The Eyes Are Useless When the Mind Is Blind
The eyes are useless when the mind is blind
Intellectual Reference Point Restoration
Theme: “Naked Mind”
💬 Quote Library — containing “Naked Mind”
You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
You must unlearn what you have learned
Distance Itself From It and Turn It Into an Object
In order to understand the world intellectually, the left brain has to distance itself from it and turn it into an object.
from The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
The Bonds of Material Perception
The key to the Hermetic rebirth resided in attainment of gnosis, spiritual knowledge to free the mind from the bonds of material perception.
📖 Excerpts Library
It Is a Knowledge of Our Inner World, Not the Outer One
There is another kind of knowledge. It is not one of physical facts, nor can it be quantified and measured. It is a knowledge of our inner world, not the outer one, a knowledge of what we used to call...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
It Turns the Right Brain’s Unity Into Bits and Pieces
The left brain, on the other hand—literally—is geared, McGilchrist argues, toward breaking up the whole that the right presents. It turns the right brain’s unity into bits and pieces, which it can then manipulate. Its job is to analyze the...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
It’s Energy Surrounds Us and Binds Us
For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we—not this crude matter.
Source: The Empire Strikes Back
The Growing Dominance of the Ego
What sets the mental-rational structure apart from the previous three structures is that it is the most separated from “Origin.” In it, human consciousness, which had previously felt a fundamental connection to the world around it, was now unattached and...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
Freedom from Self-Centeredness of Thought and Behavior
The foundational line of true ethical behavior, its main guiding principle valid across all times and cultures, is the degree of freedom from self-centeredness of thought and behavior, and willingness freely to give up one’s own self-interest on behalf of...
Source: Scientific American
We Think Our Beliefs Are Based on Sound Evidence
Another reason to adopt moderate skepticism concerns the very real danger that we might be deceiving ourselves in our beliefs, even when we think our beliefs are based on sound evidence. One way in which this can happen is well...
Source: The Beatles and Philosophy by David Detmer
The Mental-Rational Structure Is Focused on Words
As its name suggests, the mental-rational structure, which Gebser believed began circa 1225 B.C., is characterized by rational, discursive thought, the kind of logical, sequential thinking associated with the left brain. Whereas the previous structure of consciousness, the mythic, is...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
Investigations into Behavior and Thought Control
The existence of the agency's investigations into behavior and thought control was previously known. But through access to 2,000 C.I.A. documents and wideranging interviews, a group of New York Times reporters has developed new information about the cost of the...
Source: Private Institutions Used in C.I.A. Effort to Control Behavior
Learn How to Control the Human Mind
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 — Several prominent medical research ‘institutions and Government hospitals in the United States and Canada were involved in secret, 25‐year, $25‐million effort by the Central Intelligence Agency to learn how to control the human mind.
Source: Private Institutions Used in C.I.A. Effort to Control Behavior
🎼 Song Excerpts
Is There Anyone Home?
Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me - Is there anyone home?
Source: Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
Don’t Surround Yourself with Yourself
Don't surround yourself with yourself
Source: I’ve Seen All Good People by Yes
The Walls You Built Within, Come Tumbling Down
If you open your mind for me, you won't rely on open eyes to see - The walls you built within, come tumbling down and a new world will begin
Source: Silent Lucidity by Queensrÿche
Your Brain Gets Smart, but Your Head Gets Dumb
Your brain gets smart, but your head gets dumb
Source: All Star by Smash Mouth
I Wage My War, on the World Inside
I wage my war, on the world inside - I take my gun to the enemy's side
Source: Bad Liar (Official Video) by Imagine Dragons
We’re Playing Those Mind Games Forever
Yeah, we're playing those mind games forever - Projecting our images in space and in time
Source: Mind Games by John Lennon
Close This Mind, Dull This Brain
Close this mind, dull this brain
Source: Brave New World by Iron Maiden
The Worst Things Come From Inside Here
The world begins to disappear - The worst things come from inside here
Source: Einstein on the Beach by Counting Crows
Can’t Keep My Mind From the Circling Sky
Can't keep my mind from the circling sky Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Source: Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd) by Pink Floyd
I Couldn’t See past My Ego
I couldn't see past my ego - Tried to say no, but I couldn't see past my ego
Source: Couldn’t See Past My Ego by GUM
Free of Those Voices Inside Me
I shall be free, free, free of those voices inside me
Source: Rocket by The Smashing Pumpkins
Slip Inside the Eye of Your Mind
Slip inside the eye of your mind, don't you know you might find, a better place to play
Source: Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis
Can Only Be Seen with the Naked Mind
We'll find there's a kind of place that can only be seen with the naked mind
Source: One Minute More by Capital Cities
📚 Books Cited containing “Naked Mind”
🧵 Narrative Threads containing “Naked Mind”
Absolutely Still and I Can’t Wait One Minute More
The world is spinning, turning day to night, and my thoughts are running at the speed of light.
