Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt01480)

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PRESERVING THE ECOLOGY OF MIND

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Dear Friends,

“World  Goodwill Newsletter” (1)  discusses  the problem of  “information 
overload” in our minds – due to the amound of information now arriving to us 
through TV, print, internet, mobile phones, etc.

The Newsletter says it  is not easy to “keep one’s head above this tidal 
wave”. And it quotes the group ‘Adbusters’:

“Our minds have become a virtual dumping ground of pollutants  – 
manipulative ads, distorted news, untold violence (...)  and there is a need 
to reclaim our mental environment.”

More:

“Add to this picture even subtler channels of information reception, the 
nascent telepathic sensitivities that mean you may unwittingly pick up on 
patterns of emotion and thought from those around  you.”

True, this mass of information will be processed during sleep. But there are 
those who don’t sleep enough, or can’t sleep well.

Important thoughts, indeed.  Yet I would question the idea that we are 
exposed to too much information.
In fact, what surrounds us is mostly pseudo-information, and sometimes 
dis-information.

Perhaps we cannot call “information” all those mental noises that  surround 
us.  Any clear view of  things will establish that “information" is that bit 
of knowledge which helps you to take better decisions in life and to achieve 
your goals.

Even as we talk about Theosophy, the exercise of attention and discernment 
should tell us whether the thoughts arriving to us –  or  the thoughts 
formulated by us –  actually serve the purposes of expanding our 
consciousness, facing significant facts, preserving the foundations of our 
inner peace, establishing sane mutual help relationships with people -- or 
produce more noice than meaning.

In order to be able to understand  information and dis-information 
processes, it is important to recognize and accept the significance of 
silence.

Mental silence shows us the meaning of life without the need of words.

It helps us see both the facts and the illusion in what we read or hear, but 
also in what we ourselves  say or think.  Because sometimes unconscious 
mental games can be played at us by some  instintive layers of our own mind.

Paying  attention to the mental tides is a form of self-knowledge.

As we gradually get rid of waves of illusion, we get to be able to learn 
more and better about esoteric philosophy or Theosophy.

Such a learning liberates us -- but it needs inner peace and a degree of 
mental silence. It needs a healthy ecology of mind.

That's why the practice of mental silence, MOUNA, is taught in eastern 
philosophies.

Best regards,   Carlos.


NOTE:
(1) Number 01, 2006. Website: www.worldgoodwill.org.  World Goodwill is  
inspired  by Alice Bailey’s philosophy and gives a positive contribution to 
human process now.  It cooperates with the United Nations system, strongly 
stimulating universal brotherhood.    The Newsletter is edited by the Lucis 
Trust, New York.

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