None and nothing belong to anyone or anything

"What is ignorance?"

"Why is the minds that are highly educated, knowledgeable, intelligent, creative, successful, or accomplished are not necessarily being free from ignorance?"

"How to be free from ignorance?"

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Ignorance is not knowing the truth of Selflessness and Non-self in all and everyone and everything, a.k.a. "None and nothing belong to anyone or anything."

Ignorance is nothing to do with the presence and absence or the different degrees of education, knowledge, intelligence, creativity, success, and accomplishment.

It has nothing to do with lack of education, or lack of knowledge, or poor/absence of cognitive intelligence, or stupidity, or laziness, or bad karma, or sin, and etc.

Ignorance is not something bad, or evil, or weak, or punishable, or shame deserving, even if under the influence of ignorance, the minds ignorantly keep generating hurtful damaging action/reaction/activity/behavior/desire/aspiration that hurt all and everyone and everything and the surrounding environment, directly and indirectly, intentionally and unintentionally.

The educated and knowledgeable minds might know many things, such as the minds might know and understand that the earth is not flat, or there are essential elements that provide essential needs for the generation and maintenance of life existence, and might know a lot about engineering, architecture, finance and business management and investment, biology, chemistry, physiology, neurology, geography, creativity, invention, innovation, agriculture, or different types of skills and productivity, but the minds might not know or understand towards the truth of Selflessness and Non-self, as the minds are being conditioned and limited by the egoistic mind thinking and behavior pattern that is deriving from and empowered by the natural veil of ignorance.

The minds might be over-powered by the presence of all kinds of thoughts, feelings, emotions, imaginations, memories flashback, or desires, or the presence of the idea of 'I' and egoism of grasping, attachment, identification, craving and aversion, comparison, judgment, and expectation, or the presence of all kinds of duality and impurities such as the sense of self esteem and self-worth, the sense of ownership and belonging, the sense of separateness and loneliness, the sense of pride and shame, the sense of goodness and badness, happiness and unhappiness, joyfulness and joylessness, meaningfulness and meaninglessness, deserving and undeserving, superiority and inferiority, righteousness and wrongfulness, selfishness, possessiveness, obsession, greed, dissatisfaction, disappointment, anger, hatred, jealousy, envy, grief, painful sorrow, uncomfortable or painful sensations, hurts, victimized, intimidation, humiliation, fear, worry, anticipation, wild imagination, longing, insecurity, insufficiency, protectiveness, offensiveness, defensiveness, aggressiveness, violence, and so on (restlessness), being conditioned and limited (influenced/threatened/tempted/moulded/restricted) by the existing inherited and/or adopted worldly egoistic impure ancestral/cultural/spiritual/religious/political/national/commercial/family/community/social/educational ideas, beliefs, values, practices, desires, inspirations, aspirations, and visions.

The existence of ignorance, is due to the natural intentionless manifestation of the veil of ignorance in the modification of the mind being what it is, as it is. It is a natural selfless intentionless manifestation in all minds that have the normal functionality of a selfless and non-self, limited and conditional, impermanent and restless modification of a perceptive cognitive intellectual emotional thinking and acting mind, that manifests along with the formation and activation of the selfless restless gross and subtle or conscious and unconscious thought current/activity/process or modification of the mind throughout the three states of consciousness, semi-consciousness, and unconsciousness that are essential for life existence formation and maintenance.

Not only that there is the restless gross and subtle brain activity (conscious and semi-conscious and unconscious inputs processing and outputs responding) happening throughout the states of consciousness and semi-consciousness, but there is also continuous subtle thought current/process or brain activity (unconscious autonomous inputs processing and outputs responding) during the state of unconsciousness/deep sleep/coma that is essential for life maintenance, unless there is complete cut-off from energy supply or complete energy depletion, or there is complete brain dead and/or complete failure of the life supporting organs and/or the life supporting systems.

The mind that is functioning under the presence of conscious and semi-conscious awareness upon the state of consciousness (wakeful state) and semi-consciousness (sleep and dream state) might be aware of the conscious and semi-conscious restless random thought activity/current/process, but it might not be aware of the underlying ongoing ceaseless autonomous unconscious subtle thought current/activity/process for life maintenance, not to say, upon the state of unconsciousness (deep sleep/coma), there is complete absence of conscious awareness.

There is the presence of conscious and semi-conscious awareness in the mind to be aware of the conscious and semi-conscious restless random thought activity/current/process upon the states of consciousness (wakefulness) and semi-consciousness (sleep and dream state), such as under the state of consciousness, the mind that is fully conscious is consciously aware of certain physical/mental/emotional conscious activity of thoughts, feelings, emotions, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensations, memories, imaginations, desires, actions, reactions, interactions, communications, and etc, upon the state of consciousness, while under the state of semi-consciousness, the mind that is semi-conscious is semi-aware of the state of not fully awake or the state of sleeping as well as the selfless manifestation of dream during the state of semi-consciousness or the sleep and dream state, where the mind wakes up and remembers all or certain part of the dream, or the mind is aware of the semi-conscious thought activity during the sleep and dream state (I slept and/or there was dreaming). Or, the mind wakes up doesn't know/remember anything that had been happening internally in the body and mind and externally in the surrounding environment after falling asleep - unconscious/deep sleep.

The veil of ignorance (the busy restless random gross and subtle thought current of ceaseless thought after thought arising and passing away) is always there as it is, manifesting along with the ceaseless and restless continuous conscious/semi-conscious/unconscious modification of the mind, however, it is only valid or prevail (being the intentionless veil of ignorance/hindrance/murkiness) upon the state of consciousness and semi-consciousness (there is the conscious and semi-conscious awareness/acknowledgement towards the existence and function of the body and mind, a.k.a. the idea of 'I', or the ego, or the sense of separateness), while it is invalid or doesn't serve any purpose of being the veil of ignorance/hindrance/murkiness upon the state of unconsciousness, under the complete absence of conscious and semi-conscious awareness in the mind that is unconscious (there is no conscious awareness/acknowledgement towards the existence and function of the body and mind, a.k.a. the idea of 'I', or the ego, or the sense of separateness).

The mind awareness is temporary absence, or cut-off, or disconnected, during the state of unconsciousness/deep sleep/coma (temporary cutting off from conscious and semi-conscious physical and mental activity is highly essential for life existence and function), where there is no conscious or semi-conscious perceptive/cognitive/intellectual/emotional/thinking/acting self-assertive thought current/process/activity, but only the presence of subtle autonomous thought current or brain activity happening ceaselessly to be maintaining the non-self life existence and function of the selfless impermanent limited and conditional body and mind.

The veil of ignorance - The selfless autonomous manifestation of the idea of 'I'/the ego/the conscious and semi-conscious awareness, or acknowledgement, or perception, or cognition towards the existence and modification of the body and mind as well as the surrounding environment of everything that is not this particular body and mind (the sense of separateness), that gives rise to and empowered by egoism of grasping, attachment, identification, craving and aversion, comparison, judgment, and expectation, that gives rise to and empowered by all kinds of impurities, and that gives rise to and empowered by the restless thought current/process/activity (restlessness).

Unwittingly, or naturally, autonomously, and ignorantly being hindered/veiled/obstructed by the veil of ignorance, the conscious/semi-conscious mind under the state of consciousness and semi-consciousness cannot see/know/understand things (clearly) as they are, where it is being ignorant towards the truth of Selflessness and Non-self in all kinds of names and forms, or it is being ignorant towards the selfless impermanent limited conditional existence and function of the body and mind that is non-self, that doesn't even belong to the body and mind itself.

The mind doesn't know Thyself.

Because of not knowing Thyself, on top of under the influence of the veil of ignorance, the mind keeps generating actions/reactions/responses/activities/behaviors through the organs of action and speech that would be hurting itself and others and the surrounding environment ignorantly, intentionally and unintentionally, randomly and deliberately.

The mind that knows Thyself, will also know that "There is none and nothing belong to anyone or anything" - The truth of Selflessness and Non-self in all and everything, including the momentary impermanent limited and conditional mortal existence and function of the body and mind itself, not to say, all and everything that is related to the body and mind (grasping/attachment/identification/possession/ownership/belonging/pride/self-esteem/self-worth/self-expansion or procreation) - my ancestor, my parents, my children, my siblings, my spouse, my family, my community, my birth place, my country, my nationality, my friends, my effort, my hard work, my initiation, my action and fruit of action, my achievement and contribution, my reputation, my status, my job, my business, my livelihood, my survival, my happiness, my ability and disability, my home, my house, my land, my property, my belongings, my health, my wealth, my suffering, my enjoyments, my ideas and point of views, my belief, my culture, my spirituality, my religion, my inspiration and aspiration, and etc.

The minds that know Thyself and the truth of "None and nothing belong to anyone or anything" are free from the sense of separateness, selfishness, possessiveness, sense of ownership and belonging, pride and shame, superiority and inferiority, discrimination, insecurity, fear, worry, anger, hatred, dissatisfaction, disappointment, violence, or fighting within oneself and towards others and the surrounding environment that doesn't belong to anyone or anything. That is the essence of peace and harmony in oneself, in the relationship, in the family, in the community, in the world of many diversities that doesn't belong to anyone or anything.

To be free from ignorance, the mind needs to inquire towards what does it means about "None and nothing belong to anyone or anything." Or, about what does the terms of Selflessness and Non-self really means.

It has to come from the direct self inquiry and direct self realization of the mind itself towards knowing Thyself, or knowing the truth of Selflessness and Non-self.

It is not that difficult for the mind to reason and understand towards what is impermanence, limitation, and conditional, but it is quite challenging (and yet possible) for the mind to inquire/investigate and know what is Selflessness and Non-self, even if the mind thinks that it sort of understands, but not really, or not completely, not until the mind is completely free from the influence of the idea of 'I', egoism, impurities, and restlessness (the annihilation/absence of the veil of ignorance), to see things as they are, where the mind sees the selfless and non-self existence/function/modification/manifestation of itself through the reflection reflected from the all pervading, all presence, all knowledge, selfless, timeless, attributeless universal consciousness that doesn't belong to anyone or anything.

The minds that know and understand this, will know that there are many different individual body and mind of different qualities of names and forms and characteristics and personalities and impermanent changes, but there is no individual consciousness that belong to the many different individual body and mind respectively.

The selfless body and mind is finite, impermanent, conditional, and limited. The selfless universal consciousness is infinite, permanent, unconditional, and unlimited.

The minds that know and understand this, will know the truth of about the creation and existence of the many different worldly egoistic ideas, beliefs, values, practices, desires, inspirations, aspirations, visions, ambitions, or empowerment in the world of human beings that are mostly functioning under the influence of the veil of ignorance, such as the belief of karma (good/bad/neutral karma), or merits and sins, or the almighty creator/controller/authority/judge of the universe, or the after life upon death, or the ceaseless reincarnation of a permanent independent infinite immortal individual self identity/consciousness/spirit/soul.

Without the presence of consciousness/awareness, upon the state of unconsciousness, under the absence of conscious and semi-conscious awareness, there is no "I am thinking", "I am inquiring", "I am meditating", "I am enjoying", "I am suffering", "I am good", "I am bad", "I am happy", "I am sad", "I am calmed", "I am disturbed", "I am seeing", "I know", "I understand", or "I think I know and understand."

It is merely the selfless restless modification of the mind existing and functioning being what it is, as it is, neither good nor bad, that is ceaselessly changing.

To perform self-inquiry to be inquiring towards the truth of itself, there is prerequisite of preparing the mind by diligently purifying and sharpening the intellectual reasoning power (free from the influence of worldly passionate egoistic impure ideas, beliefs, values, desires, and practices), turning the restless outgoing tendency of the mind that ceaselessly chasing after the objects of the senses inwards resting upon the selfless universal consciousness, which also leads towards rendering the restless modification of the mind one-pointed, focus, calm, and quiet (desirelessness/stillness/silence), where the conscious/semi-conscious mind under the presence of conscious/semi-conscious awareness stands as the silent selfless witness witnessing the selfless and non-self thought activity/process/current or modification of the mind without grasping, attachment, identification, craving, aversion, comparison, judgment, or expectation.

It is because of the presence of conscious/semi-conscious awareness that is why the mind is perceiving/knowing/acknowledging/sensing/doubting/thinking/reasoning/understanding/remembering/imagining/projecting/anticipating/acting/reacting/seeing/hearing/smelling/tasting/enjoying/suffering/and etc.

There is no conscious self-assertive intellectual cognitive reasoning or discrimination, intention, duality, or suffering and enjoyment in the state of unconsciousness.

The yoga and/or buddhism practice and observation if being practiced as they are, under the presence of basic correct understanding and mentality, served as the tools that help the mind to purify and quiet the restless impure egoistic modification of the mind, to allow the rendered pure and quiet and ego-less mind to have a precious glimpse towards the truth of Selflessness and Non-self under the presence of the limited conscious awareness during the state of consciousness and semi-consciousness (the rendered state of meditation/stillness/silence/one-pointedness that is also impermanent).

There is nothing spiritual, or religious, or mystical, or extraordinary, or miraculous, or magical, or unreachable about all this.

The minds that understand this, are devoid of justification, debate, argument, or fighting, and will only make use of the selfless impermanent limited and conditional momentary life existence and function of the body and mind on top of the existing available energy, physical and mental condition, knowledge, learning, experience, ability, and opportunity to be looking after oneself, others, and the surrounding environment that doesn't belong to anyone or anything, selflessly, indiscriminately, and unconditionally, without grasping.

Inquire the truth of everything, including all that is here, and attain direct self realization, and be free.