Mind Control

Mind Control
   The ordinary human mind thinks about life but never experiences it. Instead of perceiving the present moment directly, our mind must rely upon information received from the sensory organs. Our senses pick up external vibrations and relay them to the brain in the form of internal vibrations; the brain then processes these, correlating and reconciling them with impressions already stored; and finally, the mind reacts, acknowledging and evaluating the event perceived. What our mind experiences as the present moment is really just the recent past, after it’s been processed, refined, packaged and labeled. This “present moment” bears about as much resemblance to true reality as white sugar does to a living sugarcane plant.
   When it’s not busy processing incoming impressions, our mind busies itself by mulling over memories, creating and solving problems, and fantasizing about the future. Since the unstable mind functions only in the past and future, while the Self exists only in the eternal present, we can experience the Self only when the mind becomes stable.