State of Mind
The cause of everything
is state of mind. Without MIND, there can be no reality, since reality,
or what we will to be reality, must have a cause greater than itself, for
reality cannot arise or exist without a creator, which turns out to be
the beneficiary of its own creation.
State of MIND is forever "being." It
is a continuous flow of thought moments not subject to the space-time continuum.
Our state of mind, at any specific instance in the physical nature, enables
us to experience the wide range of illusions we have projected in answer
to our desire for mortal existence. Physical mind maintains those
illusions. Spiritual MIND is a different assertion.
MIND is the "crux of the matter," the initial
impulse as well as the final heartbeat of all phenomenal and noumenal
states of awareness. Nothing can "be," much less "become," without
the presence of MIND. It is the self-defining rootless cause of all
creation and the ultimate State returned to at the terminus of each of
our forays into the dream world of terrestrial function.
State of mind answers the question of spiritual
form. The requirements of space, time and location all fall away
once MIND is added to the mix. Wispy willows of astral ghosts retreat
in terror at the command of Soul, the Mental Essence, so sought after by
the neophyte and potential master alike, but rarely found owing to lack
of physical substance. Without form, a concept lingers in mystery
and keeps the ego in a dither as it tries to make heads or tails of the
Soul's mystique.
Our ego performs admirably in its prescribed
functions. With a complex repertory of defense mechanisms and a voracious
appetite for power, our ego keeps us out of the business of self-injury,
provides access to a limited mental faculty, oversees the various anatomical
systems and provides the coordination for success in our daily activities.
Bur for all that, the ego turns out to be its own worst enemy when our
demands to go past the crust of outer awareness in search of inner wisdom
exceeds its willingness to serve. In the presence of MIND, the ego
transmogrifies from King Kong to Dr. Jekyl, tucks tail and whimpers along
the trail of somewhere to hide.
This loathe for its origin from fear of demise
forces the ego to devise extreme protective measures to ensure survival
in a scheme where survival is not an option. Therein lies the problem.
A self-effacing corporal agent, with its eye on antecedents who invariably
perished, makes war on its Creator. The Creator, faithfully
committed to its purpose of spiritual growth, continues the line of egos
for new bodies in hopes, perhaps, that one of them will retract its fangs
and shine through on the positive end of the moral spectrum. At that
time MIND merges with mind in perfected enlightenment.
Copyright © June 2000 dtgosnell
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