The animal organism's sole purpose is to survive, so using the mind as it's tool it instinctively reacts with fear against anything we *believe* we should, and our beliefs are entirely subjective and programmed into us mainly linguistically by our culture/s. We are, for the most part, free of physiological pain and starvation in the modern age, yet we still live our lives completely based in instinctual and irrational fear. Desire is simply inverted fearfulness whereby we use objects of desire (again based in cultural programming and instincts) to distract us from our fear, which is truly the fear of the end of existing. Exoteric religious beliefs are a direct result of this; numerous series' of human psychological projections of theistic belief patterns, emanating from different cultures throughout the world.
Esoteric understanding can only be garnished from and is nothing other than, going beyond the instinctually fuelled psyche/mind. Meditation is the method, but a deeper level understanding of the nature of things - and a commitment to overcoming materialism including experientialism - is needed prior to engaging in it. So Winnie-the-wu cannot expect to get anywhere by meditating in between morning and late-afternoon Taiwanese massage parlour visits lol.Statistics: Posted by issem — 01 Feb 2013, 02:51
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