Of course the development of our reflective capacities play an enormous role in the realisation of how we are habitually preprogrammed, but for those who do not reflect or care to, they live and can be driven from the delusional bias of believing their thoughts feelings and even sense perceptions. I am often caught out by the tricks of the mind believing my thoughts to be real until I stop to breathe notice, to just be aware so that the one who is aware is not lost in herself as the thought. This article is fierce but true, but like all relative truths, it is also not true. Where there is awareness there is freedom from this delusion and we are all aware and so there is always that possibility of freedom for us all.
In true accord with this reflection I sat watching a water boatman slowly skim across a pond back and forth whilst the reflections of the sky also danced on the surface of the water behind which a whole new world emerged beneath the surface of the water another galaxy of life living in the dynamic depths of otherwise unseen experiences I could never have experienced until I stopped and sat to simply gaze. But I did experience an otherness and was all the richer for it - thank you for this wonderful reflection - all experience is simply a reflection out there of what is in here and in slowing down we know we are a part of something much bigger than the small self.
Yes I agree but would like to add one thing - silence is the answer to everything, especially if you are someone who always likes to have the last word
On Sep 11, 2022 Annie wrote on Slavery To The Senses, by Swami Vivekananda: