisions if we have analysed the situation in advance.

Existentially, good intentions are willing well for others. The will is most important, manifestation can also be good.  

Lotus 2

If democracy needs non democracy in order to progress, there is a lot of traditional non democracy remaining in the world. And there is a new kind brewing under the surface.

The new kind is the new generation of the police state. The rapid progress in technology has made it possible to collect information about individual citizens in a scale and in details impossible before. At the same time, the individuals working with this are recruited outside democracy and often working outside all meaningful democratic control.

It seems that "progress" is running amok, and there are no natural breaks.

The normal democratic control coming from citizens is annulled, as police and security work is secret for the general public. The political control is also annulled, as there is no strong public demand for stricter rules, and the politicians themselves are already in the net of the security forces. 

A politician who challenges the new police power will be discredited personally or by family, or by economy, or by any other means - there are some strange things in the files about everyone, and if there is none it can be provoked in a few seconds. Everything is in the files, and the methods of provocation gets more sophisticated for every month.

The idea of total control is non democratic in itself. It implies that "I" am better than the rest to decide what is best. We all have that feeling. 

So far no one has had the means to impose it, but the means are getting better and better.

According to the dialectic principle, every thesis will turn into its anti-thesis. So the thesis of today - democracy - will turn into its opposite - non-democracy - in some form soon enough. If the anti-thesis turns out to be a new police state it will be sad.

True flow

If we realize that the only fruitfulness of value that we can ever get is on mind level, we instantly abolish all criminality.

If we believe in material reality however, criminality is inevitable, as we see. 

On mind level, value is related to meaning. And a stolen object has that particular meaning "stolen object". It is thus filled with negative meaning. It is like dirt.

On the material level we might see the object as it is and how it functions. So we think a stolen object has the same value as an object we got honestly. This is a mistake, of course.

Another factor that supports criminality in a materially world view is that material things are scarce. Material resources are limited. Even in modern mass production times, material things are limited.

On mind level, however, there is no limit. There is more mind space than air. All of us can fulfill our most fantastic ideals on mind level without having to take something good from others. On the contrary, we can only fulfill our ideals by giving to others.

Self illusion 2

We have a self, but the self is an illusion. How can this be understood? The basic self is a kind of responsibility. It is the responsibility to develop abilities and use them for a good cause.

This is a very open definition. It can contain a lot of different things and also be quite empty. It sees the self as potential.

Out of this potential we can not choose everything. We can not be married and single at the same time, for example.

We have to choose. How to choose?

If we misunderstand the illusive self for a real self, every change is a disaster for ourselves. Even normal steps in life as leaving the home city for study and work elsewhere is experienced as a painful loss of identity.

Moving means a change in the way we can relate to the family and friends back home, but it also gives opportunities for meeting new persons and doing new things. So if we see self as a potential, we can benefit from the new without suffer from leaving the old.

So in a way we have a self "a la carte". It means we can choose as from a menu. I can choose to be a citizen in that country, in that city. I can choose to be married or not, to live in a house of my own or in a flat. I can work in that trade or that trade.

Sometimes we make choices in full awareness. We choose this house and not that one. We choose this car and not that one.

But many choices are based on feeling or instinct rather than analysis. This is of course different for different individuals.

If we look at society, we see a lot of common patterns. But we also see a lot of differences.

If we trust in self as reality, we might tend to think that all should live the life in the normal, standard way. If we understand self as illusion, we respect the odd eccentric, if it is an expression of a choice and will.

A beautiful day...

A beautiful day...
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Forwards backwards 2

Feelings are an inevitable function in mind, so we have to learn to live with them. They have the advantage of helping mobilize energy for mind processes. But they have many disadvantages also.

Feelings are the reaction in mind when new impulses meet our older experiences. Sometimes these experiences are very deep and serious, as when they deal with our purpose and ambitions in life.

Then very strong complexes are activated.  The feelings are experienced as very justified.

If we take these feelings seriously, remain in them and act on them, we are likely to get problems.

From mind point of view, feelings by themselves have no authority. They might be extremely strong and yet totally unjustified. They might also be justified.

In order to see the difference we can take a step backwards, and ask how the feelings were activated. What was the new impulse, and which was our old experience that was activated?

If we do not know about clear mind, we are easily overwhelmed by feelings.

Integration 2

The will to integrate new and big things is a spontaneous impulse, often intensified by difficult circumstances. All of us live in difficult circumstances. Even a prince like Siddharta left his privileged situation to become a renunciate and later a Buddha.

How can knowledge of mind help us succeed in integrating new things?

According to some philosophical traditions, mind is the most important factor in everything. Old power structures have a tendency to lose contact with mind and thus be vulnerable to change. Some old structures are very robust, however. Many are unwilling to resign. Everything new is not good.

Mind values are truth, justice, beauty, freedom, joy and love. If we relate to these values directly, old power structures are likely to fall.

These values are not academical theories but living realities, often quite childish in style.

Sometimes we leave difficult circumstances just to find that the new circumstances are more difficult. Maybe we asked for it? If we do not want more of wisdom and compassion, we will get the opposite.

Time trap 2

The time lap or time trap is part of the knowledge of mind. How does it fit into our total body of knowledge?

Our reality as human beings have three distinct aspects, called body, energy and mind. We normally know a lot of the body aspect - what to eat, physical training, health, beauty, cosmetics.

About the energy aspect, we are not so aware normally. Breathing is automatic for most of us in most instances. Few know the advantages of being aware of the breath. How the energy in the food we eat is distributed and used is not particularly aware for most of us. In elite sports and military activities, the use of energy is important.

The awareness of mind as such is often quite low. Instead we are aware of the content in mind - our interesting thoughts and intense feelings.

But mind is the platform for our energy and body levels, and for our existence at large. And mind is not some vague, unstructured phenomenon.

If we want to we can get more knowledge about the workings of our mind than about the workings of our body. And it would be worthwhile. All of our problems are caused by mind. 

We avoid eating poisoned food, but we do not avoid poisoning our mind.

We use our mind all the time, so we get some ideas about how it works. But everything is not obvious. The time lag is not immediately obvious. The time lag is the fact that mind needs some time to process our learning before we can use it. So the time lag can become a time trap, for example for those who know not how to wait till the fruits of learning appear. 

Seeking happiness 2

If happiness is self made by the individual, how can we have social control? It is no real problem, of course.

The basic controlling factor is the need and will to benefit other people. If we do not have that attitude, we will have no good things to refer to when seeking happiness.

This is a great difference compared to a society of the carrot and whip construction. In carrot and whip the rewards and the punishments are administered from the outside, and sometimes in a very biased way.

If the goal for social control is a nice society in creativity and harmony, the awareness of the self made happiness is the best incentive.

Senses and mind

Mind is not an organ but a process. The brain is an organ. It has many different functions. In the brain are the centers for the sense organs.

Mind as process has different levels. The difference is in frequency and subtlety. Normally we use the low frequencies, the most coarse levels.

The energy needed for low frequency level activities are lower, then the energy needed on the higher frequency levels. That is one reason for the popularity of the lower frequencies.

Another reason is the incessant disturbance from sense impulses. When we are awake, we see and hear sensational things most of the time. They activate the coarse levels of mind, and leave the other levels blinded out.

We can learn to live with these disturbances, and yet keep our concentration on the deeper levels.

If we try to understand how material reality works, we see we have to improve our sense organs - as we do with microscopes and binoculars, high speed cameras and radar and in many other ways. We also find that we have to use more and more subtle levels of mind.

If we start with training our mind, our ability to see the more subtle connections and truths increase.

Ultimate illusion 2

A typical fault with the human brain is its tendency to exaggerate. If we see something bad, the tendency is to exaggerate the badness. If we see something good, the tendency is to exaggerate the goodness. If we see something at all, the tendency is to see it as constant and truly existing.

For mind it is different. Mind is perfectly pliable and able to see all distinctions and see everything as process. The bad we see is bad in relation to that particular thing, in that particular environment, for minds with that particular intention and history and only so. The phenomenon is neutral or good in all other circumstances.

Mind can also see  the limitations of the good in the same way. The phenomenon is good in relation to the specific context, to the general situation and to the minds involved.

Illusion is this exaggeration of the brain. We get the impression that there is more of value than it really is. The brain is enthusiastic, the mind is empty handed.

Ultimate reality 2

Ultimate reality is not true but truth giving. It is the origin from which the rest of reality emanate. This truth giving function is easily misled.

There have been many dictators who have had great charisma but have caused bad effects. 

Democracy by itself is not free from faults, but it works comparatively good in practice. If all citizens have their say, the chance of getting good advice is better than if only a few are heard.

Ultimate reality can be understood in many ways. The most subtle levels can only be reached through mind. Our ordinary senses are too coarse for detecting ultimate reality. Our ordinary mind is also to coarse. But we can train our mind and make it more sensitive to high frequencies.

If we are safely anchored in ultimate reality, we can lead a nice, harmonious life. 

So being in ultimate reality is the opposite of being in bondage. There are rules to follow, discipline and consistency is needed, but it is not limiting rules. 

If we want to help others we can not just try to impose rules, we have to help restore a relation to the deepest personality, the ultimate reality.

The origin of mind 2

The balance between feelings and thoughts, between self and others, between helplessness and intention are spontaneous problems we have to deal with as individuals.

On the pure mind level, there is no problem. There it is obvious we are living in interdependency of everything else, we create our experiences by giving what we want to get, and the feelings are supporting our thoughts.

The problem is to reach this awareness.

Our mind might have to act within a framework made up from feelings, being self-centered and helpless. 

This individual immature situation might even be reinforced on the social level by politicians appealing to feelings, self interest and helplessness of the voters.

On the practical, external and material level the relation between action and result might be obscure. Sometimes hard work gives less effect than unethical actions. 

But on mind level, the relations between action and result are direct and obvious. Good gives good.

But again, the problem is to change from accepting the practical, external and material level as being the most real to a mind based world view.

The root 2

According to Buddhist philosophy we are all born from faulty roots. First we have to develop in this faulty direction. When we are strong enough we can get new roots and start all over again in a better direction. 

This is what happened to the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. He was born a prince. It gave him an easy life. But he left the court and lived as a renunciate for six years until he reached enlightenment. After that he was a teacher.

What happens if we do not question our roots? The normal effect is just suffering. It is called sangsaric life. The more refined indivduals are called Asuras. They are highly knowledgeable and secretive persons, almost successful and always disappointed. 

The problem with our first start in life is that our understanding of reality is too limited. When we are born, a tremendous mental process has taken place making it possible for the fetus to develop. But when we start trying to understand reality, we are blind for this.

Modern life can be quite comfortable, and there are different kind of distractions and even drugs which can take our focus away from disturbances and difficulties. But the need to question our roots is still there.

Irrelevancy 2

The situation in the world is probably better now than it used to be - few wars, more food for more people, more education, better health - but it is not good enough. The old illness is still around, even if it is not as dominant as it used to be. The illness is irrelevancy.

Irrelevancy is anything that is not relevant for our good life and our existential task.

There is a spontaneous irrelevancy in our brain, which has a weakness for irrelevant reactions. For teachers tricks and skill are needed to make the pupils interested - left to themselves irrelevant reactions take place for many human beings.

The society might be a bit better than the individuals, but nevertheless many societies are governed by irrelevancy. Dictatorship is the worst, but also democracies have their share of irrelevancy in the form of prejudices and traditions.

However, there are many individuals who want to do what they can do in order to make the world a better place. Imagine that such a person works for the secret services. What would be the best thing to do?

Would it be to increase irrelevancy, haunt, disturb and destruct the life of others? That is the tradition.

If we know that the basic problem is irrelevancy, we also know that this can be healed. And there is  tremendous healing power in relevancy itself. Once it has been introduced, it stays. Peace is better than war. Health is better than illness. Abundance is better than poverty.

So what should our imagined person do? The best thing that could happen would be to teach the leading echelons in the secret services - on all of these innumerable levels and offices - about the secret of life: relevancy. 

New liberation 2

My cat Spunkan was a control freak, and so are many human beings. It is probably in the genes. We feel safer if we feel we have control.

Now the means for control are better than before, so we should all feel safer. Do we?

Maybe not yet. 

For the control freaks in all nations, the new means must be felt as Christmas. But Christmas every day gives a bad taste. It can be too much. The amount of information accessible is enormous. 

This must lead to a better definition of the enemy. What is the threat? What should we look out for? How can we clear individuals from suspicions?

In the new world, security will be integrated from the beginning. It will be a natural part of everything taking place. The control will be a way for all to show how good they are. 

The human mind is at the center of our reality. It can be the best security device, but also the worst threat. Mind thrives on awareness, and the best security is given when the mind is aware of living in a nice world. Secret security is an anomaly, stemming from long ago.

The more of awareness we have, the better we are in solving conflicts in a non violent way. The tendency towards non violence should be supported by international laws making it possible to put to trial those who order and use violence.

 

Intended truth 2

To get peace and harmony, we need to discuss intention rather than to prepare for fight.

Psychologically, we have a tendency to consider all our own intentions as justified. We even feel frustrated if we can not satisfy them.

But intention can arise from murky waters, as well as from the purest of dreams.

Our intentions can be spontaneous or the result of an analysis.

Many of our spontaneous intentions are negative, like revenge. They might be simple and basic, as sexual attraction. Often they are rooted in our social situation and always they are based on our experiences and our knowledge.

We human beings are not inherently good or bad, but we can be both. It is a question of intention.

Historically we have lived in a situation of natural conflict. Resources were limited, nations were limited, but fear was not limited.

Now this is changing, and we can change from having intentions founded in lack and conflict, to intentions founded on the will to will well for all.

Even in country in open conflict as Afghanistan we see the awareness of building a society on trust and cooperation rather than split and weapons.

Normally bad intentions lead to anti social actions, which are punished by the state at a later time. This is not the optimal way to act.

Better is to look closer to the difference between good and bad intentions. The tolerance against bad intentions is much bigger than the tolerance against bad clothes. The archetypical American gangster has impeccable clothes and hair cut, a perfectly clean luxury car but the worst of intentions.

If we analyse intention we find that no fine clothes can make up for bad intentions. 

 

Causes and conditions 2

Mind, as the most important cause and condition, works best in free flow. This situation is very unusual. It is probably possible to live for decades without ever being close to it. Sometimes we experience and realize flow in particular, limited situations.

There are many factors limiting the flow in mind. The first ones are physical. Mind uses the brain as an instrument, and the brain as organic object must be cultivated in order to function smoothly.

Classically there are three stages in the development of the brain. They are called tamas, rajas and sattva. In tamas the brain is blocked, in sattva the brain allows for the clear mind to express itself freely.

If we want to express the free flow on the physical level, we have to practice a lot. Every elite sports person know that.

Even if we want to express flow on mind level, we need a lot of practice.

If there are no serious physical blocks for mind, there are probably preconditions and misunderstandings. 

A typical misunderstanding is to exaggerate the solidity of our own thoughts and feelings, including faulty preconditions. This makes it doubly difficult to overcome our hindrances.

The pure form of flow is called enlightenment, and it is a very rare state.

Our interdependence with everything else gives great opportunities for positive contributions, but it also makes us vulnerable for negative influences from others.

Spontaneously we want to fight these negative impulses, but if we do we just make them stronger. To receive and neutralize negative impulses is an important task in everyday life.

The goal 2

The goal of mind development is seen with suspicion by those who are not informed. In China, for example, the Tibetan traditions are suppressed, even now when the government has accepted capitalism and is taking part in international diplomacy. Also in Tibet, some practices have been prohibited now and then. In Palestine 2000 years ago, the idea of a spiritual king made the real king order the killing of all newborn boys.

This suspicion is unfounded, however. Mind training is not aggressive. 

Mind is the medium of freedom, but this freedom can be used for oppression. It is perfectly possible to create problems out of nowhere. History give many examples. These days we are reminded of the World War 2, which started 70 years ago. From mind point of view it is strange to see how political conflicts were accepted, and how nations entered actual combat.

Whatever mind is used for, mind itself is always pure as an empty monitor. Anything can be written on it. So the oppression is always adventitious. If we look again, we will see it is unfounded and unjustified.

Subject object 2

In a mind model where everything can change and nothing is static, we seek a balance of dynamic harmony. If we have misunderstood reality, and experienced certain factors as stable, life seems to have a meaning it does not really have. 

Most practical situations have stable parts. It is a nuisance. For young persons, the stability is in the environment like parents, school and personal lack of resources, education, contacts. The potential for change is also great, of course.

For those who are not very young, their past is a stabilizing factor. 

To experience stable factors is most disturbing, just because it is a fault in mind. Mind must be in flow to work properly. 

Flow is the natural state. Objects are not static but open to definition. Subject is not static but open to definition, The meeting is not static but open to definition. The external environment is not static but open to definition.

Our existential function is not to deal with hang ups in mind but to deal with hang ups in mind. This means that we should dissolve the hang ups in our mind, rather than see the hang ups as real and worthy of counter action.

Good for me 2

The spontaneous idea of "good for me" has caused many conflicts. But it is the most fundamental idea we can have, as it is the base for our survival. How can we satisfy this need witout creating unnecessary conflict?

On the material level this is very difficult, as material resources are limited. And if we start using material things as symbols for our ego, we need a lot of things.

Our identity, our self, is experienced as given. It seems to be the same always. But that is not the case. The self can be identified in different ways.

In a material world we might identify with our possessions. We are what we own.

This is wrong of course. Ownership is not a very strong relation in the relative reality. Normally it should be respected. But the hurricane does not respect ownership. The divorce lawyer has a particular attitude towards the ownership of the ex husband.

In all civilized societies, ownership is a cornerstone. In all ethical analyses, the rule not to steal is central.

A mind based world view includes the material reality, but the material factors are seen in the light of principles.

For example, in a materially based world view we might identify our self with our body. In a mind based world view we have a body. The "me" having a body is something more than the body.

In a material world view the robbers are the owners of the money they took, as they have the banknotes in their possession. But in a mind based world view, the legitimate owners are those from whom the bank notes were taken.

Positive alternatives 2

One traditional problem causing factor is our definition of our self. If we have a narrow idea of our self we are likely to see ourself as too distinct from others. Maybe this problem will be smaller as time goes by.

The narrow definition of the self was natural in a static social situation where individuals lived more or less in the same village all life. 

That is not bad, but in the modern village information and impulses from all over the world enter.

It gets more obvious that we are interdependent with everybody and everything else. The more we see and learn, the more we see this interdpendence.

Then it gets more natural to define ourselves as part of this bigger community.

If we have this very wide idea of ourselves, we see how we can forward our own interests by forwarding the interests of all the  others. 

Rule one 2

Rule one in mind minding is really the no rule. It is for the situation where there are no rules. It is for the pre rule situation. The moment before rules are formed.

So the rule one is awareness awareness. It can handle anything. It means to be aware of what we are aware of.

In difficult situations we often lock our mind in a stiff position. We hold our position. This is the opposite of mindfulness.

To be aware and mindful is to see things from all sides and from all different aspects. 

If we have this whole picture, we can often see possibilities and solutions. 

However, awareness can desert us in the moment we need it most. 

But to find the perfect word after some time, when we are leaving the party, is better than nothing. In mind we can restore order once we  get the proper awareness. But the sooner the better.

Hidden dragon 2

Mind is not a dragon spontaneously, it has to be trained first. Training is an internal process in the individual, but it is strongly supported if there is an external teacher or idol.

There are many problems. One is to find free space. We live in an era when so much is already done. It is the last era before the next big bang, the one that will end this eon.

But on mind level, space is without limit. And mind can use anything for this limitlessness, even limitations.

The ideal we would like to reach can be in the form of a particular person, but it can also be an ideal image. The goal is not the other person, not the image but a reality in our own mind, the ability to do the appropriate.

Another difficulty is the balance between power and knowledge. What we experience as lack of power is often lack of knowledge. It would be of no use to get more power.