Time,
space and object exist only as categories of individual mind. If there is no
individual mind there is no time, space nor object.
– Paramhamsa
Satyananda Saraswati
The mind is such a tricky thing. We live in a world of thoughts and ideas,
concepts and beliefs. The more naïve
among us take this for reality. As one
investigates more deeply into oneself however it becomes apparent that the
world we perceive is our creation. As
Buddha put it in the Dhammapada: Experience
follows from thought. It is our thoughts
that create suffering or happiness.
Meditation helps us move into an awareness of thoughts and
feelings and consequently into a deeper sense of identity. Our deeper self doesn’t buy into the sales
pitch of the world. It sees through the
advertisements saying “this could be the new bigger and better you.” Our deeper self is grounded in peace and
perfection.
We are inseparable expressions of the one being we call
God. There is nothing that is not
God. However we have the choice to see
this or not. We can use the power of
mind to create suffering if that is what we want. We can use the same power to create
happiness.
There was a song in the 70’s by John Lennon called “God.” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jknynk5vny8)
In it he sang, “God is a concept by which we measure our pain.” Lennon was a courageous thinker and
songwriter. He also wrote “Imagine” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8)
which challenges conventional ways of thinking.
“God” is a concept; a
creation of our minds. So is “love,”
“truth,” even “reality.” When we let it
all go we encounter our true being.
