The veil of ignorance is a natural phenomena that manifests and exists in the selfless minds upon the activation of conscious and semi-conscious awareness/perception/cognition under the state of consciousness and semi-consciousness.
It is neither something bad, nor evil, nor negative, nor bad karma, nor sinful, nor low intelligence, nor low education, nor lack of knowledge, nor shame, humiliation, condemn, punishment, or painful suffering deserving.
However, the minds that are functioning under the influence of the veil of ignorance, might be ignorantly performing actions/reactions/activities that would be hurting oneself and others and the surrounding environment under the influence of ignorance and its by-products.
It is highly important for all the selfless minds under the presence of conscious and semi-conscious awareness/perception/cognition to be engaging in the conscious active process of eradicating the veil of ignorance from the selfless modification of the mind, by the mind itself, out of its own conscious freewill, effort, perseverance, and determination, under the presence of intense yearning towards attaining liberation from ignorance a.k.a. attaining absolute knowledge of knowing the truth of things as it is, without being contaminated or influenced and conditioned by the existing inherited and/or adopted worldly passionate egoistic ideas, beliefs, values, desires, and practices in the mind.
Although whether the mind will attain direct realization towards the truth of the selfless impermanent limited conditional and non-self existence and function of all kinds of names and forms, or not, after engaging in persevered engagement in the process of eradicating the veil of ignorance, a.k.a. quieting the restless impure egoistic thought process/modification of the mind, is not important at all, however, the absence of the veil of ignorance in the mind under the presence of conscious and semi-conscious awareness/perception/cognition will definitely be benefiting all and everyone and everything in the world of many diversities that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, especially when the mind is still existing and functioning selflessly, impermanently, limitedly, and conditionally, even when the selfless impermanent limited and conditional momentary existence and function of the mind that is existing and functioning under the momentary existence and function of the specific physical body, doesn't even belong to the body and mind itself.
The highly useful/functional presence of self control or self restraint, that can be presence or absence, that can be developed and empowered, that can be weak or strong, it served as or played the role of the powerful momentary treatment or control that can hinder or minimize the mind from performing hurtful actions/reactions/activities through the selfless organs of action via the selfless physical body, that would be hurting oneself and others and the surrounding environment under the presence of the veil of ignorance, a.k.a. the idea of 'I', egoism, impurities, and restlessness, as well as the conscious and semi-conscious awareness/perception/cognition towards all kinds of inevitable painful suffering of the physical body - inevitable restless maintenance of ceaseless hunger and thirst, or inevitable process of growth, ceased growing, decay, and disintegration, and all kinds of evitable unnecessary suffering deriving from being ignorant towards the truth of Selflessness, Impermanence, Limitation, Conditional, and Non-self.
Self control, means NOT at all by external force/intimidation/threat/bully/discipline of being forced/intimidated/threatened/bullied/disciplined by some others, but coming from the conscious freewill and initiation of the mind itself, willingly and wittingly to be restraining itself from engaging in any kind of harmful actions/reactions/activities that would be harming oneself and others and the surrounding environment, under the presence of some basic correct understanding, or universal common sense, or conscience (not necessary the presence of complete correct understanding or absolute knowledge), as there are still some kind of impurities or hurtful destructive thoughts/ideas/desires ceaselessly arising and passing away in the thought process. All these hurtful destructive thoughts/ideas/desires don't turn into physical actions/reactions/activities under the presence of self control or self restraint, not being over-powered or determined by all those impurities or hurtful thoughts/ideas/desires that are all selfless, impermanent, limited, conditional, and non-self.
The more the presence of external interference by force, the more turbulent is the thought process, or the restless disturbed agitated modification/state of the mind. The veil of ignorance is becoming even more intense. It is the complete opposite direction towards calming and quieting the restless thought process/modification/state of mind.
Even if there is some 'forcing'/'pushing beyond certain existing limitation' coming from the mind itself during the process of quieting the restless impure egoistic thought current/modification/state of mind, it doesn't help to calm down the restless thought current but would agitate the restless state of mind even more. Or, the mind depends/relies on taking certain substances that will give momentary effect of calming the state of mind, but the mind will no longer be calmed if without taking substances with such calming effect, or when the momentary effect disappears, this is not what liberation is about, although, it does help the mind that is completely lost to stop hurting oneself and others or the surrounding environment, under the momentary control of certain substances/medical treatments.
Even the many different types of yoga and concentration/meditation observations and practices are also giving certain momentary effects of calming the state of mind, that are also impermanent, limited, and conditional. It is not the goal, or the objective, or the end of the practice. The mind needs to be able to go beyond even that momentary induced calmness deriving from engaging regularly in certain observations and practices, under the presence of non-grasping and the development of correct understanding, by inquiring towards the truth of everything (knowing Thyself) under that momentary state of calmness/focus/attentiveness that will also change and pass away.
The difference between undertaking the influential substances/drugs/medical treatments and the engagement in different types of yoga observations and practices, is that, there is the absence of conscious/semi-conscious self effort/control while being under the control/influence of some influential substances/drugs/medical treatments, just as under the state of unconsciousness/deep sleep/coma, which doesn't lead towards the annihilation of the veil of ignorance that manifests naturally during the state of consciousness and semi-consciousness, but there is the presence of certain degrees of conscious/semi-conscious self effort/control/inquiry/realization while observing and performing certain yoga observations and practices which will be empowering the degrees of self control under the presence of conscious freewill and effort, that will lead towards the annihilation of the veil of ignorance under the state of consciousness and semi-consciousness, without the need/addiction/dependence of depending on the momentary calming effects induced by certain influential substances/drugs/medical treatments, even if the decision and action of undertaking certain influential substances/drugs/medical treatments is out of the conscious/semi-conscious freewill and effort, and not being forced by some others without one's conscious consent or awareness.
The attainment of the momentary calmness state of mind that derives from or depends on the limited and conditional availability of certain substances/drugs/medical treatments or performing certain yoga and/or buddhism observations and practices, is not liberation.
The direct realization towards the unconditional peace that is timeless and attributeless that is always there as it is, unchanging beyond time, space, and causation, not being determined by the limited and conditional availability of certain substances/drugs/medical treatments or performing certain yoga and/or buddhism observations and practices, but is known/realized by the selfless mind under the state of consciousness and semi-consciousness, but under the absence of the veil of ignorance, under the presence of the absolute knowledge arising from seeing everything as they are, or under the presence of the correct understanding arising from self inquiry inquiring towards the truth of everything, under the conscious/semi-conscious state of clarity, is liberation.
That is why there was/is the advice from the past and present awakened buddhas and gurus about the importance of refraining from undertaking any kind of influential addictive intoxicants/drugs unless the mind is completely lost and that keeps hurting oneself and others and the surrounding environment, and hence, it needs to be controlled under the momentary effect/control/influence of certain substances/drugs/medical treatments, in order to stop hurting oneself and others and the surrounding environment.
That is why the highly importance of looking after the well-being of the mind by the mind itself, before it becomes too late to do anything (irreversible) upon the mind is completely lost and keeps hurting itself and others and the surrounding environment voluntarily/involuntarily and ignorantly, where it is highly important to rely solely on the development and empowerment of conscious/semi-conscious self control, self effort, and self inquiry to attain direct self realization towards the truth of everything, and realize the unconditional peace that is beyond the impermanent states of mind, including the momentary Sattvic/calmness state of mind, that can be induced by undertaking certain influential substances/drugs/medical treatments (not recommended unless the mind is completely lost), or via the active engagement in certain conscious/semi-conscious physical and mental observations and practices.
The mind needs to develop and have some basic correct understanding towards non-grasping, non-attachment, non-identification, non-craving, non-aversion, non-judgment, non-comparison, and non-expectation in the process of quieting the restless modification of the mind.
There is needless of self control or self restraint under the absence of the veil of ignorance (devoid of the idea of 'I', egoism, impurities, and restlessness, or the disturbed painful suffering state of mind), a.k.a. under the presence of clarity, or complete correct understanding, or absolute knowledge.
The presence of self control is highly useful and important when the veil of ignorance is still present and existing in the selfless modification of the mind, but it doesn't eradicate the veil of ignorance, if the idea of 'I' and egoism continuously gives rise to and empowers all kinds of impurities and restlessness.
The ignorant minds think and argue that, "If there is no I or self, who is there to be self controlled, or controlling oneself? Who or what is there to be accountable for all kinds of actions/reactions/activities and their consequences?"
Selflessness, as well as the absence of the ego, or 'I'lessness, doesn't mean that the selfless body and mind doesn't exist, or all these selfless names and forms don't exist.
It is the selfless impermanent limited and conditional momentary existence and function of the conscious/semi-conscious egoistic mind that is the one being aware of the restless impure egoistic modification of itself, and have the conscious initiation and effort to be modifying and rendering its own state of mind as well as controlling its own egoistic impure hurtful behaviors/actions/reactions/activities, consciously and semi-consciously, under the presence of conscious and semi-conscious awareness/perception/cognition.
All minds are selfless. While the selfless minds can be functioning either under the presence or absence of the ego and egoism.
An egoistic selfless mind can be functioning under the presence or absence of self control, and whether there's initiation and effort to minimize or avoid generating hurtful behaviors/actions/reactions/activities that would be hurting oneself and others and the surrounding environment that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, or not.
An ego-less selfless mind doesn't need the presence of self control to be functioning as what it is, as there is absence of egoism, impurities, and restlessness, or disturbance, desperation, and painful suffering.
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