What is this Mind?

The Mind helps us see many things and serves up a ton of attractions and contemplation. But what is the Mind and is it separate to each person, shared by All or both?

The Mind is an aspect of the Human Condition. It is blended into the elements and the Air. Humans share this Mind and develop a unique connection to it which resembles proprietary-ness. However, this Mind is shared across Earth, Life Forms and Humans. We do ‘invent’ a certain attachment to the Mind which causes us to refer to it as something solely within us, however it is a shared Energetic Intelligence.

A great teacher came to modern Earth and was known from 1928 until his death in 1986. He explained the Mind and how we can achieve Peace better than anyone.

“A Contemporary Sufi Speaks on Peace of Mind

by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen.

Precious gems of my eyes, there are things we have to reflect upon. Children, gems of my eyes, this world is a vast, wondrous thing, and within each of us, the mind also exists as a huge world. The body is a secret and the mind is also a secret. It is difficult for man to transcend these two, to go beyond them, and to achieve victory. You, I, and everyone must reflect–this mind and this secret body are always subject to accidents. Wherever we go accidents can happen. Wherever the eye looks, there is something that can cause an accident.

The mind flies through the skies. It has millions and millions of qualities, millions and millions of shadows, shapes, colors, and darknesses. The mind has millions and millions of vapors and winds and diseases. The mind has millions and millions and millions of potential qualities, tricks, and monkey forms. The mind has 1,008 snake-like qualities, the qualities of demons and illusion (maya), the qualities of ghosts and angels, the qualities of darkness and shadows, the qualities of birds and of flying about. The mind has a connection to ether and space and flies around within them. The mind has millions and millions of connections to rebirth. It has a connection to earth, to fire, to water, and to many births. The mind has millions and millions of dog-like connections. It has a connection to filth, to desires and cravings, to limitless blood ties, to sex, torpor, turmoil, prejudice, arrogance, ignorance, karma, and illusion (maya ).

Like this, the mind has an infinite number of connections. These include the karmic connections which are the qualities and thoughts of the mother and father, the qualities of earth, the blood ties to the parents and their arrogance, and the ties to water, fire, and food. Many such ties exist. These connections are transmitted from the mother and the father to the fetus. Millions and millions of karmic connections, which are not earned by the fetus itself, collect in its blood, in its lymph, and in its flesh. From the minds and qualities of both parents come the connections to happiness and sorrow, sadness and turmoil, torpor and darkness, fights and quarrels. That which was formed in the embryo out of these connections is the mind.

Because of these connections the mind seeks to achieve countless states. Many potentialities (tattwas) exist within the mind. From the moment it is formed, good actions, bad actions, good and evil, hell and heaven, truth and falsehood, darkness and light, right and wrong, purity and impurity, love and sadness, patience and anger, sorrow and happiness fill the mind. This mind which contains all these energies (shaktis) is like a baby. It is a baby mind and a monkey mind, a dark mind and an ether mind, a mind of the elements. Because it contains all these states, it is very strong. No one can calm the mind. How can we stop this mind? It cannot give itself peace. We must think about this a bit. Throughout the world, people hang onto the mind and search for peace. But peace cannot be found this way.

Events and people have consequences. The Mind is made at the time the Earth was made. We all ‘tap’ the Earth Mind which is an assembly of what has been ventured and what is potential. The potential is endless and has no final destinations or solutions. It is an accelerant and challenge to our position as Human Beings.