The Light Bulb Moment!

 So, I have been reading/listening to some heavy stuff these days. Not really sure how it impacts my thoughts and changes me as a person. But I seem to be getting more intense thoughts because of it. 

They say one needs to control the senses and steer them in the right direction to attain true knowledge. But who is it who is steering the sense? Is the sense different from the mind? Without the mind will we have any sense of the senses? And without the senses will we have any sense of our mind, of ourselves as a being?

This thought which comes up, this is the function of all that I have read and listened to. So is this thought even mine? Am I even present when I am thinking this? Thus, they say, to learn, first one would need to unlearn all the things he has learned over the years. 

To be able to sit with one's own original thoughts is the key to self realization. Even though it seems easy, it is probably the most difficult thing to achieve. Since most of the thoughts that we have are a function of what we hear, read and discuss. Maybe not at a Conscious level, but at the unconscious level. 

And it might come to you if you think about it. About 80-90% of your daily thoughts would be related to what you talk with your family, friends, colleagues or see on the news or social media. How often do you think about something which is completely original to your mind? This is the roadblock that we all face. How do we overcome it? I have no clue! It is something that I have been dealing with as well.

Circling back to the senses, how do I direct them, when they are me? Or are the senses different from myself? It could be that senses are only physical while the mind is in a non physical realm? But, then, would there still be a mind if we remove the firing of the neurons? The electrical charges flowing through and the neurons themselves are physical. So how can we truly know that the mind is not physical?

Everyone would’ve heard someone or the other saying this - “You need to control your mind”. In this case, who is the one controlling the mind? Is the mind controlling itself? Or are there three entities involved here? Me(my self/ego), my mind and my sense?

People say they know the answers to such questions, but do they really know? When they say they know, who is it who knows? Is it their mind? Or their self, which is still distant from their minds?

I think it’s about time to personally take a step into these questions and swim this ocean myself rather than letting anyone else tell me the answer or show me where the shore is!