The question arises as to whether I am insane or not. And this question has struck me as quite queer for the simple reason that no matter how hard I try to define sanity, the ground does slip away beneath my feet. How do we define sanity or decide who on earth is sane? Is there a thumb rule or point of inflection that can be measured to classify people accordingly? And if there does exist some mechanism, how do we judge the measurer who performs analysis, for the person would be subjected to the same criticism and that my friend, would result in the failure of the entire system.
Sanity is relative and this is the simple truth, by which it becomes increasingly difficult for us to conclusively label someone or some situation as sane or insane. What lies in the mind of the subject is the sole constituent of this sanity factor, and once the relevance of the mind has been negated where does the concept of sanity arise? The mind is a cosmic illusion as seen and experienced by the age old seekers of truth, and it is this illusion which forces us to label and define every known and unknown element of creation, of which we are undoubtedly a part. So if we identify ourselves with our mind then we definitely are prone to conclusions of madness. Because what the mind cannot define or understand within its standard set of operating procedures, it tends to debunk as nonsensical, abstract or outright insane. And then starts a constant, obsessively compulsive analysis program to try to define the indefinable by splitting the whole into fractions of previously known logic and then recombining these understandable fractions into a reengineered synthetic totality that can be grasped by our mental faculties.
Most people in their lives tend to do this and are subjected to a bondage to this procedure of definition because they are unconsciously slaves to their mind, and they never realize this autonomous labeling by which they reduce the world they live in into a secure habitat of logic. Little do they know that what they believe to be secure and real is in fact literally the opposite, that the whole of reality and the world that beholds them and surrounds them is in effect a mental construct so cleverly arranged to hide the underlying lies in a framework of logical definitions based on imperfect knowledge gained from past experiences. A mere spark of awareness can bring down this construct like a house of cards and then the resultant life would be another insanity in the eyes of one who is still bound by the illusion, because for the shackled ones the labeling process is on auto-pilot.
The next question would be if there is a way out of this malady of the mind, and the answer is yes and no. If the control of our biosystem is integrated in the logic circuits of our mind then no, but if we have the basic awareness required to transcend the realm of materialistic tendencies then yes, we have what it takes to be free of this delusional labeling inherent in our day-to-day life. All fear is propounded by the mental system as a reactionary measure to unknowingness, and by being aware of our true self we can rid our biosystem of this disease. Fear has never amounted to anything useful in life and has always prevented us from advancing steadily on the path of evolution, which is evident in the fact that Darwin never wrote the theory of ‘Survival of the cowards’. Being afraid of something is when we hold on to the partial knowledge of who we really are, and that whom when attached to the body or the mind which is subject to decay and annihilation respectively brings forth a block in the stream of awareness. To experience the knowledge of our true Self results in the instant cessation of the mind and its limiting adjuncts, thereby all its consequent by-products like fear, sloth, anger, lust, avarice, jealousy and greed which by the way has been ‘labeled’ by our very mind as the seven cardinal sins.
Keeping this in mind, if we take a look around the world and its inhabitants with sublime awareness, we would automatically recognize the levels of insanity present in all thinking beings. There are varying degrees of delusion in the material plane similar to the varying degrees of freedom as expressed in our mental, vital and spiritual planes. Somehow this delusion is part of the operational aspects of the material plane and therefore any play in this realm calls on the various routines coded by the insanity of it. Which means it is not possible for us to live, breathe and survive here in this dimension without being crazy, ranging from slightly cuckoo to psychotically deranged to criminally insane. The sole solution to the problem is to understand this truth and rise above to higher planes of love and light.
Having said this much I have stopped wondering as to what people think about me nowadays, for I myself claim to have completely flipped it, so that I can save other people the trouble of labeling me and defining me. It is better to believe in the delusion of this illusion and call myself crazy than to define the sanity of every situation by pretending to be what I am not.
Now tell me: Am I insane or what??!!
Sanity is relative and this is the simple truth, by which it becomes increasingly difficult for us to conclusively label someone or some situation as sane or insane. What lies in the mind of the subject is the sole constituent of this sanity factor, and once the relevance of the mind has been negated where does the concept of sanity arise? The mind is a cosmic illusion as seen and experienced by the age old seekers of truth, and it is this illusion which forces us to label and define every known and unknown element of creation, of which we are undoubtedly a part. So if we identify ourselves with our mind then we definitely are prone to conclusions of madness. Because what the mind cannot define or understand within its standard set of operating procedures, it tends to debunk as nonsensical, abstract or outright insane. And then starts a constant, obsessively compulsive analysis program to try to define the indefinable by splitting the whole into fractions of previously known logic and then recombining these understandable fractions into a reengineered synthetic totality that can be grasped by our mental faculties.
Most people in their lives tend to do this and are subjected to a bondage to this procedure of definition because they are unconsciously slaves to their mind, and they never realize this autonomous labeling by which they reduce the world they live in into a secure habitat of logic. Little do they know that what they believe to be secure and real is in fact literally the opposite, that the whole of reality and the world that beholds them and surrounds them is in effect a mental construct so cleverly arranged to hide the underlying lies in a framework of logical definitions based on imperfect knowledge gained from past experiences. A mere spark of awareness can bring down this construct like a house of cards and then the resultant life would be another insanity in the eyes of one who is still bound by the illusion, because for the shackled ones the labeling process is on auto-pilot.
The next question would be if there is a way out of this malady of the mind, and the answer is yes and no. If the control of our biosystem is integrated in the logic circuits of our mind then no, but if we have the basic awareness required to transcend the realm of materialistic tendencies then yes, we have what it takes to be free of this delusional labeling inherent in our day-to-day life. All fear is propounded by the mental system as a reactionary measure to unknowingness, and by being aware of our true self we can rid our biosystem of this disease. Fear has never amounted to anything useful in life and has always prevented us from advancing steadily on the path of evolution, which is evident in the fact that Darwin never wrote the theory of ‘Survival of the cowards’. Being afraid of something is when we hold on to the partial knowledge of who we really are, and that whom when attached to the body or the mind which is subject to decay and annihilation respectively brings forth a block in the stream of awareness. To experience the knowledge of our true Self results in the instant cessation of the mind and its limiting adjuncts, thereby all its consequent by-products like fear, sloth, anger, lust, avarice, jealousy and greed which by the way has been ‘labeled’ by our very mind as the seven cardinal sins.
Keeping this in mind, if we take a look around the world and its inhabitants with sublime awareness, we would automatically recognize the levels of insanity present in all thinking beings. There are varying degrees of delusion in the material plane similar to the varying degrees of freedom as expressed in our mental, vital and spiritual planes. Somehow this delusion is part of the operational aspects of the material plane and therefore any play in this realm calls on the various routines coded by the insanity of it. Which means it is not possible for us to live, breathe and survive here in this dimension without being crazy, ranging from slightly cuckoo to psychotically deranged to criminally insane. The sole solution to the problem is to understand this truth and rise above to higher planes of love and light.
Having said this much I have stopped wondering as to what people think about me nowadays, for I myself claim to have completely flipped it, so that I can save other people the trouble of labeling me and defining me. It is better to believe in the delusion of this illusion and call myself crazy than to define the sanity of every situation by pretending to be what I am not.
Now tell me: Am I insane or what??!!
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