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Enlightenment, Societal Consciousness

Thought today as listening to Alan Watts cassette that I am on the verge of

enlightenment at any time.  As I sit here experiencing the view out the dining

area window One feels intuitively that if a shift occurred in the thought process

then enlightenment would come and completely take over the mind and though

process.  There is no inherent study that must take place.  Maybe the

questioning process that I’ve been following has lead to this point.   Could that

little bit of mindfulness yesterday and the day before have produced this

feeling/awareness?

I will put the watch back on again and keep resetting when it gets to 10 minutes

up.  It’s a great mindfulness bell. 

One thought today that the individual thought processes of the mind are really

expressed by the interactions of mankind as a whole.  The tiny

thought/feeling/knowledge of fear in the individual causes him/her to alienate

those ( and be alienated too) that are different from one’s self.  This tiny snowball

rolls and rolls and shows up in every country around the world.  Every war!  Every

disagreement between nations, people, etc.   Jealousy and greed –individual traits

show up also as jealousy between nations regarding riches, natural resources, etc. 

There is nothing that is expressed in society that is not played out in most everyone’s mind at the individual level first.  The result of society is accumulation of all of the individual’s within that society.  All society’s are the same.  No one questions every single thing they’ve been taught.  No one quiets the mind to find what is the essence of man.  No one challenges every belief they hold as worthless.  As a result the mind runs rampant. 

The physical mind is a tape recorder that learns instantaneously—and then directs the body to respond according to those learned rules.  The problem occurs when the mind learns as the result of ONE experience—and thereafter in a similar situation—will not allow the body to act in a different way (without preconceived
notions) and so the predictable result occurs, reinforcing the mind’s erroneous
conclusions.

The entire world could live at perfect peace with itself.  What has happened is that

society has reinforced us looking at ourselves as individuals.  From the time a baby

is young he is taught to hold on tightly to the concept of “I”.  He is fed things on a

daily basis—building up the ego and the sense of “I”. 

This HUGE process creates division between people of every type:  race, beliefs,

religion, color, geographical location, color of hair, number of teeth, IQ, political

beliefs, likes, dislikes, etc. 

The entire process of society is to create individuals that are separate from the

masses.  This separation creates competition. 

Competition is extremely harmful to the individual, and, ultimately, only benefits

society in the form of greater technological advances, “better” living conditions,

living longer, etc.

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