Mind made world

The world we live in is mind-made. At least if we live in a city, which most of us do. Every building, every stone in the pavement is decided by mind. Even the scraps of papers thrown on the street are decided by mind.

The big cities themselves are magnificent manifestations of the creativity of mind. Great.

But every big city is also a manifestation of the shortcomings of mind. The shortcomings are sometimes very obvious, as slum areas.

In the free countries the difficult sectors are individually decided - individuals move to the city without asking. In dictatorships like the old east European countries the difficulties were decided centrally.

In every city there is a balance between construction and destruction. This might have a certain positive value. All of the old should not be preserved. But sometimes the destruction or lack of progress seems a bit unnecessary.

As everything is mind made, we could ask: Can we help minds in a better way than before. We do a lot to improve mind activities by education, social contacts and mass media.

Obviously this is not good enough.

One way to improve the situation is by lowering birth rate. One cause for problems is the influx of new minds without education. We are all born without education. Lowering of birth rate is under way in many countries, and this is very good.

Another way would be to understand mind. Everything positive or negative a person does has its foundation and cause in the mind of the individual.

This is illustrated in the Tibetan tradition with a dorje, which is a ritual object. It shows two spaces or rooms. One room is the external reality where things are manifested, and the other room is the internal reality in the mind of the individual.

In order to manifest externally in a positive way, the internal room must to be in order. As there are so many negative manifestations going on, we know that the internal room is not very harmonious in many individuals.

This can change. Mind is extremely plastic. It can unlearn old outdated knowledge and learn new things.