The between space
May 28, 2024 17:41:13 GMT
Post by Stella on May 28, 2024 17:41:13 GMT
Let me start this blog post with a situation you might be familiar with. You know two people but these two people for some reason don't get along with one another. They're not speaking. They hate each other. Whatever. But either way you're caught up in the middle of their conflict or spat so that they can only interact with each other through you. Have you ever been in this situation?
Now in this situation you would probably feel some unease, tension, or a sense of inner conflict, even though you are not party to the conflict and have no involvement whatsoever in the conflict between the two people. Following on from my previous post about the illusion of separateness, there is also no separateness whatsoever between people. I am part of your external environment, you are part of my external environment, yet what is environment, what is 'you', what is 'me' and what is 'self' is entirely arbitrary and the only separateness or division is conceptual. Therefore the sense of unease or tension arising from the conflict between the two people is the same energy of the emotions currently being cycled by the brains of the two people involved.
Note that I did not say in the minds of the two people. Mind is space and therefore environment. Mind is not something which exists in your head. Mind is always outside of you, around you, and environment. To think that I have my own mind, you have your own mind, and everyone else has their own mind is in a sense buying into this illusion of separateness. If anything mind is perspective which is believed to be consciousness, but see consciousness is space, and space is reality whereas consciousness is existence. This might seem confusing, but always remember that reality is what defines existence just as space defines form.
But what this also means is that whenever we are in contact with another human being there is also a meeting of minds and usually we do not leave a neutral impression on the other person. Whatever is going through our mind is what the other person experiences. If someone is stressed we experience that stress, if someone is warm we experience that warmth. Sometimes we have contact with someone which seems to drain us of energy, just as sometimes we have contact with someone who seems to give us energy or vitality. This is usually something which is independent of physical form or someone's physical appearance. It's also not conceptual and independent of their identity....read more
Now in this situation you would probably feel some unease, tension, or a sense of inner conflict, even though you are not party to the conflict and have no involvement whatsoever in the conflict between the two people. Following on from my previous post about the illusion of separateness, there is also no separateness whatsoever between people. I am part of your external environment, you are part of my external environment, yet what is environment, what is 'you', what is 'me' and what is 'self' is entirely arbitrary and the only separateness or division is conceptual. Therefore the sense of unease or tension arising from the conflict between the two people is the same energy of the emotions currently being cycled by the brains of the two people involved.
Note that I did not say in the minds of the two people. Mind is space and therefore environment. Mind is not something which exists in your head. Mind is always outside of you, around you, and environment. To think that I have my own mind, you have your own mind, and everyone else has their own mind is in a sense buying into this illusion of separateness. If anything mind is perspective which is believed to be consciousness, but see consciousness is space, and space is reality whereas consciousness is existence. This might seem confusing, but always remember that reality is what defines existence just as space defines form.
But what this also means is that whenever we are in contact with another human being there is also a meeting of minds and usually we do not leave a neutral impression on the other person. Whatever is going through our mind is what the other person experiences. If someone is stressed we experience that stress, if someone is warm we experience that warmth. Sometimes we have contact with someone which seems to drain us of energy, just as sometimes we have contact with someone who seems to give us energy or vitality. This is usually something which is independent of physical form or someone's physical appearance. It's also not conceptual and independent of their identity....read more