What is the relationship of the mind to the body? How does this play out in awakening? The mind has local powers, capacities and sense perceptions that are oriented to, and dependent upon, the body. The mind is an organized field of locally gathered knowledge assembled from sensory perceptions understood in a context grounded in instinct. Enhancing this perceptual knowledge are powers of image formation, memory, conceptualization, logic, and rational thought. Emotions complete the picture. All prioritized around, and primarily concerned with, the affairs of the physical body. This pretty well describes the societal consensus of beliefs regarding the body-mind, and if it was a complete description of the knowledge sources informing the mind, it would be simple to grasp. As a one dimensional phenomena, this really is what human beings are about.
The complication is that humans are multi-dimensional beings. Other sources contribute direct knowings, sensings, and contexts of intelligence to the mind. Although subtle and seemingly vague or ephemeral in comparison to the five senses, they become distinct and profound when cultivated. Our powers for being complete humans are dependent upon, and reside in these other-dimensional realms. The extra-corporeal perceptions, in fact, are vital, and indispensable to the comprehension and inhabiting of or our true identities.
Regardless of this truth, what we usually wind up with is a multi-dimensional mind display referenced to one dimension , physical reality. Consequently, a lot of mind content seems confusing, out of place or irrelevant. It ends up being ignored, dismissed, and discarded. One's reality closes in and stagnates.
What is lost is nothing less than our humanity. Knowledge, understanding, intelligence and capacity originating in the dimension of Presence are screened out or, at best, misunderstood and undervalued. Essential Aspects of Presence of Being are not allowed to instruct us or to imbue in us the direct experiential wisdom of our identity, our capacity, and our potential.
Non-local, extra-corporeal and trans-dimensional knowledge are part of our birth right; the power of their perception innate to the potential of every human. The key to accessing this treasure lies in the cultivation of our sense of Presence, the most attainable dimension, nearest to, but beyond, physical manifestation.
It must be realized and understood that we substitute mental and emotional states for Essence. The understanding of these states as false and obstructing to our vision, frees the way for us to activate other more authentic and expansive capacities, until then, habitually overlooked.
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