What Is The Relation Between Images, Matter And Spirit?

**Note: Truth does not always sound pleasant. If the mind is not really peaceful now, it might not be a perfect moment to listen to this podcast, one has to be aware of the emotions or reactions that can block one from listenING ATTENTIVELY and with HUMILITY.

This talk is a meditation practice. What one needs to do is listen attentively, without getting stuck in words, examine the mind in silence, no agree or disagree, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already a meditation practice.

Transcript

Some friends ask,

What's the relationship between images,

Matter,

And spirit?

First,

We have to pay attention to the language English language,

Which is not the mother tongue of the speaker But to the speaker's observance,

This language is very rich,

Has a lot of words But sometimes,

This verse can bring about the unnecessary subtleties,

Which can give us a lot of misunderstanding Thoughts or matter,

The whole process of thinking is a material process Images are actually thoughts Or the carriers of thoughts,

Like the verse,

The symbols are all images The memories that stores all kinds of images,

It can be visual,

It also can be sound Whereas,

All the stuff are a material process Because they are all the consequence of the neural activities of the mind It is not something mysterious But when the mind,

Which is trapped in the known,

In the knowledge The mind always wants to know,

Always wants to find out the knowledge about this But this stuff can be only perceived,

Can't be known That's why the mind feels,

Oh,

This is very mysterious And that's why the spirit has this meaning,

Potentially To really understand how the mind works is to understand how the neuron works Which is beyond our consciousness One has to learn,

Observe in one's life,

To perceive it To get this total picture of the mind Of course,

It's beyond the verse,

It's beyond any description The description is not the described And the only thing we can do is to input the known Not to be ignorant,

But just empty the mind So the knowledge can stay in the right place When we already stay unknown,

The mind can then possibly come upon the true spirit Which is always in the field of the unknown,

Beyond the consciousness And when life is based on that dimension,

One can really find out how to live life properly How to find the harmonious peace between this new dimension and old dimension But if the mind sticks to the known,

The mind is trapped in this material process And everything becomes superficial As it is taking place now,

All the world