Mind As An Engine:

Mind As An Engine:

In the past few days I had first hand experience and insights into how mind is not much different from matter ( physical body, objects) when it comes to getting “heated” up when overworked! It has to be put on a brief pause from time to time to regain its functionality.

This insight when extended to people besides oneself sheds valuable light on why people sooner or later get tired of hearing someone’s rant or thoughts. Their mental engines get heated up. They may or may not be in a position to articulate this and turn off the offender in a courteous or diplomatic manner. Nor able to completely recognize the heating up of their own minds in the process.

It has actually provided a much needed lesson in mindfulness of others. As well as your own mental wellbeing.

Sometimes it is us who is heating up someone who may have simply lent us a compassionate ear. At other times we may have tried to be the listener. And the other person doesn’t realizing it is taking a toll on the listener. 

The pause is essential. And we go through an entire life without realizing or getting it. 

What made this insight possible? 

What else but increased light of consciousness? 

The ability to see mind as an object rather than self. 

How rudimentary is our understanding of consciousness! 

And when we can’t understand consciousness, how can we understand our mind?