The Mind is a Lot Less Important than We Think It is: a Meditation
Look! This little finger covers the eye and prevents the whole world from being seen.
In this same way this small mind covers the whole universe
and prevents Reality from being seen.
Ramana Maharshi
The mind is a lot less important than we think it is. In our Western rationalistic society, we have given pre-eminence to the cognitive processes. Of course, the mind has its place and value in the scheme of things. But the mind is not meant to be the primary way we experience reality. As Carl Jung said, "All of reality is not thinking."
Feeling or sensing is. The mind judges, analyzes, compartmentalizes and this causes a sense of separation and duality. The heart or the intuitive faculty embraces or becomes one with its object of attention. It feels it from the inside out.
The heart knows an object from the inside out and not from just the surface, outside appearance. So, to really get to know someone or something, learn to quiet your mind and feel and then identify with and become one with that which you are focused on.
In other words, "lose your mind and come to your senses."
Meditation is the doorway to this way of perceiving.