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“CATEGORIZATION”

Mind (ego) loves to categorize. It categorizes people and itself from beginning to end.

For instance, “This person is a _ kind of person,” “I am (or should be) one of the best in this field,” “Our parents’ generation left us a negative legacy of _,”and so on.

However, we are unaware of the origin of this unconscious categorization habit.

Furthermore, when we are absorbed in this categorization of people and ourselves, we are actually in a state of identifying ourselves with the mind (ego), that is, we are actually mind (ego)-centered and not ‘in the present moment.’

This is because to be ‘present’ is to be with the heart, and on the other hand, while the mind (ego) categorizes, the heart (true nature) is completely forgotten by us.

Thus, we continue to create illusory dramas in the dual world where the mind’s (ego’s) self-satisfied values are applied, without even realizing what we are doing.

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But this mind (ego), the world inside our heads is all but fake, a mere illusion.

The ‘fear’ that arises from ‘separation and isolation’ is based on this illusion of the misperception that ‘self’ is separate from everything, and is actually what lies behind the mind’s (ego’s) cannot help categorizing people and ourselves.

The truth, however, is that essence, which is part of Consciousness itself, can never separate from its source.

Nevertheless, this misperception makes the mind (ego) so anxious that it cannot help but belong to something or somewhere, and it is most afraid of the loneliness of when not being able to find something to belong to, and furthermore, the ‘death of itself (mind, ego)’ that lies beyond that bottomless, deep loneliness.

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However.

The world of truth is transcended the small world of the mind (ego), and its unmeasurable profundity and vastness are far beyond the realm of the mind’s imagination.

That is why we need to be aware of the various movements of the mind (ego) all the time, instead of identifying ourselves with this mind (ego) and immersing in categorization.

In this way, by becoming aware of the movement of the mind all the time, we can even choose to remain the observer as witnesses, instead of immersing in categorization of the mind.

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In that moment when you yourself are unconsciously identifying yourself with the Mind (ego), become aware of it.

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Interestingly, this ‘death of self (mind, ego)’ the mind (ego) holds is actually what happens when one truly reaches the innermost depths of the solitude, and furthermore, that is the very moment when transcendence from the dual world occurs.

Though the Mind (ego) does not know this truth, but it is most afraid of the ‘death of the existence of mind (ego)’ beyond the vague but intense feeling of loneliness, without being aware of it. As a matter of fact, it can be said that this is a reaction of ‘fear’ in line with truth completely.

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In addition, many of us who want to be good people think that mind and ego are not the same, but in fact, ego is not only the negative part that can be clearly identified, but actually includes the ‘reason’ of the mind, which relies on its own control and is based on value judgments, and so on as well. (OM 🙏)

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