Letting go holds the key to unlocking the mystery of the
human mind.
Why is it important to understand how the human mind
works? The mind is responsible for thinking. Our thinking comes from our
thoughts, which derive from our perceptions based on our five senses. Our
thoughts then become our memories, stored in our subconscious minds. These
subconscious memories affect our many
life choices and decisions either positively or negatives, producing many
experiences that become our assumptions and predictions that further change the
way we think. In short, our life experiences become the raw materials with
which we form not only our realities but also our ego-selves.
Letting go of our assumptions, predictions, and expectations
may change the way we think, and thus change our realities.
Very often we are the slave and not the master of our own mind. That is to say, we are dominated by our thoughts which control how we act, react in the physical world. In other words, we are controlled involuntarily by our mind because our mind has too many attachments in the physical world, such as careers, relationships, material comforts, and among others which we hold on to as our security blanket. Human attachment is an addiction to control. We think we can control our fate through attachment, which is no more than our emotional dependence things and people that define who we are and that distract us from fear and uncertainty of the future.
Very often we are the slave and not the master of our own mind. That is to say, we are dominated by our thoughts which control how we act, react in the physical world. In other words, we are controlled involuntarily by our mind because our mind has too many attachments in the physical world, such as careers, relationships, material comforts, and among others which we hold on to as our security blanket. Human attachment is an addiction to control. We think we can control our fate through attachment, which is no more than our emotional dependence things and people that define who we are and that distract us from fear and uncertainty of the future.
The human ego is composed of different attachments to the
physical world, such as careers, emotions, memories, money, and relationships,
among others. The human ego is unreal; it is only a distorted reflection of the
real self. The human ego not only confuses the mind but also prevents it from
finding out the realities about the self, others, and what is happening around.
True human wisdom comes from knowing who you
really are, not who you wish you were, and what you really need, not what you want or desire. Attachments are just emotional
distractions in the mind from confronting changes in an ever-changing world.
Let go of all attachments to see the absolute truths of all things.
The ancient Tao wisdom from China provides a blueprint
for nourishing human wisdom: an empty mind with reverse thinking, mindfulness
for clarity thinking, living in the present with no expectations of the future,
no picking and choosing, accepting and embracing everything that comes in the
natural cycle of change—what goes up must always come down. True human wisdom
is the ability to understand that attachments are no more than distractions of
the human mind from letting go of anything that is impermanent.
Stephen
Lau
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by Stephen Lau
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