Shaded concepts 2

Mind organizes our knowledge as concept and content. Concept might be "movies" and content is everything we know about movies. A more specific concept might be "Matrix" and the content is all we know about this particular movie. Another concept might be "father" and the content is everything we know about father. There are millions of concepts.
The organisation of knowledge as concept - content is all right. Clear concept and clear content is very good.
But concepts can be shaded or unclear. Then there might be problems.
Prejudice is a big group of shaded concepts. There is prejudice against all citizens, be they young or old, women or men, rich or poor, white or black, Muslims or Jews.
So we know the phenomenon. We all have experienced the problem of trying to fight a shaded concept about ourself by referring to content. It is almost impossible.
In a mind analysis, however, the problem is not a big one. In this analysis we do not consider every concept as a fixed truth, but as a matter open to analysis and debate.
In such an analysis we will find that positive concepts are more true and usable than negative concepts. So "nice person" is much more true than "bad".

Cognition

We try to understand the external reality. It is called cognition. If we make a correct observation it is called valid cognition.
We organize our knowledge in mind under concepts. It is a natural filing system.
These basic functions can give diverse result. The result we prefer is decided by our attitude and intention.
So truth is not a simple thing. There are many truths as there are many ways to see the world. Many attitudes can be supported by valid cognition.
If we feel for war, that can be supported by valid cognition.
If we feel for peace, that can be supported by valid cognition.
The decisive factor is in our intention. If we want to see other persons and reality as nice, it can be supported by valid cognition.
Reality allows for a wide choice of attitudes. So we have to make up our mind ourselves. What is best, really?