Perception and Understanding

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Perception and Understanding

Understanding seems to have come to the forefront of human thinking as the way forward and the only way forward. Its derived from mental objects, that is we abstract a model of what we are seeing into our minds where it becomes a mental object which is studied and from that model is derived understanding. Understanding such models is the study of the artificial. It exists in isolation, and is the basis of the scientific method. It isolates the human being engaged in such activity which seems to be the whole point of it - in isolation the artificial core that we have created within ourselves, the me or personal self is preserved. This is the root of suffering: something not real inside that we have identified with that exists in isolation suffers.

Perception on the other hand is a completely different process engaging the entire mind. Perception can only happen when all the energy of the mind is engaged in the process of perception and that perception is part of a much bigger process which includes realisation and insight. Perception is the seeing of truth and the realisation of its implications through insight. Perception happens in real time with all consequences being seen. Adverse things might arise, but the perceptive mind will have anticipated them due to its constant awareness of processes.

A mind fixed in an understanding mode is restricted and unable to foresee the consequence of its actions. Being blind to its actions is essential because if the mind opens itself up to a more perceptive state, which is the seeing of truth, then the artificial mental state it has created would cease to exist, as the false will dissolve in the light of the perception of truth.

So the choice is: understanding can exist as part of the greater whole, that is the mind working in a unified way, but the artificial creation that hides behind understand, the self, will disappear. For the healer and a person interested in heath, perception is required, nothing else will do...

Thanks for reading,

Richard