Man is dual in nature. Its duality is explained by the presence in it of two principles - Spiritual and Animal (material). This axiom does not require scientific confirmation. Every day we are confronted with the manifestation of these principles in our minds: to act kindly or "sit up" a colleague, tell the whole truth or withhold important information.
Thousands of thoughts arise in our head, generating hundreds of unpredictable desires. Most of us simply do not realize the importance of these subtle tools for managing our lives. Let's try to unravel the mystery of the origin of human thoughts and desires.
What is "thought"?
In Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary, "thought" is defined as "any single action of the mind." “Thoughts are a very subtle but very powerful form of energy,” says renowned author Neil Donald Walsh in his book.
The nature of the origin of thoughts in the head of a person to this day is the subject of active scientific research, conducted, by the way, exclusively in the plane of physical matter.
Recently, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University announced that they managed to reveal the mystery of the origin of thoughts in our heads. They say they know how fluctuations in electrical activity allow the brain to form thoughts and memories, and that new research could shed light on how neural assemblies enable us to think. This is a rather loud statement, embellished by the press. In fact, they are trying to see ready-made pictures that are set by the brain. And by whom they are asked and how thoughts are actually born, where and according to what laws - this is still not clear to scientists. So science is still very far from understanding this process, which cannot be said about the people of antiquity who left their treatises on the spiritual.
Reading them, you understand that the scientific, purely materialistic definition of the process of thinking and thought as such does not meet the inner demand of a person in the desire to gain a true understanding of the essence of the ongoing thought processes, as well as their consequences. In other words, each person intuitively feels that in order to get an objective understanding, it is necessary to consider each situation not only from the position of materialistic beliefs, but also from the position of spiritual knowledge.
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Thought cannot be weighed or touched, but it exists since it has appeared in our consciousness. Thought has no mass, but it can have colossal consequences in the material world, because it is a kind of motivational lever for a person, then transforming into the desires of the individual.
Many psychological problems arise in a person due to the fact that he is not yet able to determine in himself the source of the origin of his thoughts and desires. “The main mistake is that a person naively believes that all thoughts are“his own”and does not even bother to understand his nature. Usually he says: "I think so", "I am ashamed of my thoughts", "these are my thoughts", "my idea." In fact, if you closely follow this process, all thoughts come to a person from the outside and are not his own. A person is free only to choose between them and endow them with the power of his attention.
So far, people do not yet have the habit of talking and thinking: “a thought came to me, obviously from the Animal nature”, or “I believe that the thought that has come now has a spiritual nature”. It's a pity, because such a form of communication would have prevented the emergence of many conflict situations between people and would have made their life more qualitative in the spiritual aspect,”says Anastasia Novykh, author of the popular AllatRa book.
But what if we really assume that a person's way of thinking is formed depending on which principle - Animal (material) or Spiritual - dominates in his consciousness at the moment? If we consider a person's personality as a conductor of the will of one of the principles?
Then it turns out that we are fully responsible for all events taking place in our life, since it is we who choose this or that thought that determines their further development! It is our inner choice that shapes our perception of any life situation, and depending on what thought, what judgment we choose - negative or positive - this situation can be a problem for us, an unresolved conflict, or it will become a successful experience, or even remain unnoticed by the individual.
To wish or not to wish - that is the question
A huge influence on a person's fate is exerted by his many desires. In psychology, desire “is one of the most important aspects of those mental states of the individual that precede her behavior and activity; it characterizes primarily the motivational and volitional side of these states. Desire is understood as a desire, or rather, an impulse to achieve a goal, ideal, dream. The fulfillment of this act is experienced as the satisfaction of desire. " (Blonsky P. P., "The Psychology of Desire".)
So, the desires of a person, being a consequence of the thought manifested in the consciousness of a person, determine his way of life, model of behavior, his relationship with the world around him; build a clear cause-and-effect relationship, which can be easily traced through a deep analysis of the events in the life of an individual. Isn't it too much power for an ephemeral, practically “virtual” concept?
A person with the domination of the Animal (material) principle in his consciousness, who supports and encourages the emergence of an infinite number of desires in himself, is subject to an inevitable state of ever-increasing nervousness due to the fact that it is simply impossible to satisfy all arising human desires. And after this, there is a natural dissatisfaction, a feeling of hopelessness, withdrawal into oneself and, as a result, deep depression (which is also a manifestation of the "animal mind").
If you look from the outside, you can see what a powerful tool for managing and enslaving a person is the thoughts and desires that arise in his mind. And only man himself is their guide and embodies them in his life.
As in all areas of human existence, the dominance of one aspect is oppression of the other. Thus, by encouraging in ourselves any manifestations of the Animal nature (negative thoughts, multiple desires, envy, jealousy, condemnation, fear, pride, self-exaltation, thirst for power, etc.), we block our Spiritual nature in ourselves, establish an obstacle for our spiritual development, the improvement of our personality. If the power of thought is used to satisfy material desires, then the obligatory reckoning of spirituality comes for them.
It turns out that our own choice is not in favor of the Spiritual, we block access to our Soul, as well as to all the riches inherent in it - sincere, unconditional love and warmth.
If a person wants to seriously engage in his own spiritual development, he must first of all discipline his thoughts. As often as possible, give yourself an account of the emotions experienced, the way of thinking, analyze what is their nature, the mechanism of occurrence. To be able to be above circumstances, routine. To be able to perceive the world from the position of the Observer from the Spiritual nature, and not from the usual position of the Observer from the Animal nature.
It is natural for a person to constantly be in search: in search of happiness, answers to questions of interest to him, in search of Himself … On the one hand, in the process of searching, the Personality of a person acquires the necessary experience, but a person's life passes like a dream. To understand its meaning, you need to wake up. Changes in the external are useful only when they come from the inner world of a person. Everything that is and is not in this world is in the human Soul. Knowledge of this truth is the meaning of life.
