THE HUMAN MIND

Existence is a  state of mind. to exist is to be conscious of one's existence, and such consciousness comes through the functioning of the mind.

the mind exists primarily in two states:

1) state of action, also called state of wakefulness 

the mind is always in an urge to act. the actions performed can be both tangible and intangible depending upon the nature of the 'agent of reception'. so if the agent of reception is the external world, actions, being governed by the mind undergo an expulsion from the internal to the external. these actions being external in nature tend to be tangible and concrete.

so...the mind signals hunger, urging the body to perform the 'concrete' action of eating food.

however if the agent of reception is the internal world, i.e. the universe of the human mind itself, the actions undergo a suction into the internal from the external; they are internalized and consequently attain intangibility. these actions take the form of thoughts. thoughts as we know are purely internal.

these thoughts, being minors of the mind, feel a natural impulse to play. the mind, bound within rigid skeletal boundaries, then becomes a monotonous, limited space incapable of tactile/tactual realisation. it is here when the external world gains significance: it serves as a playground upon which thoughts (minors of mind) can cast impressions , experiencing a transient movement into blatant externalisation, where they linger for some time, only to be impregnated into the "parent mind" again.

2) state of reverie or the cataleptic stage

thoughts are best friend to a cataleptic mind. 

it is in a state of catalepsy that human mind loses touch with externalities. for a 'reveried' mind the external world loses 'presence', thereby attaining a state of negative presence (the world is there, yet not there for this mind). the external universe thus undergoes a "double externalisation".

isolated, the cataleptic mind feels induced into itself. and it is now that the process of "passive speculation" begins. the world appears a fleeting phenomena, whose temporality becomes questionable the moment it gains a relatively permanent impression on the receptive mind. the mind now serves as an infinite space capaciated for the reception of such impressions. thereafter begins the process of "positive induction", of "conscious thoughtfulness".

for a mind in a state of trance, the external world loses all "appearances of reality". the only reality that persists is the reality of the impressions created. the mind then, lapped with thoughts ( its legitimate and authentic minors), seems the only existing reality.

and so the only reality that exists for such a mind is "purely impressionistic".

such a mind finds existence not in 'moments', but in 'a space spread across time'. it thrives in permanence; the word 'permanence' here not denoting longevity but a legitimisation of existence, and here of the existence of the mind. the mind, being naturally physically handicapped (or incapable of physical action), enters a state of passivity, prevails awhile, only to plunge into a state of "absolute persistence". it is at the thrust of this persistence that reality begins to demystify itself.

 

defamiliarising externalities, the mind then takes on the path of 'familiarization of reality'.