I have had a long-standing interest in understanding how this human instrument works.\u00a0 This interest is not limited to the physical or medical functions but also the neurological, psychological, mental and emotional aspects of the human instrument.\u00a0 My interest leads me to watch my body, my mind, my emotions, and myself as I go through life.\u00a0 I particularly watch when I practice various spiritual disciplines or think various ways, to see the effect on the quality of life that these disciplines and ways of thinking have and WHY they produce those effects.<\/p>\n
In my practice of watching myself and of watching others I have seen some very interesting aspects of human consciousness that when I try to share that with others I usually only get resistance.\u00a0 Of course, this in itself interested me, for I wanted to know why there would be resistance to understanding ourselves.<\/p>\n
I have seen that this resistance comes from the ego, a mechanism within the human instrument dedicated to survival of the human instrument.\u00a0 It is imagined that if we understand ourselves then we will no longer treasure the human instrument as mysteriousness or \u2018special\u2019.\u00a0 However, this is not true, for understanding only enhances the appreciation.\u00a0 It is superstition that creates the fear of understanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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