The Difference between Mind and Consciousness

northern_yeti · 2016-11-25T20:18:11+00:00

Have you ever read anything by Eckhart Tolle? If you haven't, you should give him a look.

Tolle's book, The Power of Now, is all about harnessing the mind and expanding consciousness.

Tolle teaches that the mind is a tool primarily used for referencing memories and vigilantly protects the ego. If we let the mind lead, we inhibit ourselves from achieving our goals, in essence we lose frame. One quote that stuck with me is You are not your mind which was hard for me to grasp early on because we are taught identify with our minds. I think I agree with you that the mind is your focus, but only if you can look at it as a secondary entity to your entire being.

Adding to that, the mind creates a bad situation that might happen based on the past and when we let it take control, it will evoke fear; Fear is the primary emotion that overpowers our consciousness and results in other emotions that inhibit progress. We subconsciously protect the ego by reasoning why we should pass over an opportunity to avoid the discomfort of a damaged ego. I think this is what we call the male hamster.

Tolle says that fear is the foundation of other negative emotions, anger and jealousy. Here's some examples:

If you get approach anxiety with some babe at the bar getting a drink, you fear rejection because the of the uncomfortable feeling that came with it in the past. Thus, your mind inhibits your ability to approach and she walks away.
Fear of losing your chick to the Chad talking to her down the way resulting in jealousy. She walks over after the exchange and your jealousy causes you to lose frame; She sees your insecurity and it turns her off.
Fear of being perceived as weak to your peers when some asshole meaninglessly pokes holes in your sales presentation in front of your team at work, resulting in anger. The anger produced causes you to focus less on your pitch in front of the client and you don't make the sale.

The mind is causing you to doubt yourself, lose focus and lower your level of performance creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Like you said, consciousness is your whole being. If you can awaken your consciousness, you'll recognize that the mind is trying to take over by presenting an unrealistic scenario. When you acknowledge that its your mind working against you, its easier to dismiss it as an emotion with no concrete evidence of being real. Tolle says to Visualize the emotion you're feeling, hold it in your hands, acknowledge that it isn't real and drop it. Sounds like a bunch of voodoo BS, but it has worked wonders with me and my life as a whole.

By not identifying with your mind, recognizing that the negative emotions are based on irrational fear of failing in the past, you start to reprogram your entire being and Live in the Now. The past has been, the future is yet to be, we only have whats going on right this second. As you said, focus your mind on goals and plan how to get there, subconsciously your Blue Pill mentality will start to fade.

These theories are based on observations I've gained through Eckhart Tolle's work. If I'm off base, call me out. I want to hear your thoughts. Glad you made this post.

TL;DR: Your mind will chain you to your past if you let it drive, create irrational fear through negative what-if scenarios that cause you to lose focus and inhibit progression of your goals. But, through expanding your consciousness of your entire being, you're able to harness your mind by recognizing the emotions as intangible having no weight in your present or future. As result, you will reprogram your mind and use it as a vehicle to achieve your goals and release the Blue Pill mentality. Live in the present.

GayLubeOil · 2016-11-26T11:20:16+00:00

Once you uninstall the program get ready for intellectual isolation as everyone around you is only capable of discusing the weather and football.

kroww · 2016-11-25T17:07:42+00:00

nobody gets how much about the mind this all is

evolveto · 2016-11-25T20:41:14+00:00

Coincidentally, I was thinking about the same lines.

That beta died, when she cheated on and on and on and proved me wrong! Myself, never could go to the same, that blast created a crater, rolling through what deepest pit of depression and anxiety, and I have visited my childhood in the process, to the roots that mirror was trying to show my real me and now after the TheRedpill, I connected all the dots and it completely fits the puzzle. Its going to be a great ride ahead, because its a path of TheRedpill now, which is the real you, learn like child again, but this time TheRedpill way!

I'm well acquainted With villains that live in my bed They beg me to write them So they'll never die when I'm dead

And I've grown familiar With villains that live in my head They beg me to write them So I'll never die when I'm dead

I'm bigger than my body I'm colder than this home I'm meaner than my demons I'm bigger than these bones.

Control lyrics § The RP Way.

judethedude · 2016-11-26T03:23:24+00:00

Shouldn't "delete the program" mean reprogram or am I just arguing semantics, either way nice distinction neo.

Title	The Difference between Mind and Consciousness
Author	NeoreactionSafe
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Date	November 25, 2016 4:10 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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