We all know what pain is, we all have experienced physical, mental, or emotional pain at some point or another throughout our life. Pain is suffering and as long as we are in the body, it is inevitable, it is part of life. Yet we seldom understand what the meaning of our pain is, what its purpose may be, or how it arises, and we try to avoid it at any cost, sometimes even at a high price with drugs, alcohol, or other addictions.
Posts Tagged ‘mind’
About the Nature of Mind
Posted in Spirituality, tagged buddhi, chitta, cosmic consciousness, cosmic intellect, ego, intuitive intelligence, intuitive wisdom, manas, mind, purusha, samskara, subconscious on 2010/03/10 | 5 Comments »
In the west we are used to viewing the mind as just one aspect of ourselves, and a cognitive one at that. Yet the mind is much more complex than that and encompasses much more than just our ability to think.







