Re: [BardonPraxis] Re: mind chatter : what plane ?

["Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>]

Dear MJ,

>> Some might say that "mind chatter" creates an obstacle both to
external observation (by adding things to impressions) and internal
action (by blocking will), that it diffuses and wastes energy, that it
is a sign of a lack of inner unity and control. Mind chatter may
increase negative emotions, if it is critical and judging, it may delude
consciousness if it constantly self-justifies, explains away, or
otherwise hides the truth. Mind chatter helps to obscure the real, by
allowing some one to judge others by a standard other than they judge
themselves. Mind chatter can lead to one identifying with one's thoughts
and mental states instead of controlling them. I think a better
statement would be that mind chatter may or may not be a shortcoming, or
symptomatic of a shortcoming, but I do think it is dangerous to rule it
out all together. <<

What you are describing are the ways in which the individual *relates
to* mind chatter. In and of itself, mind chatter is a simple fact of
nature -- a mechanism of the brain bound consciousness. Once the
individual turns their attention away from the surface chatter of the
mind, it decreases.

The surface chatter reflects the inner state of the individual and it's
the inner state that must be transformed, along with the individual's
relationship to the surface chatter. But the surface chatter itself is
not to "blame", so to speak.

Certainly, *how one relates to their surface chatter* is an issue
relevant to the Soul Mirror, but mind chatter itself is not since it is
not an aspect of one's character.

My best to you,
:) Rawn Clark
28 Oct 2003
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