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".
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Mind and reality 2
One way to train our body is to let it meet the challenges which appear spontaneously. It is a rather bad way. Better is to prepare in advance for ordeals which might come up.
It is the same with the brain and mind. We can let them develop as a result of the challenges we meet spontaneously. But it is a rather bad way. Better is to prepare systematically in advance.
Do we need mind training? If the answer would be no, we certainly need mind training. Mind likes training but the brain hates it. For brain it is like pest to learn things by heart, for mind it is a pest not knowing things by heart.
But if the energy level increases in the brain, it also becomes eager to learn new things.
So the energy level is the key factor.
The first thing we need is the will to develop. Often we are tempted to remain in our prejudices.
It is the same with the brain and mind. We can let them develop as a result of the challenges we meet spontaneously. But it is a rather bad way. Better is to prepare systematically in advance.
Do we need mind training? If the answer would be no, we certainly need mind training. Mind likes training but the brain hates it. For brain it is like pest to learn things by heart, for mind it is a pest not knowing things by heart.
But if the energy level increases in the brain, it also becomes eager to learn new things.
So the energy level is the key factor.
The first thing we need is the will to develop. Often we are tempted to remain in our prejudices.
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