Mind
And Brain
In the last post, we saw about non-existent
psychological time and psychological becoming.
Now we will see, how it has come about.
It is a scientific fact that Natural Evolution
has occurred in some way resulting in
progressive improvement in the Brain capacity.
The Natural Evolution has made the human brain
bigger and more efficient compared to
other species, enabling Human Being to become
better externally.
And later, modern science and technology have greatly
enhanced human life.
But,
when we look at the structures and their
purposes that exist in the human society,
We find the same structures and purposes as
well exist in the animal world.
(Group, Leadership, Hierarchy and Division of
labor etc and also instinctive functions)
It becomes clearer,
If we remove the contributions made by the human
brain to the structures in the
human society- all the sophistication and the
complexity.
Then
We can see, fundamentally the same structures
and purposes exist among humans and
animals.
If purposes and structures are the same, then the
Mind (not the Brain) that built them
must also be the same.
If it were so,
The ‘Mind’ of Animals and Humans are
fundamentally the same.
The difference is merely ‘Technological’,
contribution of the developed human brain.
It is like the difference between a Bullock Cart
and a Space Ship, it is the same Mind
that built both.
That means, all through the million years of
evolution,
The Mind
has not evolved with Brain; it is only the Brain that evolved.
That is,
Natural Evolution is only physical, psychologically
(Mind) nothing moved.
Even if we look at developments from cave man
to modern man.
Man has not evolved psychologically.
‘Mind’ is not part of the evolution – Mental
Evolution is not possible.
Mind is
not a being of Time.
Invention
Psychological Time
The ‘Brain’ is product of evolution; it is a
being of Time.
As Man has succeeded in ‘Outward becoming’
through’ Brain’, he has transferred the
same to the ‘Mind’ to become ‘Inwardly Better’
as well.
This we call illusory psychological Time,
which has no concrete existence.
The constant stress and inertia one feels ‘I
can’t remain like this’; ‘I am better than I am’
is caused by this non-existent time and
becoming.
It is pure invention, not actual.
Actuality is
Since Mind is not a being of Time, It can not
become anything through Time.
In other words,
Mind can operate only if the Brain is quite,
not interfering.
When we
say Brain, we mean the Ego, Thoughts, Memories, Opinions, Ideas, Images
that
are
stored in the Brain ( In short the PAST ).
Brain
as Instrument
The Mind would have chosen Brain as an
instrument for a purpose !
In that case Brain must be subservient to the
Mind.
But, we can easily see Mind is preoccupied
with Brain (The Past).
That is Mind has allowed Brain to interfere.
To put
it in Gurjieff’s usage
Ego-Self
have replaced the True-Self.
In course of time , Mind has become
subservient to the Brain (The Past or the Ego-Self).
The instrument has become the master.
But, the instrument in itself can not have any
real purpose.
It is
like a Rider becoming subservient to the Horse (Enchanted or Entangled) and
getting lost in the
wilderness forgetting the purpose of the Ride.
That is why we come across expressions such as Universe is indifferent, Life ‘must’ have a
Purpose,
and Life is meaningless etc.
Unless genuine purpose become evident,
‘Ascent of Man’ through knowledge though
necessary and inevitable will remain insufficient.
Man may become extraordinarily something externally
but inwardly he will remain what
he was million years ago.
But there will be always a 'Voice in the Wilderness' to move from Ego-Self to True-Self, if one listens.
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