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CONCEPT: MAN’S INNER STATE-OF-MIND DETERMINES OUTER WORLD-CONDITION
Extract: DHARMA OF NO-Mind CIRCULATED IN THE HUMBLE-HEARTED, OPEN-MINDED, JOYOUS-SPIRITED ADVENTURE OF KNOWLEDGE-SHARING THAT …ALL SENTIENT BEINGS MAY BENEFIT
DEFINITION & ATTRIBUTES
MORTAL SELF/EGO (GODLESS-LAWLESS — LOWER-PAGAN — PERISHABLE STATE-OF-BECOMING)
(ARTIFICIAL — ACQUIRED — DEPENDENT — ACCIDENTAL — CHANCE-BASED — MUTATING CONDITIONS-OF-BECOMING)
[DEMONIC-SPIRITED — OUTWARD-BOUND — ILLUSIONS-IMMERSED — SELFISH-HEARTED — HERD-MINDED]AHAM / DEMONIAC SELF (INDIC – VEDAS / UPANISHADS)
UNAWAKENED / IGNORANT / ORDINARY PEOPLE (BUDDHISM) NAFS (ISLAM / SUFISM)
PHARISEES / PHILISTINES / SWINE (CHRISTIANITY)
LOWER / BEAST SELF (ZOROASTRIANISM)
&
IMMORTAL SELF/SOUL (GODLY – LAWFUL – HIGHER – NOBLE — IMPERISHABLE STATE-OF-BENG)
(ORIGNAL — INBORN — INDEPENDENT — ESSENTIAL — NECESSITY-BASED — IMMUTABLE STATE-OF-BEING)
[DIVINE-SPIRITED — INWARD-BOUND — REALITY-ANCHORED — ALTRUISTIC-HEARTED — CONTRARIAN-MINDED]ATMAN (INDIC – VEDAS / UPANISHADS)
BODHICITTA / BUDDHA-NATURE (BUDDHISM)
NOOR-I-RUHANI / RUH-E-ELAHI (ISLAM / SUFISM)
HOLY GHOST / SPIRIT / COMFORTER (CHRISTIANITY)
HIGHER / NOBLE SELF (ZOROASTRIANISM)
[Note: The (embedded Coloured Italic Script in Brackets) within the Body of the Original Quotes in Bold – Intuitively Revisited & Reinvested with Comments — are the Personal Subjective Thoughts, Opinions and Utterances of the Compiler-Commentator – dredged from within the depths of his Limited Framework-of-Knowledge and Partial State-of-Understanding …and is not positioned as The Definitive View on the Subject]. [The Core Contention is that Man’s Outer World Condition is a Reflection of his Inner State-of-Mind i.e. Man’s Internal State-of-Mind — whether ruled by the godless-lawless lower nafs/aham/Egoic Self …or the godly-lawful higher Noor-i-Ruhani/ Buddha-nature/Holy Spirit/ Atman Self semi-dormant within man — Determines his External Circumstances/Conditions – whether he finds himself embroiled in a State of Disorder and Chaos or absorbed in a State of Order and Harmony – at the levels of the individual-family-society-civilization].Hark How Creative Thinkers Spanning All Times & Climes Have Articulated This Concept …Since 2000 BCE To 2000 CE
GENERAL QUOTES:
MAN’S INNER STATE-OF-MIND DETERMINES THE OUTER WORLD CONDITION OR OUTER WORLD CONDITION IS A REFLECTION OF MAN’S INNER STATE-OF-MIND.
As for those (godless-lawless ego-dominated foolish ones) who would take the whole world / To tinker with as they see fit (to suit their parochial conveniences and comforts — as does modern man), / I observe that they never succeed: / For the world is a sacred vessel / Not made to be altered by man. / The tinkerer will spoil it. / Usurpers will lose it (…the coming fate of modern man?).
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching – Ch 19, c. 500 BCE
If a man be upright in his heart, / There will be righteousness in his character. / If there be righteousness in his character, / There will be harmony in the home. / If there be harmony in the home, / There will be order in the nation. / If there be order in the nation, / There will be peace in the world. (For, in the final showdown, the micro-scenario of the inner-state of the individual — her/his ‘Purity or Impurity of Heart’ — determines the macro-scenario of the collective global condition — World Peace or World Destruction).
Confucius, c. 500 BCE
To put the world in order we must first put the nation in order; / To put the nation in order we must first put the family in order; / To put the family in order we must cultivate our personal life; / To cultivate our personal life we must first set our hearts right. (For, in the ultimate analysis, to improve the macro-scenario — the outer condition of World Order — its Collective State …we have to first set right the micro-scenario — the inner State of Order in her/his Heart — its Individual State).
Lao Tzu
As the family goes (– whether united and harmonious or disunited and disharmonious), so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live (…for it is from the condition of the smallest Individual Unit that the condition of the largest Collective State emerges).
Pope John Paul II
The first peace, which is the most important (as it is the source of all other forms of peace among individuals), is that which comes within the souls of people.
Black Elk, Native American Leader
You may cry for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no (sense of tolerance and) brotherhood (in your heart) there can be no peace (in the outer world).
Max Lerner
Every man that is at peace …adds to the peace of the world. If enough people share the value of peace …war can be bought to an end. A shift (of creative awareness in acknowledging the inherent oneness of humanity) in consciousness can transform the world. Such a shift is already occurring …it just needs a critical mass (– the 100th monkey to kick-start the process). You could be the turning point. You could be the change you want to see in the world (…by readjusting and readapting your archaic- unwholesome mortal ego-self dominated, divisions-creating, strifes-causing, mortality-bound mindset …to be more in-tune-with your evolved-wholesome immortal Atman Self …in-sync-with the freshly emerging benign-spirited, humanity-unifying, harmony -creating, liberation-ushering New Age of Brotherhood).
Gandhi
Because of the innate connections between ‘Man’ and ‘Nature’, the (condition of the) inner-self of man is reflected in the external (condition of the world) order. Therefore, it follows that, when man’s (godless-lawless ego-dominated, decadent condition of) inner being has turned to darkness and turmoil, nature (and his outer world condition) is also turned from harmony to disequilibrium and disorder. … A traditional Muslim (or sane, rational man of any faith) would see in the bleakness and ugliness of modern industrial society and the ambiance (of a dehumanized, directionless, meaningless and purposeless life) it creates as an outward reflection of the (inner decadent ego-induced dense cloud of) darkness (– the Trojan Horse) within the soul of (the ignorant-arrogant ego-intoxicated, modern-minded) men who have created this (counter-productive, malevolent, unsustainable, civilization-threatening, nature-endangering) order and who live in it (unhappily trapped in a self-generated state of constant frustration and immiseration).
Syyed Hossein Nasr
The violence and conflict we are witnessing is a (– externalized projection and) dramatization of the inner (godless-lawless nafs/aham/ego/beast-self perpetrated) violence of (ordinary unawakened) humanity. We are not individuals, separate (-different-distinct and disconnected from each other and the world-life). What happens to us (inexorably) happens to all of life (…and vice versa). Physically we may (seemingly ostensibly) live isolated in our secluded homes, (secretively) screening our domestic violence from the rest of the world but psychologically we are (integrally united and) inseparable from (the Network/Matrix of) all of mankind. The poisonous fumes of our inner (ignorant-impure nafs/aham/ego/beast-self induced, senses-deluded, impure-discriminating mind-states conjured illusions of differences, separations and divisions – at the individual and national levels – and their attendant inescapable effects of discord, hostility, aggression-generated) turbulence seep through the collective consciousness of humanity (…and corrupts the social fabric). The violence within (each and every one of) us (nafs/aham/ego/beast-self dominated untamed ones)… is the very source of danger and destruction (…of our natural world-life-history, as is happening today).
Sri Bhagwan’s Message
What causes suffering in this world? Our collective choices influence the (organo-holistic unified) field of information and energy in the biosphere of the earth which is our extended body. When collectively we are turbulent (due to the roiling influence of our godless-lawless nafs/aham/ego/beast-self dominated, agitation-embroiled nature and turbulent mind-states concocting conditions of unrest and disquiet), Mother Nature will also be (reciprocally) turbulent. Therefore, we may have some (proportional share of responsibility and blame of active) participation in the (catalyzing of a) cyclone and natural calamities that we blame on God. We are not separate (beings divided, distinct, different and disconnected from each other and) from nature. When our inner (lower-pagan mortal nafs/aham/ego/beast-self aroused, impurities infected mind-states of agitation and) turbulence settles down (under the calming influence of our awakened godly-lawful Atman Self/Bodhicitta/Noor-i-Ruhani /Holy Spirit) on a collective level (…and inner rest, quiet and stillness reign then — through this self-transforming realization and world-life evolving self-initiated action), it is possible that (in a mutually-reciprocal response) nature’s turbulence may simultaneously calm down (as a direct comeback on it).
Deepak Chopra, TOI 24.4.00 (Q&A Section)
War is the ultimate expression of the (godless-lawless ego-inflamed, divisive mind states concocted) inner conflict (raging within unawakened man’s soul). There is war going on all the time (in every nook and cranny of the world); in the business world, in the world of religious peoples, between the various gurus, the various dogmas. (So, if we resolve our self-deluding, illusory sense of separation from ‘the other’ and the world-life …by dousing the pagan ego-aroused, impure mind-states fanned flames of divisiveness and negativity raging in our inner-world …all forms of conflicts manifest in the external world will inexorably disappear too).
J Krishnamurti
Our inner universe (/state-of-mind) manifests itself outwardly (in the condition of our worldly circumstances whether) in sickness and health, in joy and sorrow, in peace and stress (– depending on whether it is absorbed in the wholesome higher Atman Self/‘No-Mind State …or immersed in the unwholesome lower nafs/aham/ego/beast-self state). If we want to change (the world-condition) externally, it must first take place within us (internally — within our own self-awakened, original-inborn immortal Atman Self/‘No-Mind’ State-of-Being). Otherwise it will only be a (fruitlessly attempted) mechanical patch-up job (affected in vain).
Nalin Nirula
God’s creation in-itself is good; it is beautiful, in proper proportion and adapted for the performance it has to perform. There is no evil or disorder in it. Such evil or disorder that creeps in is due to man’s (godless-lawless ego-imposed, spiritually-immature, subjective sense of ‘my’) will and spiritual teaching is directed to train and cure that (parochial-uncontrollable ignorant ego-generated partial ‘my will’ so as) to bring it into conformity (and alignment) with the universal order or (Dharmic) plan (of God’s Will).
Mohammad Iqbal, Poet
Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of violence (implicitly or explicitly extant) in a culture cannot be eliminated without (first) changing (/resetting) culture.
Charlotte Bunch
The reason why the (fragmented strife-torn) world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because (pagan nafs/aham/ego/beast-self-dominated, contradictions-immersed, duality-bound, divisive-minded ignorant) man is disunited within himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits, I dreamt of changing the world (around me for the better …so I sincerely tried and tried to the best of my ability, but it was in vain). As I grew older and wiser, I discovered that the world would not change, so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change my country. But it too seemed immovable. As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt, I (finally) settled for changing only my family, those closest to me (in my immediate surroundings whom I could influence most); but alas, they would have nothing of it. And now, as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize that if I had only (looked inward and) changed myself first, then by (the power of) example I would have changed my family. (Then,) From their inspiration and encouragement, I would have been able to better my country, and who knows? I may have even changed the world. (So, dear brother, learn from my failure …and in order to change the world, begin by first changing yourself).
Scripted on the Tomb of an Anglican Bishop’s Crypt at Westminster Abbey
Everybody thinks of changing humanity but nobody thinks of changing himself (…which is where the whole process begins).
Leo Tolstoy
Yesterday I (thought I) was clever. / that is why / I wanted to change the (outer) world. / Today I am wise. / That is why / I am changing myself (– my inner world).
Sri Chinmoy
Consider how difficult it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have of trying to change others (…without first changing yourself).
Jacob M. Braude
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. (Methinks herein lies the rub for man who thinks nothing of changing and adapting the world to himself instead).
Charles Darwin
The measure of intelligence is the (mental-resilience endowed, open-minded) ability to change (and adapt to the emerging imperatives …or go under).
Albert Einstein
No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change.
Madonna, Pop Singer
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean.
Goethe
Before healing others, first heal yourself.
Gambian Proverb
Change yourself (first so as to be in-tune-with your external conditions) and you have done your part in changing the (out-of-tune) world. The world cannot become peaceful unless you yourself (– as an integral component of the world jig-saw now) begin to work for peace. It is only by removing (the pathological aham/ego/beast-self dominated, impure mind-states generated) hate from our hearts (and replacing it with the agape love of the noble Atman Self) that we can live a peaceful life (…and bring peace to the larger world).
Parmahansa Yogananda
Clean first the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
Bible, Matt 23:26
The fountain of contentment must spring up in the mind (…and is not to be found elsewhere in the external world); and he who has such little knowledge of (the immeasurable magnitude and adaptability of) human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything (in his outer condition) but his own (inner attitudinal/mental) disposition (habits and way-of-life), will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the griefs he proposes to remove.
Samuel Johnson
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his (personal circumstance and the external world-) life by altering his (internal state of mind/) attitude.
William James, Philosopher
If your heart is a (seething) volcano (of destruction), how shall you expect flowers (of calm and peace) to bloom?
Khalil Gibra, Poet
(For outward show…) Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear (religious cloaks and) your hair matted, long and ostentatious (and keep chanting your mantras for all to hear), but when deep inside you there is a (godless-lawless aham/ego/beast-self held high caliber, greed-infested, ill-will-driven, violence-prone, malignant-bullets) loaded gun, how (in God’s name) can you (even dare to desire to) have God?
Kabir, Poet
A new pot taken from the potter’s furnace may be decorated by many pictures outside; / But of what use will it be to thee, / O Dadu, without any contents (/inner spiritual gravitas)? / Such are the (godless-ignorant ego-self dominated) one’s who make outer display of religiosity (in order to befool the world and take it for a ride …but end-up only fooling themselves).
Sant Dadu Dayal
What we do to the world, we do to ourselves. (So, at the end of the day, in the modern context, when we have ignorantly destroyed the forests, thoughtlessly poisoned the rivers and greedily exhausted our non-renewable resources …the joke will be on us).
Indian American Chief Seattle, 1876
What we (as godless ego-dominated beings), are doing (in our impure mind-states conjured erroneous sense of separation) to the forests of the world (by mindlessly and callously razing them to the ground) is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to each other (by living in a dog-eat-dog society at each other’s jugular). Truly, as Gandhi said, ‘an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind’.
Chris Maser
Negative feelings, such as, violence (i.e. all selfish-subversive thoughts-ideas viz. lying, cheating, stealing, deceit, envy, malice, ill-will, hostility, physical aggression etc …that we harbour within our minds), are damaging to life (– both ours and others), whether we act on them ourselves, or (tacitly) cause or condone them in others (by our non-action and silence). They are born of (our atavistic-impure ego-generated, self-destructive, mortality-bound, illusory mind-states conjured conditions of insecurity, fear, guilt,) greed, anger or delusion, and may be slight, moderate or intense. Their fruit is (incessant rebirth in samsara the realm of) endless ignorance and suffering.
Patanjali Yoga Sutra, 2:34
Violence is basically an (unstable-unpredictable godless-lawless) ego-related problem (that afflicts mankind in general). It is a (uncontrollable, easily) provoked (and angered inner-residing atavistic nafs/aham/) ego (/beast-self dominant within us) that creates almost all kinds of (outer world-life-history disrupting) violence and disturbance.
Maulana Wahiuddin Khan
The (unawakened godless-lawless ego-dominated ordinary people’s inner) inclination to aggression…. constitutes the greatest impediment to civilization (and Planet Earth).
Sigmund Freud
Root out the violence in your life (– your atavistic ego-conditioned tendency to ill-will, lies, envy, intolerance etc), and learn to live compassionately and mindfully (with humble respect and tolerance for ‘other’s and the Earth-Life …aware of the Big Picture of Brotherhood). Seek peace (first within yourself). When you (as an individual) have (attained true) peace within, real peace with others (in the outer world) is possible.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Hatred (– a godless nafs/aham/ego/beast-self aroused, impure mind-states conjured condition –) leads to destruction (in our inner and outer world-life). (A godly Atman Self/Bodhicitta/Noor-i-Ruhani/Holy Spirit-inspired) Respect for all living beings leads to non-violence (and social harmony). The real enemies (disrupting social harmony) live inside you (– the Trojan Horse within); they are anger, pride, crookedness, greed, attachment and hate… It is better to win over (our inner godless-lawless nafs/aham/ego/beast-) self than to win over a million external enemies.
Mahavira
If you and I (– under the influence of our ungodly-unforgiving nafs/aham/ego/beast-self) are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the (destruction of our self and the) wounding of the world. (So, conquer your nafs/aham/ego/beast-self …to heal yourself and the world).
Deepak Chopra
We have to take the whole universe as the expression of the one (universal Atman) self (common in all). Only then (– without any pagan nafs/aham/ego-self aroused, impure mind-stares conjured delusions of separateness-distinctions-differentiations –) our (unbounded-unified agape) love flows (impartially-unreservedly) to all beings and creatures in the (outer) world equally.
Swami Ramdas
Our individual well-being is intimately (and inextricably) connected both with that of all others and with the (Natural) environment within which we live.
The Dalai Lama XIV
We can never obtain peace in the (outer) world if we neglect the inner world (of our inborn higher Atman Self) and don’t make peace with ourselves (…as manifest in our current internal state of constant disquiet, dis-ease and unrest). (All pervading) World peace must develop out of inner peace (that only springs forth from a higher Atman Self-aware man’s soul).
The Dalai Lama XIV
Drop the (lower aham/ego-self generated, duality-bound, impure discriminating mind-states conjured partial sense of) ‘I’ and ‘mine’ and live in the (higher Atman Self-unified, holistic reality of) ‘we’ (…by dropping your limited ego and embracing the boundless we-go). The universe is one. Without the (presence of the divisions-creating, distinctions-imagining, separations-making profane aham/) ego, we experience a beautiful (-mystical, self-transforming, all-unifying ineffable sense of presence and) connectedness with everything else in the great chain of being: with the birds, stars, sky and trees. …It is this (mystical-unifying, self-transforming epiphany-graced experience of total merger/) connectedness that is known as ‘Nirvana’. Reality is (an inborn immortal Atman Self-illumined, non-discriminating state-of-) unity and illusion is (a pagan-mortal aham/ego/beast-self dominated, self-deluding, strifes-generating, impure discriminating mind-states conjuring sense of) division (-distinction-separation …between the self and ‘the other’, the self and the world).
Swami Sukhabodhananda, The Speaking Tree (TOI)
To attain inner peace you must actually give (away) your (obsolete ego-dominated way-of-) life, not just your possessions. When you at last give (away) your (past decadent ego-intoxicated way-of-) life – bringing into (new) alignment your (fresh Higher self-inspired, conviction-rooted, experience-tested universal) beliefs and the (benign, principles-moored, values-centric) way you live, then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace (and in turn …be able to radiate it into the outer world).
Peace Pilgrim
Patience is a reflection of the (inborn-inviolable Atman Self-aware) peaceful mind. My peaceful (inner state-of-) mind is capable to cope with all situations (that arise in my interactions with the outer world) without becoming (distracted or) disturbed and agitated. It (goes with-the-flow and) calmly accepts (without reluctance or résistance) the resolution of circumstances and, with this (inborn Atman-endowed inexhaustible ocean of) patience one acquires the power to deal with all (difficult and intractable external) situations (and guide them to a peaceful resolution).
Brahmakumaris
Peace is something to be attained internally. Wherever we (as unawakened ego-dominated beings) go in search of peace, we take our (outward-bound, troubles-stirring monkey-) mind with us. To find real (God-graced eternal) peace, get rid of the (godless-lawless ego-dominated, monkey-) mind (…instantly!).
Mata Amritanadamayi
A right exterior conduct (in-sync-with the world-life flow) really has its secret in a true (Atman Self/Bodhicitta/Noor-i-Ruhani/Holy Spirit-awakened) interior life.
Fr Andrew
When you find (mind tranquility and soul) peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
Peace Pilgrim
He who lives in harmony with himself (– his noble Higher Self) lives in harmony with the universe.
Marcus Aurelius
Only those (Higher Self-aware ones) who (– having overcome their lower ego-selves — now) have no minds of their own and (– having transcended their ego-induced illusory discriminating sense of a self/mind/being as a thinker-knower-seer-doer-experiencer — now) do not use their (own partial-finite-limited) judgment (and so) can adapt themselves (easily) to the (twists-and-turns on the roller coaster of constant) changes and not be burdened (or broken) by them.
Guo Ing, Han Dynasty
Be an (evolvedAtman Self-aware) instrument of love, harmony and peace. Emphasize benign and creative unity (between nations, faiths, races and peoples) instead of (a lower-pagan ego-self perpetrated condition of malignant and) destructive disunity. Work (selflessly) for universal brotherhood and world peace. Work (single-mindedly) as though this (stupendous challenge of a) task depends (and hinges) upon you.
Swami Chidananda
Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety (…and we can only feel enough safety in ourselves if we have conquered our unpredictable natures and attained freedom from the uncontrollable, disruptions-causing godless-lawless ego-self within us).
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mind, body and environment is the same (continuum …but ignorant ego-conditioned, duality-obsessed man puts them in separate compartments …and never arrives at his soul-liberating higher truth of Oneness).
Hippocrates, Greek Physician – Propagating a Holistic Model of the Mind
The inward (…individual human state-of-mind) and the outward (…holistic-collective state-of-world) are indissolubly united and form a single great eternal (seamless cosmic) current.
Ma Anananda Mayi
Social reform must begin within the individual (spirit). Inward renewal of (– the Higher Self-awakened) Conscience is ultimately more effective than external imposition of (lower ego-self conjured, herd-mind organized) law (imposed by the Establishment/Orthodoxy/Authority/Society/Military/Church/State).
Chinese Classic
The easiest and fastest way of reforming a situation is by reforming oneself (to adapt and adjust in-resonance with its imperatives). To make one’s self perfect first (by retuning and realigning oneself with the dominant Flow of the Force), is the most simple but probably least used method to make the world perfect (…only because arrogant ego-self intoxicated foolish beings are unable to recognize and accept the fact that they need inner soul realignment if the outer world is to be put in Order).
Sadhu Vishwamurtidas
Could we change our (lower ego-self circumscribed, narrow-minded obsolete) attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. (The world-) Life would undergo a change of appearance (as its horizons expand revealing new dimensions) because we ourselves had undergone a (creative mind-expanding, Higher Self-awakened) change in attitude.
Katherine Mansfield
When our inner (Higher Self-awakened) vision opens (and our spiritual role in the divine scheme of things is clearly revealed), (all our ego-fabricated veils drop-off and) our horizons expand (…to encompass infinity and abide in eternity).
Louise L. Hay
Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety (…and we can only feel enough safety in ourselves if we have conquered our lower self and attained freedom from the disruption-threatening godless-lawless ego within us).
Thich Nhat Hanh
The solution to the (most pressing existential-psychological-social-ecological) problem of the day (we face in our internal and external worlds) is the awakening of the consciousness of humanity to the (original-innate unborn-undying Noor-i-Ruhani/Atman Self/Bodhicitta/Holy Spirit-endowed state in-connect-with the) divinity within.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
People (– depending on whether they are immersed in their pagan aham/ego/beast-self state or noble Atman Self/‘No-Mind’ state –) are the makers of a nation’s destiny (– its emergent state of order and harmony or disorder and disharmony).
M K Gandhi
The (mortal body-dependant) egoic wall (is artificial/unreal/false and) has no independent reality. When we stop pumping energy into it (by refusing to live by its illusory world-life disrupting demands and dictates), it starts dissolving (…and the reality of the world-life harmonizing original/real/True Self is wondrously revealed).
Jed McKenna
The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands (…for in self-transformation alone …lies our salvation and hope for the benign-sustainable survival of our Future Generations).
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and theArt of Motocycle Mechanics
I cannot always control what goes on outside (me in the material world), but I can always control what goes on inside (me in my own mental world).
Wayne Dyer
The human race’s survival is now once again in doubt for the first time since man established his ascendency over non-human nature (viz. the vicissitudes of nature-weather-wildlife etc)… This time it is (our own unawakened-uncontrollable godless ego-dominated) human nature (– our own ignorant-arrogant ego-intoxicated, power-maddened, violence-perpetrating indiscriminate use of the value-free knowledge of science and technology to poison the Earth and unleash weapons of mass-destruction laying waste our global civilization –) that threatens mankind with extinction. The recurrence of this ancient threat (– the survival of our species –) from this new quarter (– precipitated by our own godless-lawless ego-self — the Trojan Horse within — vis-à-vis the old quarter – the external threats of weather, wildlife, starvation – which are now more or less ameliorated –) is a challenge to all human beings to subordinate their traditional (-obsolete, provincial-tribal-national pagan ego-dominated) parochial (-partial-biased, anthropo-centric, malignant-tempered, violence-perpetuating, nature-devastating, nationalistic passions-enflaming, civilizations-threatening, world-life-history endangering, unthinking herd-mind dominated) loyalties to a new paramount (– more peaceful, harmonious and environmentally sustainable, global-civilization evolving, Higher Self-inspired collective) loyalty to (the sacrosanct idea of the Universal Brotherhood of) Mankind itself.
Arnold Toynbee, Historian -1930s
One may gain political (or financial) or social independence, but if he is a slave to his (inner pagan ego-aroused impure) passions and (selfish illusory) desires, he cannot feel (free and harmoniously live) the pure joy of his freedom.
Swami Vivekananda
The politicians of the world are us for they (spring from our body social and are voted into power by us — to) represent us. The system of corruption is allowed by us (– through our complacency and apathy in remaining silent and safe while being preoccupied in building our own nest eggs, unconcerned by the politician’s antics …till it hits our own pocket).
Golden Ray of Dawn
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a (godless-lawless ego-dominated, morally-bankrupt) people whose manners are universally corrupt.
Samuel Adams
Liberty lives in the hearts of men and women and when it dies there no constitution, no law, no court (in the external world that) can save it.
Anon
Laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man presents his views (independently and freely) without (any fear of) penalty there must be a (Higher Self-aware) spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Albert Einstein
We are citizens of the world (responsible for its condition good or bad) and the tragedy of our times is that we (blinded by our godless-ignorant egos) do not know it.
Woodrow Wilson
We (– each-and-everyone of us –) must (change our parochial mindsets and) develop a sense of universal responsibility not only in the geographic (national) sense, but also in respect of the different (larger humanitarian and ecological) issues that confront (the sustainable continuity and survival of) our planet. Responsibility does not only lie (only) with the leaders of our countries or those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each (-and-everyone) of us individually.
The Dalai Lama, in Noble Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
The true wealth of a nation lies not in its gold or silver, but in its learning, wisdom, and in the uprightness of its people.
Khalil Gibran
States are as men are they grow out of human character (…and reflect the State of the Human Condition).
Plato
The worth of a state (– its progressive evolution and durability or otherwise), in the long run, is the worth of individuals (– wise or otherwise –) composing it.
John Stuart Mill, British Philosopher- Economist
All countries in the world (at all times have thus far been and still) are territories of evil (because of the preponderance of the godless-lawless aham/ego/beast-self dominated, demonic-spirited, warring-natured, violence-prone, strifes-generating, divisive mind-states conjuring unawakened populace they comprise of …so it is left to the creative minority of the divine-spirited, peace-loving, non-violent natured, harmony -spreading, unitive-minded Atman Self/Buddha-nature/Noor-i-Ruhani/Holy Spirit-awakened benign ones to cleanse them off their godless ego-self conditioned impurities with the Divine Sword of Righteousness …and transform all the countries in the world into territories of Good).
Lord Rama
A great civilization is not conquered from without (neither by invaders nor the stormy Age Change period of transition) until it has destroyed itself from within (…through its own godless-lawless ego-dominated, pleasures-pursuing, wealth-chasing, name-making, nature-destructing, moral-decay generating, herd-minded constituents – the rot within).
Mel Gibson’s, ‘Apocalypto’
It is because nations tend to stupidity and baseness (…due to the predominance of the godless ego-inebriated, herd-minded unawakened majority it comprises of) that mankind moves slowly; it is because (the few godly Higher Self-awakened, contrarian -minded, creative minority of) individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.
George Gissing
Nations have passed away and left no traces and history gives the naked cause of it. One single, simple reason in all cases; they fell because their (godless-lawless aham/ ego/beast-self intoxicated, illusions-immersed, self-seeking, greed-enslaved, hedonism-pursuing, narcissistic-living, herd-minded ordinary) people (– the Trojan Horse within society –) were not fit.
Rudyard Kipling
I believe that civilizations have always been brought to grief by their own faults and failures (caused by their own arrogant ego-dominated, herd-mind generated follies and foibles – the Trojan Horse within), and not by any external agency (…above or below the sun).
Arnold Toynbee
Civilizations like empires fall, not for the strength of the enemy outside as through the weakness and decay within (its own body social and polity – generated by the collective-impact of its own citizens and their godless aham/ego/beast-self induced, herd-mind conjured impure conditions of hedonism-greed-corruption-decadence — the Trojan Horse within).
Jawaharlal Nehru
If the ethical foundation (of society — as found innate in the Higher Self-realized, reality-anchored, altruistic-hearted, contrarian-minded creative individual –) is lacking (due to a dearth of such ones …and the preponderance of the lower-self enslaved, illusions-immersed, selfish-hearted, herd-minded uncreative ones), then civilization collapses; even when in other directions creative and intellectual (-aesthetic-academic-religious-scientific-economic-humanitarian) forces of the strongest nature are at work.
Dr. Albert Schweitzer
The difficult problems with which we have to deal, even those that lie entirely in the material and economic spheres (viz. poverty-hunger-illiteracy-social decline, environmental devastation etc), are in the last resort only to be solved by an inner change of character (…through the initiation of a creative attitudinal/mindset shift — from a decadent ego-dominated, greed-driven, pleasures-seeking, narcissist-consumerist lifestyle pursuing, herd-minded lifestyle – the Trojan Horse within …to a self-content, natural environment-enhancing, resources-conserving, earth-protecting, Higher Self-inspired way of inclusive, benign, harmonious, sustainable, non-destructive living).
Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Possession (and pride) of material riches, without inner peace (that brings forth outer tranquility), is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake.
Paramahansa Yogananda
(By the universal-eternal Principles of Balance) All infractions of Love and Equity in our social relations are speedily punished. If the government is cruel, the governor’s life is not safe. If the taxes are too high, the revenues will be proportionally less. If the criminal code is too sanguinary, juries will not convict. If the law is too mild, private vengeance will step in (…so too in our relations with Nature. If the internal nafs/aham/ego/beast-mind is impure …the external surroundings are unsanitary and diseases will spread, if men’s inner mental conditions are selfish and unwholesome …the outer world circumstances will reflect familial-societal-national-ecological disorder too).
Zarathushtra
The (outer material) world is a reflection of ourselves (– our inner mind-state); what we create outwardly (…whether a condition of harmony or disharmony in the world-life-history) stems from what we are inwardly (in the mind — whether absorbed in the altruistic-hearted, peace-loving, harmony-generating godly Atman Self /‘No-Mind’ State of Being …or immersed in the demoniac-natured, peace-disrupting, disharmony-fostering, world-life-history destructing, godless-lawless aham/ego/beast-self dominated, illusory mind-states conjuring conditions-of-becoming).
Rig Veda
The Lord will change not that condition which is without thee (–thy external circumstances), until thou first changeth that condition which is within thee (– thy internal pagan nafs/aham/ego/beast-self dominated, self-destructing, obsolete attitudes -imprisoned, herd-mind tethered, illusory mind-states conjuring conditions of self-enslavement — the Trojan Horse within).
Qur’an
If ye have need of something new (– a fresh set of wholesome and benevolent inner-outer conditions/circumstances), ye must first overcome the old (– godless-lawless nafs/aham /ego/beast-self-enslaved, self-limiting, self-enervating, unwholesome attitudinal-mindset) that dominates within thee.
Qur’an
You must put aside your old (false-illusory godless aham/ego/beast-) self … your mind must be renewed by a spiritual revolution so that you can put on the new (true-real godly Holy Spirit/Atman) self that has been created in God’s way.
Paul, Eph. 4:22.24
So get rid of all the old yeast (– your artificial-pagan mortal aham/ego/beast-self) and make yourselves (anew, self-transformed) into a completely new batch of bread (…the freshly baked original-inborn immortal Holy Spirit/Atman Self …in-joint-with the divine).
Paul, 1 Cor. 5:7
Cast away (far and wide) the (artificial-pagan mortal aham/ego/beast-self inspired) evil that you have done (to your old world-life-history) and get yourself a new (self-illumined, original-inborn immortal Atman Self /Holy Ghost-awakened) heart and a new (self-liberated, eternal ‘No-Mind’-absorbed) spirit (to make good your new world-life-history)….
Prophet Isaiah
The (public awareness rousing) media (with its tremendous potential to educate and enlighten the masses) must (highlight and) speak of the importance of (the core human virtue of) altruism (– the peace-generating, world-life harmony promoting philosophy of ‘other-orientation’ — an integral virtue of the godly Atman Self …vis-à-vis the strifes-causing, world-life harmony-destructing philosophy of ‘self-orientation’ — a core attribute of the ungodly aham/ego/beast-self dominated –) in every human activity. It must be (heatedly and focusedly) discussed again and again in newspapers, in the movies, on the radio, on TV (by intellectuals, artists, celebrities, socially-respected figures, role models etc). I think there is plenty of momentum (in our society-at-large) to do this. Medical and scientific fields should support (and buttress) the theory of (self-sacrificing, other-centric) altruism. Ecologists will support (and propagate) it, as the peace movement (of which ‘altruism’ is a core tenet), providing the (fundamental building-blocks for) educational systems are also improved (by prioritizing and inculcating the theoretical study of Humanities the principles of ethics and morality, the importance of the categorical imperative of mutuality in life …and understanding how they, in turn, have a practical impact on the results of increased or decreased harmony emerging in our social framework) so that children (– the future generation — learn to) become less violent. Then, even the (somewhat maligned) police force (mindset) will (be inspired by this widespread social transformation and) also change and (this will permeate throughout society) and everyone will gradually begin to think (speak) and act with more kindness, altruism and compassion (…and lo behold, before you know it the external world-life condition itself will be transformed into a paradise of mutual-respect, peace and harmony).
The Dalai Lama XIV
Every man must decide (independently and freely for himself) whether he will (fearlessly) walk in the light of creative altruism (– the peace-generating, world-life harmony-promoting philosophy of ‘other-orientation’ — an integral virtue of the original-inborn noble Atman Self/Holy Spirit-aware wise ones) or in the darkness of destructive selfishness (– the strifes-causing, world-life harmony-destructing darkness of ‘self-orientation’ — a core attribute of the godless-lawless aham/ego/beast-self dominated, herd-minded foolish ones).
Martin Luther King Jr.
With self-realization of your own (inborn limitless Atman) Self (/Buddha-nature/Noor-i-Ruhani/Holy Spirit) and the self-confidence in your ability (to independently and freely think and fearlessly act for yourself with compassion towards the world-life …whatever the consequences), you can build a better world, a better life (…for all God’s creatures on Earth).
The Dalai Lama XIV
The world Sri Narayana Guru thought of is not merely the physical one…it is not merely the here and now… it is the here and hereafter together. The ultimate reality he perceives is the (Divine) Substance that unfolds itself as “this world”. He called this reality ‘atman’ (/immortal soul). The mysterious creative potential hidden in this equally mysterious ‘atman’, to unfold itself as all these (myriad manifest and unmanifest) worlds from itself, is called (the illusion of) maya. Atman is (pure — unalloyed, undifferentiated, unconditioned) consciousness or arivu, also called cit or samvit. Narayana Guru’s examples were simple. Take a piece of cloth, analyse it and the cloth disappears into its thread content. Analyse that and it disappears into being of cotton fibres. Analyse the fibre, and it disappears into the five basic elements. These elements in their pure form (/essence) exist nowhere except as principles (– formulae /equations representing universal forces). The existence of any principle (/formula/ equation), in its turn, exists only as a knowledge-setting formulated in Consciousness or mind, and thus it is Consciousness or arivu or cit that appears as the basic (finite-temporal) elements, as fibre, as threads, as cloth and finally as everything else in the world. (And so it is said …your mind – according to whether it is awake in its Atman state or asleep in its ego state – determines the outcome of the world condition – order or disorder).
Swami Muni Narayana Prasad
Your identity (and its emergent lifestyle, values and goals) changes with how you perceive reality (– your ‘attitude’ towards world-life …whether you see yourself as Master of Earth and end-up ravaging it or its Guardian/Trustee and end-up conserving and enhancing it for Future Generations).
Vithu Jeyaloganathan
(First change your obsolete attitude and behaviour and) Be the change you wish to see in the world (…by readjusting and readapting your unwholesome ego-dominated, self-destructing, environment-devastating, wars-engendering mindset …to be more in-tune-with the freshly emerging environmental imperatives, dynamics and ambiance of the new benignant times …or continue in the malignant business-as-usual mode and perish).
Gandhi
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (by ignorantly and counterproductively seeking to change and adapt our natural environment to suit our selfish desires and wants of comfort and convenience) as in being able to (self-transform and) remake ourselves (…by adapting our modus operandi and Vivendi …to be more in-sync-with the freshly emerging imperative of species survival-promoting ecological-sustainability …or continue to remain in slumber and perish).
Mahatma Gandhi
Each man is a microcosm of the universe. Your body is made of all the elements of the world. The universe made you by donating itself (…so, do not abuse her trust placed in you as Guardian of Planet Earth).
Sun Myung Moon
‘NO-mIND’ THE ‘GOD DIMENSION’ IN MAN
SUCH A UNIQUE PERSON, ABSORBED IN THE EXALTED, IMMORTALITY- ENDOWING ‘NO-MIND’ STATE-OF- BEING SUDDENLY FINDS HIMSELF IN AN UNDEFINABLE STATE-OF-UNITY-WITH-DIVINITY AND IS VARIOUSLY HAILED IN DIFFERENT MYTHOLOGIES / THEOLOGIES / PHILOSOPHIES AS:
ADARSHA PURUSHA! _______The ‘Ideal’ Man _____________ Upanishads
SAMPURNA PURUSHA! _____ The ‘Complete’ Man __________ Gita
STITHAPRAGNYA! _________ The ‘Stilled’ Mind ____________ Vedas
APTAPURUSA! _____________ The ‘Self-Realized’ Man Sutra
AUPURUSYA! ______________ The All-Man ________________Sanskrit
PURSHOTAMAM MARADYA! The Ultimate’ Man __________ Upanishads
SUTRADHARA! _____________The ‘All-Controller’ ___________Tantra
JIVANMUKTA! _____________ The ‘Liberated’ Man __________ Yoga Vasishta
MAHAVIRA! ________________The ‘Enlightened’ One ________ Jainism
ANOINTED ONE! ____________The ‘Chosen’ One _____________Christianity
SON OF MAN! _______________The ‘Graced’ One _____________Christianity
INSAAN-I-KAMIL! ___________The ‘Unique’ Human __________ Islam
FATA! ______________________ The ‘Perfect’ One _____________ Islam
SIRAJ UN MUNIR! ___________ The ‘Lamp Of Divine Radiance’_ Muhammad
ELMATARO! ________________The ‘Ideal’ Person ___________ Judaism
TATHAGATA! _______________The ‘Liberated’ One ___________ Buddhism
NAROISH NARA! ____________ The ‘Man’ Among Men ________ Zoroastrianism
ASHAVAAN! ________________ The ‘Just’ Man _______________ Zoroastrianism
SHINJIN! ___________________ The ‘True’ Man ______________ Zen
SHIJIN! _____________________ The ‘Perfect’ Man _____________Taoism
THE ‘COMPLETE’ / ‘WISE’ MAN – GENTLEMAN! _____________Confucius
THE ‘SAGE’ / ‘SUPERIOR’ MAN! ____________________________ Lao Tzu
THE ‘IMMORTALS’! ________________________________________ Chinese
‘SUPERMAN’! ______________________________________________ Nietzsche
‘CREATIVE INDIVIDUAL’! __________________________________ Toynbee
‘CHAKRAVARTIN’! __________ The ‘Emperor of The World’ _____ Indian History
‘NO-MIND’ STATE (‘NO-MINDEDLY’ / ‘NO-MINDNESS’) IS A NON-DUAL STATE IN-SYNC-WITH / AT-ONE-WITH / IN-TUNE WITH / IN-UNION-WITH / IN-ACCORD-WITH:
THE ‘GOD-DIMENSION’
GOD MIND (ABSOLUTE-UNIVERSAL)
THY WILL (ALMIGHTY, CHRISTIANITY)
BUDDHA NATURE (ENLIGHTENED STATE, BUDDHISM)
R’TA (COSMIC ORDER, VEDAS)
OHER SHORE (HEAVEN, TIBETA BUDDHISM)
TAO (ULTIMATE WAY, TAOISM)
PARMATMA (ABSOLUTE SELF, UPANISHAD)
BRAHMAN (SUPREME BEING, GITA)
ME (SUPREME PERSONAL GOD, GITA)
DHARMA (SUPREME LAW – DUTY, EASTERN)
SADDHADHAMMA (TRUE LAW, BUDDHISM)
ASHA VAHISHTA (COSMIC ORDER, ZOROASTRIANISM)
HUKAM (DIVINE WILL, SIKHISM)
THE MANDATE / WILL OF HEAVEN (CHINESE)
GREAT UNCONSCIOUS (GODHEAD, ZEN)
OMNIJECTIVE-MIND (BEYOND SUBJECTIVE-OBJECTIVE)
ASH-SHAR’IAH (THE WAY GOD HAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE GUIDANCE OF HIS PEOPLE FOR THE WORHIP OF GOD & THE DUTIES OF LIFE)
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS ATTAINED THE ‘NO-mIND’ STATE OF BEING REFERRED TO IN VARIOUS MYTHOLOGIES-THEOLOGIES-PHILOSOPHIES AS:
SAMABHAVA (EVEN-MINDED//SAME-MINDED)
SAMADHI (SILENCED-MIND)
NIRVANA (NON-STIRRING / STEADY-MIND)
STITHA PRGNYA (STILLED-MIND)
CITTA VRITTI NIRODHA! (ALL MENTATION CEASED)
FANA (STATE OF ‘SELF HAVING GONE AWAY, SUFISM)
SATORI (ENLIGHTENED ONE)
EQUANIMITY (GREEK PHILOSOPHY)
INVULNERABILITY (STOICS)
IMPERTURBABILITY (EPICUREANS)
WICKLESS FLAME (ESOTERIC TEXTS)
MU SHIN (‘NO-MIND’ STATE ZEN)
MU GA (NO-SELF/EGO)
MU ‘I (NO-CONSCIOUSNESS)
MU NEN (NO-THOUGHT)
MU SO (NO-FORM)
MIND-ONLY UNIFIED MIND ORIGINAL NATURE/ESSENCE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS (UNCONDITIONED MIND-STATE)
SELF-REAL-IZATION
‘NO-mIND’ STATE IN MARTIAL ARTS DESCRIED AS:
INVIOLABLE MIND
STILL-WEATHER MIND
CALM-WATER MIND
CLEAR-SKY MIND
CLEAN-MIRROR MIND
UNIMPEACHABLE MIND
INVINCIBLE MIND
IMMEASURABLE MIND
IMPENATRABLE MIND
INEXHAUSTABLE MIND
IMMUTABLE MIND
IMPERISHABLE MIND
‘NO-MIND’ STATE ALSO SOUGHT IN VARIOUS MYTHOLOGIES-THEOLOGIES-PHILOSOPHIES AS:
CHINTAMANI (THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE)
AMRUT OF IMMORTALITY
DIVINE ELIXIR
GOLDEN FLEECE
HOLY GRAIL
ALCHEMICAL PEARL
POT AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW
INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS ATTAINED ‘NO-mIND’ STATE OF BEING REFFERED TO IN VARIOUS MYTHOLOGIES-THEOLOGIES-PHILOSOPHIES AS:
SAMABHAVA (EVEN-MINDED//SAME-MINDED)
SAMADHI (SILENCED-MIND)
NIRVANA (NON-STIRRING / STEADY-MIND)
STITHA PRGNYA (STILLED-MIND)
CITTA VRITTI NIRODHA! (ALL STATES OF MENTATION CEASED)
JIVANMUKTA! (LIBERATED LIVING MAN)
PRAJNA IMMOVABLE (IMMOVABLE WISDOM, ZEN)
FANA (STATE OF ‘SELF [EGO] HAVING GONE AWAY, SUFISM)
SATORI (ENLIGHTENED ONE, JAPANESE)
EQUANIMITY (GREEK PHILOSOPHY)
INVULNERABILITY (STOICS)
IMPERTURBABILITY (EPICUREANS)
WICKLESS FLAME (ESOTERIC TEXTS)
THUS YOU CAN CONFIDENTLY PROCLAIM:
AHAM BRAHMSI___________________________________ Upanishads
SHIVOHAM ________________________________________ Brihadaranyaka
TAT TVAM ASI _____________________________________Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7
WHAT THOU ART, THAT, MAY I BE _________________Taitiriya Upanishad
I AM SEATED IN THE HEARTS OF ALL ______________ Gita18.61
THE ‘I’ WITHIN ME IS ONE WITH BRAHMAN ________Upanishads
FROM BLISS WE COME AND TO BLISS WE RETURN _Taitiriya Upanishad
THE ONLY PROOF OF HIS EXISTENCE IS UNION WITH HIM –Mandukya Upanishad
ANA’ L HUQ – I AM TRUTH __________________________Mansur Al Hallaj – Islam
FOR MY FATHER AND I ARE ONE! __________________ Jesus Christ – Christianity
GRANT ME THAT WISDOM O’ LORD, THAT I MAY BE ONE WITH YOU _____________________Zarathushtra
MAN WAS MADE TO BE SURPASSED, I TEACH YOU THE SUPERMAN ______________________Nietzsche
GAT, GAT, PARAGAT, PARASAMGAT, BODHI SVHA! GONE, GONE, GONE FOREVER TO THE ‘OTHER SHORE’, IS BODHI! __________________Buddhist Sutra
YAT PINDE TAT BRAHMANDE WE, AS MICRCOSM ARE A REFLECTION OF THE OUTER MACROCOSM __________Sanskrit Sloka
COMPLEXIO OPPOSITORIUM
I am He whom I love, and He whom I love is I. We are two spirits dwelling in one body. If thou seest me, thou seest Him. And if thou seest Him, thou seest us both.
Mansur Al Hallaj
But (hey! Please) don’t forget, perched on the loftiest throne in the world, (as godless ego-intoxicated, outward bound, illusions-immersed, divisive mind-states spinning mortal beings) we are still sitting on our bottoms (…and not reclining on the clouds).
Montaigne
‘MIND-STATES’
THE ENEMY/TROJAN HORSE WITHIN MAN SELF-DESTRUCTIVE AHAM/EGO-CENTRIC ‘MIND-STATES’ GENERATED CONDITION OF ‘MY wILL’ …IGNORANTLY-OBSTINATELY …OUT-OF-WHACK WITH ITS CONSCIENCE …ALWAYS GOING AGAINST THE FLOW OF THE FORCE – THE LARGER FLOW OF THE LIFE FORCE/ELAN VITAL/FLUIDUM VITAE/CHI/KI /MANA …IN-DENIAL-OF GOD’S WILL/TAO/ BRAHMAN/ DHARMA/ ASHA/R’TA.
AHAM/EGO-AROUSED DEBILITATING ‘MIND-STATES’
THE DISRUPTIVE- DISORIENTING AHAM/EGO-AROUSED, DEBILITATING-DISCRIMINATING, SIN-MERIT INCURRING, DUALITY-BREEDING, EXPECTATIONS-ENGENDERING, ATTACHMENTS-SPAWNING, ILLUSIONS-CONJURING, RELATIVITY-ROOTED, SELF-DESTRUCTING, MORTALITY-BOUND MAINSTREAM ‘MIND-STATES’ GENERATING CONDITIONS–OF-bECOMING
…ALSO VARIOUSLY TERMED AS:
AFFECTED MIND-STATES
AGITATED MIND-STATES
DELUDED MIND-STATES
ILLUSORY MIND-STATES
DEBILITATING MIND-STATES
ENERVATING MIND-STATES
DESTABILIZING MIND-STATES
LIMITING MIND-STATES
MUNDANE MIND-STATES
ATTACHED/CLINGING MIND-STATES
CLOSED MIND-STATES
BLOCKED MIND-STATE
COLORED MIND-STATES
CLOUDED MIND-STATES
IMPURE-DISCRIMINATING MIND-STATES
SHACKLING MIND-STATES
IGNORANT MIND-STATES
SIN-MERIT INCURRING MIND-STATES
DUALITY-BOUND MIND-STATES
OUTWARD-BOUND MIND-STATES
MORTALITY-BOUND MIND-STATES
ETC…
DEBILITATING AHAM/EGO-CENTRIC ‘MIND-STATES’ GENERATING CONDITIONS-OF-bECOMING
…ALSO VARIOSLY DESCRIBED IN MARTIAL ARTS AS:
ATTACHED MIND-STATES
CLINGING MIND-STATES
VIOLABLE MIND-STATES
VULNERABLE MIND-STATES
STORMY-WEATHER MIND-STATES
MUDDY-WATER MIND-STATES
CLOUDY-SKY MIND-STATES
DIRTY-MIRROR MIND-STATES
IMPEACHABLE MIND-STATES
LIMITED-MEASURE MIND-STATES
EASILY-PENETRABLE MIND-STATES
CONSTANTLY-MUTATING MIND-STATES
ETC…
THE DHARMA OF ‘NO-mIND’ ATMAN SELF/‘NO-mIND’ STATE-OF-BEING
AMANI BHAVA – ‘NO-mINDNESS’ SANSKRIT / UPEKSHA — ‘No-mINDED’ UPANISHADS / MU-SHIN – ‘NO-mIND’ ZEN / FANA – ‘NO-sELF SUFISM
AGE OF ‘THE GREAT AWAKENING’
THE GOSPEL OF SOUL-LIBERATING HARD-TRUTHS NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW
THIS REVELATION-GRACED, EPIPHANY-BLESSED, AGAPE LOVE-INSPIRED, CREATIVE TOUR-DE-FORCE BORN 21ST C – WORLDVIEW — COBBLED TOGETHER WITH THEME-SPECIFIC ‘ORIGINAL QUOTES’ CULLED & CATEGORIZED SINCE OVER 5-DECADES …& INTUITIVELY REVISITED & REINVESTED WITH THE COMPILER’S COMMENTS …PURELY AS A PERSONAL HOBBY/‘QUEST TO KNOW’ — IS MADE MANIFEST IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN THE HUMBLE-HEARTED, OPEN-MINDED, JOYOUS-SPIRITED ADVENTURE OF KNOWLEDGE-SHARING THAT… …ALL SENTIENT BEINGS MAY AWAKEN & …WORLD PEACE MAY REIGN! NO COPYRIGHT: FREE FOR ALL TO SHARE / USE AS DEEMED BEST FOR HUMANKIND. NO ACKNOWLEDGMENT DUE NO COMMERCIAL VALUE / USE
PS: But Hey Bros! Please Let’s Not Shoot The Messenger (…however, if we are adamant, please note …this one’s Heart is Located on the Right Side).
TATHAGATA REALIZATION TO YOU
The Higher Self-anointed) Man is a messenger (of God) who (numbed by his godless ego-inebriated state) forgot the message.
Abraham Joshua Lincoln
THIS 21ST CENTURY WORLDVIEW IS AN ATTEMPT TO EXPOUND ON THE HUMAN PRIDICAMENT, THE RESULTANT WORLD CONDITION …& THE FUTURE DIRECTIONS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL HARMONY WE MUST TAKE …IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO SURVIVE AS A SPECIES …AS DESTINED IN THE DIVINE SCHEME-OF-THINGS/DHARMIC PLAN. …ONLY GODLESS-LAWLESS EGOIC MAN CAN THROW A SPANNER-IN-THE-WORKS.
DECLARATION OF INTENT
Not led away by sentiment, nor pampering popular opinion, free from selfish motives, the one and only purpose of studying religious literature should be the truth and nothing but the truth. The result of such research must be revealed to the community, independently, courageously and courteously.
Dr H M Dhalla, Zarathushtrian Scholar-Priest
(Seek ye first the Truth for) The truth will set you free (to roam the Sphere of Eternity). But first, it will piss you off (…and only later – if you and I have the courage to persevere through the daunting gauntlet of our godless ego-imposed obstacles and shatter the edifice of the lawless ego-conditioned, illusory mind-states propagated Lie you and I live …will we sip together the Elixir from the Chalice of Immortality).
Gloria Steinem
THIS 21ST C – WORLDVIEW COMPOSED OF QUOTES … IS COMPILED-COMMENTED ON BY:
A VILLAGE SIMPLETON …GLEEFULLY ENAMOURED BY HIS OWN SHADOW OR AS THE MODERNIST WOULD SAY: AN EMPTY-HEADED URBANITE WITH HIS BRAIN DOWN-LOADED INTO HIS SMARTPHONE.
Soldat Inconnu, the Unknown Soldier.
