The Emancipatory Mind

Thought's tendency is to hang on to beliefs in order to give ones self a sense of knowing. I am not referring just to the obvious polity of religious or political beliefs, but to the acquisition of knowledge in general that gives rise to opinion and judgement. When the mind allows its self to be continually influenced by opinion and judgement then the result is a developed sense of fealty to the past. Because what you believed a year ago or even a moment ago may actually have no validity in the present moment. You become essentially emotionally and intellectually bound to an ideological precept that may be logically flawed.

One who constantly engages the higher intellect of a mind that questions and engages in a critical thought process of ones own authority, will inevitably find the truth. But the real benefit is that one ceases to be a slave to ones emotional immaturity. And that leads to a reduction in the desire to continually insite conflict and inflict wounds on the world at large.  Slavery to a persons own authoritarian partisan beliefs is why we have wars and commit all sorts of ubiquitous acts of immorality.

But the caveat is you will not be able to suppress the desire to be a slave to your base instincts without understanding the very nature of how they are born. One must be aware choicelessly of the minds connection to what gives gratification to the self. But this is not an easy task. To understand the self without reference to the past and its memories is beyond the grasp of most of humanity. But if one has the passion and a certain amount of innate intuitive ability then perhaps you may come upon the mystery of minds duality.  Then you may perhaps begin to understand the self that thinks it knows.