Just like the many different selfless autonomous bodily systems and components that enable the selfless living organisms to be existing and functioning as what it is, the selfless perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting mind is one of the many different selfless mechanisms of the selfless impermanent limited and conditional physical body of the sentient living organisms.
The selfless impermanent limited and conditional physical body and all its different selfless components/functions/mechanisms/systems, including the perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting faculty (the mind stuff/the modification of the mind), are merely some momentary mortal limited adjuncts that has a beginning and an end of existence.
All those different bodily systems/components/mechanisms/functions in any living organisms can only be existing and functioning as what they are (as well as the ceaseless maintenance of existence and function) under the availability of the selfless support of the selfless energy and selfless elements.
Regardless of mobile/immobile, sentient/non-sentient, conscious/non-conscious, thinking/non-thinking, cognitive/non-cognitive, intellectual/non-intellectual, and emotional/non-emotional living organisms or non-living objects, all and everything are selfless, impermanent, limited, conditional, and non-self.
All living organisms can be functioning and existing instinctively operated under the influence of the selfless intentionless indiscriminate survival instinct under the complete absence of conscious awareness/mobility/freewill by choice activity (the state of semi-conscious and unconscious is absolutely highly important for the living organisms to be existing and functioning properly, as well as for the ceaseless maintenance for continuous existence/function or survival up to certain limitation, where there is the essential rest/idleness between conscious wakefulness/activities for the essential recuperation/energy conservation/rehabilitation/regeneration/avoiding continuous energy depletion/continuous restlessness/continuous ceaseless activities that leads to complete energy depletion or irreversible exhaustion (dysfunction/system failure/ceased operation/ceased functioning/ceased existing), although, many living organisms also come with the extremely precious conscious awareness to be consciously aware of itself and the surrounding environment, as well as being endowed with the precious mechanisms of conscious perception/cognition/intellect/emotion/remembrance/thinking/desire and don't desire/expression/action/mobility/organs of actions as well as the conscious freewill by choice physical and mental activities, where all those conscious, semi-conscious, or unconscious activities are neither good nor bad, that may or may not maximize the chances of survival, that may be constructive or destructive/beneficial or detrimental to the selfless impermanent limited and conditional survival/existence/function of oneself and the others and the surrounding environment.
Even though all living organisms (regardless of sentient or non-sentient, self aware or non-self aware, conscious or unconscious, functional or dysfunctional, responsive or non-responsive, interactive or non-interactive, instinctive or non-instinctive, intentional or unintentional, autonomous non-freewill by choice or non-autonomous freewill by choice physical and mental activities wittingly or unwittingly, with or without understanding, correct or incorrect understanding, wisely or ignorantly) are selfless, impermanent, limited, conditional, and non-self, however,
There is the difference BETWEEN the different selfless autonomous bodily systems and components that are functioning autonomously and ceaselessly as what they are, to be maintaining the selfless life existence and function of the selfless physical body even without the need of the thinking and acting mind being consciously aware of and/or controlling all those ceaseless selfless physical and/or mental activities for life maintenance, AND the selfless perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting faculty that is functioning as what it is, either under the presence or absence of the conscious awareness, is that the autonomous bodily systems and components are purely autonomous and intentionless instinctive bodily functions without conscious freewill, while the perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting mind is functioning BOTH autonomously/intentionlessly/instinctively operated under the influence of the selfless survival instinct without conscious freewill under the absence of conscious awareness, as well as functioning consciously/intentionally under conscious freewill that exists along with the presence of conscious perceiving/knowing/learning/experiencing/inquiring/understanding/knowledge accumulating/decision making/choice making/problem solving/action taking/desire and don't desire/self-control/different types of conscious intentions or motivations under the presence of conscious awareness that can be influencing or impacting the selfless impermanent changes in oneself and the surrounding environment in certain way, or influencing and impacting the way of thinking/ideas/desires/behavior/action/reaction that give rise to respective consequences of thinking/ideas/desires/behavior/action/reaction (the manifestation of intentional and/or unintentional cause and effect either wittingly and/or unwittingly) that impacting the selfless existence and function of oneself and the surrounding environment in certain way.
There are always inevitable ceaseless unconscious evolution/impermanent changes in all and everyone and everything.
There are also ceaseless mind perception of names and forms, or mind inputs consciously and/or unconsciously during all states of conscious, semi-conscious, and unconscious.
But more importantly, there is also the highly precious conscious mind evolution in the sentient (conscious) living organisms that are functioning under the presence of conscious awareness, where the sentient (conscious) living organisms have the conscious awareness to be aware of itself and the surrounding environment, to consciously perceive/experience/know/reason/discriminate/understand/recognize/remember/accumulate knowledge and skill/desire/choose/decide/desire and don't desire/problem solving/action taking, either selfishly or unselfishly, constructively or destructively.
Regardless of whether conscious/semi-conscious or unconscious, intentional or unintentional, selfish or unselfish, constructive or destructive physical and mental actions and activities, they all are selfless, impermanent, limited, conditional, and non-self.
All that are neither good nor bad, and all that are limited and conditional, where the conscious mind evolution can lead towards any outcome depending on the choices of action/inaction, under the different internal and external influences, of the conscious and unconscious understanding and desire or intention, depending on which is more predominant in NOW, that is also impermanent, limited, and conditional, until the mind attain direct self realization towards the truth of all that, where the mind is undetermined or uninfluenced by both internal and external influences, devoid of grasping/attachment/association/identification/craving and aversion, regardless of pleasant or unpleasant, desirable or undesirable, agreeable or disagreeable, enjoyable or non-enjoyable, and soothing or painful. All are selfless, impermanent, limited, conditional, and non-self.
There is only the timeless attributeless all pervading selfless universal consciousness that gives rise to the limited and conditional conscious awareness in the limited and conditional sentient conscious living organisms, is permanent, unlimited, unconditional, that is neither self nor non-self. The notion of self, or the self-acknowledgement of 'I', is merely a shadow that exists along with the limited and conditional mind perception of duality or separateness between the perceiver and the perceived. Self doesn't exist in non-duality or oneness in the one and only timeless attributeless selfless universal consciousness.
The teachings and practice of yoga and buddhism as it is (NOT the many contaminated second-hand and 'countless hands' teachings and practices of yoga and buddhism being contaminated by many worldly egoistic impure ideas, beliefs, values, practices, desires, visions, ambitions, and aspirations), are not merely a set of philosophical philosophy or mystical myths/beliefs/values/practices/spirituality, but it is concrete science of existence/manifestation/biology/chemistry/physiology/psychology.
Swami Sivananda Guruji was a medical doctor who was born under the family lineage of the highest caste of Brahmin in the community of Hinduism, and he could have enjoyed a rather easy and comfortable life if he wanted, but he realized that the total accumulated worldly knowledge and skill for the survival and maintenance of life existence, to be looking after and enhancing the physical general health condition, and the respective medical consultations/treatments/drugs/medicines/operations upon dealing with the acute and chronic physical injury and illness may help to improve the general physical health condition of the people and/or maybe prolonged the life span of the living organisms, but all that didn't and couldn't eliminate both the inevitable and evitable painful sorrow and suffering in the minds of the sentient/conscious living organisms, where the physical good health condition and prolonged life span and all kinds of accumulated learning, education, knowledge, and skill under higher intelligence as well as under the presence of higher advanced science and technology, is nothing to do with the essential peace and harmony in the mind under the absence of ignorance or under the presence of clarity of thinking and correct understanding. And hence, he renounced his profession as a medical doctor as well as his family and community life of the highest caste or social classification in Hinduism, and immersed into persevered and determined practice of yoga and meditation (Sadhana) for a prolonged duration until he attained direct self realization towards knowing Thyself, towards the truth of existence, the mind stuff, the ignorance and suffering, and towards the truth of selflessness, impermanence, limitation, conditional, and non-self, that is not different from the teachings of buddhism.
Where the teachings or the dhamma is being expounded in many different ways for the many different minds, to initiate or activate the conscious mind evolution towards the realization of unconditional peace and kindness, but all are based on the middle path, non-violence, open mind, non-grasping, non-identification, non-blind believing/following/worshiping/glorifying/practicing/propagating, self-investigation, self-introspection, renunciation, dispassion, desirelessness, non-craving/non-aversion, non-judgment, non-expectation, intense yearning towards knowledge, liberation, freedom, and peace, the elimination of the veil of ignorance, the mind purification and silencing process, patience, perseverance, determination, forbearance, adjustment, adaptation, accommodation, acceptance, right attentiveness, right effort, right attitude, correct understanding, meditation, silence, the annihilation of the restless impure egoistic thought activities or modification of the mind, or the elimination of restlessness, impurities, egoism, and the idea of 'I' or the ego, Samadhi, self-effort, self-initiation, self-independence, self-inquiry, self-realization, selfless service, unconditional peace and kindness, wisdom, compassion, truthfulness, simplicity, contentment, non-possessiveness, non-greed, right discrimination that leads towards non-discrimination, and the truth of selflessness, impermanence, limitation, conditional, and non-self.
The selfless perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting mind functioning under the presence of the selfless conscious awareness is inevitably perceiving/experiencing/recognizing inevitable suffering, upon being conscious towards the restless random thinking process, the impermanent states of the mind, the impermanent ideas/thoughts/feelings/emotions/impurities arising and passing away, the selfless impermanent limited and conditional existence and function, the impermanent changes, the limitation, the conditional conscious and unconscious internal and external influences, and non-self, where nothing is 'I' or 'mine', where the selfless existence and function of the names and forms doesn't even belong to the names and forms themselves, not to say, nothing belongs to anyone or anything.
The selfless mind that is functioning under the influence of ignorance also inevitably perceiving/experiencing/recognizing all kinds of evitable suffering due to being ignorant towards the truth of selflessness, impermanence, limitation, conditional, and non-self in the momentary mortal existence and function of all kinds of names and forms, while ceaselessly generating action and reaction consciously and unconsciously/wittingly or unwittingly/intentionally or unintentionally under the influence of the veil of ignorance a.k.a. restlessness, impurities, egoism, and the illusive idea of 'I', that hurt oneself, and/or others and the surrounding environment, that doesn't belong to anyone or anything.
The veil of ignorance (that consists of the conscious self-awareness or self-acknowledgement of the illusive idea of 'I' (the ego/Ahamkara), that gives rise to conscious egoism of attachment, identification, desire of craving and aversion, comparison, judgment, and expectation/anticipation/projection, that give rise to all kinds of impurities that form conscious restlessness a.k.a. the veil of ignorance that hinder the perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting faculty to perceive/know/understand/see things or the perception of names and forms as they are) exists along upon the beginning of the selfless formation and activation of the selfless existence and function of the selfless physical body that comes with the selfless mechanisms of the selfless perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting faculty, or the selfless impermanent limited and conditional mind stuff.
There are no idea of 'I' or egoism of attachment, identification, desire of craving and aversion, comparison, judgment, and expectation/anticipation/projection in every single cell, component, system, function, and mechanism among the many different cells, components, systems, functions, and mechanisms in the selfless body and mind that enable the selfless impermanent limited and conditional momentary mortal existence and function of the body and mind being what they are, as they are.
However, there is this natural selfless manifestation of the veil of ignorance in the selfless modification of the mind, of restless continuous stream of ceaseless thought activities, that gives rise to the illusive idea of 'I' and egoism, that give rise to all kinds of impurities, that both powering and powered by restlessness, and that cause so much unnecessary hurtful destructive damages unto oneself and others and the surrounding environment that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, consciously and/or unconsciously, wittingly and/or unwittingly, intentionally and/or unintentionally, deliberately and/or randomly, either due to certain inevitable deformity, or malfunction, or dysfunction, or damage (by birth or after birth) in the bodily systems that relate to or impact the function of the brains directly or indirectly (the hardware of the perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting faculty of the physical body), and if it is not due to any direct or indirect deformity, or malfunction, or dysfunction, or damage in the bodily systems that relate to or impact the function of the brains, then it is merely because the thinking and acting faculty or the mind is unwittingly being over-powered by the selfless natural manifestation of the veil of ignorance, being over-powered by the selfless impermanent states of restlessness - restless thought activities, the idea of 'I' and egoism of attachment, identification, craving and aversion, comparison, judgment, and expectation, the remembrance of the past and the wild imagination or projection of the future, the mental and emotional restlessness/exhaustion/fatigue/disturbance/dissatisfaction/disappointment/fear/insecurity/pride and shame/anger/hatred/greed/jealousy/selfishness/possessiveness/aggression/offensiveness/defensiveness/painful sorrow/violence, and etc, of all kinds of evitable suffering, on top of unwittingly being over-powered or conditioned by the selfless intentionless survival instinct to behave, act, and react in certain way.
Ignorance, or the veil of ignorance, is NOT something bad, or wrong, or negative, or evil, or short-coming, or weakness, or shameful, or punishment/painful suffering deserving. Not at all.
It is a natural intentionless selfless manifestation that comes along with the selfless formation/activation/function/operation of the restless thinking and acting faculty, or the selfless mind stuff, or the selfless modification/function/mechanism of the mind, consciously, semi-consciously, and/or unconsciously.
Although under the influence of the veil of ignorance, the minds might generate ideas/desires/intentions/actions/reactions/activities/behaviors that might cause intentional or unintentional hurt or damage unto oneself and others and the surrounding environment, physically and/or mentally and emotionally, wittingly and unwittingly.
It is only the minds that haven't attain direct self realization towards the selfless impermanent limited and conditional mind stuff, or the veil of ignorance, or the truth of selflessness, impermanence, limitation, conditional, and non-self in all kinds of names and forms (of living organisms and non-living objects, in this infinite space of the universe that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, that governed by the nature's law of cause and effect), will perceive/recognize/understand/think/believe that 'ignorance' or 'the veil of ignorance' is something bad, wrong, negative, evil, short-coming, weakness, shameful, or punishment/painful suffering deserving. And these minds would feel offended, or belittled, or humiliated, if being relate or associate to the term of 'ignorance' or 'the veil of ignorance'.
The good news is that, just like all kinds of qualities of names and forms, 'ignorance' or 'the veil of ignorance', is also selfless, impermanent, limited, conditional, and non-self.
It is not the body or the mind, it is not part of the body or the mind, and it doesn't belong to the body or the mind, and vice versa.
That is why there are many minds are unwittingly functioning under the influence of the veil of ignorance while being ignorant towards that, and more importantly, it is also absolutely possible to free the modification/function of the mind from the veil of ignorance.
The veil of ignorance can be weakened and thinned-out, and even, be annihilated under certain self-initiated persevered and determined non-violent practice and observation.
Most minds are ignorant towards the veil of ignorance, or being ignorant towards the selfless impermanent limited and conditional existence and function of the perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting faculty, or the selfless restless mind stuff under the presence or absence of conscious awareness, under the three states of conscious/wakeful, semi-conscious/semi-awake/semi-sleep/dreaming, and unconscious/deep sleep/coma.
There is absence of conscious/semi-conscious/unconscious mind stuff or thought activities in the state of Turiya/Silence/The annihilation or subjugation of the restless selfless mind stuff/Samadhi, beyond the three states of conscious awareness.
Even all the past and present saints and sages, all enlightened beings/minds or buddhas, Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, Swami Sivananda Guruji, Ajahn Chah, and many other teachers of dhamma, all had/have been functioning under the influence of ignorance or the veil of ignorance, that gives rise to doubts and all kinds of suffering, that ignited the intense yearning towards knowledge, liberation, freedom, and peace, that led to the path of renunciation, meditation, and self inquiry, that led to the direct self realization towards the truth of all these.
All kinds of genuine yoga and buddhism practices and observations (NOT the contaminated yoga and buddhism practices and observations being contaminated by all kinds of worldly egoistic impure ideas, beliefs, values, practices, desires, visions, ambitions, and aspirations) under different paths and methods to suit the many different minds under different conditions, situations, temperaments, and personalities under different degrees of ignorance, are there to help the selfless mind under the presence of conscious awareness and the intense yearning towards knowledge, liberation, freedom, and peace, to develop and empower the essential elements, to prepare the mind for meditation that leads towards Turiya/Silence/Samadhi, and for purifying the intellectual reasoning power to be performing self inquiry under a calm, quiet, clear, or pure modification of the mind devoid of the influence of the worldly passionate egoistic impure ideas, beliefs, values, practices, and desires, to be inquiring towards the truth of existence or the world of selfless manifestation of diverse names and forms, or the mind stuff, or the perceiver and the perceived, or the ignorance and suffering, or the illusive idea of 'I' and egoism, or all and everything that the mind comes in contact with, or the truth of selflessness, impermanence, limitation, conditional, and non-self, of seeing/knowing the truth of things as it is.
Do not blind-believe, blind-follow, blind-practice, blind-agree/disagree, blind-glorify, or blind-propagate anything from anyone, including all kinds of yoga and buddhism teachings and practices from anyone and anywhere, including all that is here.
Attain direct self realization towards the dhamma, or the teachings and practice of yoga and buddhism that leads to the direct self realization of the dhamma (the truth of things as it is).
Purify. Meditate. Inquire. Realize.
Inquire the truth of everything.
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