Superstition

The mind is constantly looking for definition in what is. It is seeking to relate the moment to what is known. But the moment is the new and never before. So how does the mind cope with the new when all that is realized is a projection of the known? The known is the precursor to the duality of thought. It is the known as a separate activity of self. The creation of a consciousness that exist as the duality of the self and what the self knows. But true reality is realized only when one sees that what is known is in fact the self. The psychological accumulation of experience that becomes the minds defined reactive self. If the mind can grasp the significance of this very simple fact, then it is possible for one to see, realize and act without thoughts need to reference. A person needs to realize that the mind references in order to avoid, delay or minimize its on going self induced fear. But it cannot, because life is insecurity, in so far as the minds limited understanding will allow.

One wide spread coping mechanism is the creation of a superstition. Superstitions are manifested in many forms. It could be religion, new age philosophy, guru's, healing arts, astrology, numerology, crystals, systems of so called masters, psychological gamesmanship, etc. Anything that the mind can use as a coping mechanism, especially if it cannot be readily refuted. What is the one thing that all these superstitions do? They provide an escape, an escape from the truth of the moment. The mind that is escaping is confused and conflicted. Such a mind is seeking and what it seeks is the projection of its own conflict. The mind mirrors its state, whether in confusion or in illumination. One who is illuminated is never seeking because one realizes that there is nothing to be found. There is no superstition in the mind of one who is without a defined selfness. It is a person who has realized the peace of not being "of the known", an emptiness that is the intelligence of the iconoclastic. The negation of all save the reality of the absolute moment.

Superstitions take you further down the road of escape. They become a narcotic of sorts with the promise of a tranquil mind and of knowing something that will provide an answer to all of ones problems. They provide the illusion of security in an insecure psychological morass of ups and downs. It is easy for a person to buy into such non-sense because thought is naturally seeking to further its defined image and to alleviate the pressure of a conforming society of haves and have not's. If you can realize this in the moment then it is possible for you to see through the fog of minds attempt to find something that will help it escape the torture of its own creation. To see for the first time that it is minds desire to...that is the beginning of all illusion.