Internal rusting…

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” ~ Albert Camus; French philosopher, author, and journalist.

The narrow and ignorant mind of man is steeped in tradition, in its beliefs, its ideas, its stubborn and obsessive thinking, its overall conditioned behavior in the masses of asleep people; so, church every Sunday, lots of gifts for Christmas time, praying for this and for that, read the scriptures every day, get married and have lots of kids, search for relationships because everybody does it and so I am not alone, choose a politics’ side and defend it, etc. etc.

As this process takes hold of the thinking and behaving of people, the mind in question is obsessive, fixed on an incongruous cycle, not able to be free and think for itself; and whenever the human mind seeks security on tradition, on set beliefs, on set ideas of the masses, this mind is not individual but collective, thus it is not based on self-love and freedom but based on fear of individualism–i.e., fear of being itself, fear of going against others, fear of not being accepted by others, fear of change, fear of making its own rational path, chained to the thoughts and opinions of others.

This mind is sick in itself because this mind allow its attention to fall on the outer surroundings–i.e., on what’s expected of it, on society’s influence, on its own ego fed by the stupid process of “fitting in with the popular crowd.”

And once this happens, there is no possible awakening and illumination coming to one’s mind, it does not matter how good, decent, and saintly the individual might be; consequently, this person’s whole world is his tradition, his beliefs, his reason, his egoistical views.

And it all happens subconsciously, without the actual knowledge of the person, unless he meditates on himself and on why he does what he does, as this occurs to the “normal” and decent among us, which could be you or your neighbor. And in fact, this was me and the state of my own mind until I stopped and meditated on myself and my behavior–i.e., until I used common sense and logic, all rationale and truth within myself.

But a mind rich in uniqueness, free to be, emptied of all traditions and old beliefs, it is indeed a mind with space to be nurtured and filled with wisdom. A mind which can use logic and intellect, and a mind which can be in harmony with its own heart; because this mind is empty of the world and of society and it can be filled each day with the wisdom found in self-reflection, where you see why you think the way you think and feel the way you feel, and now your behaviors can be truly yours and free, not chained to the mediocrity of others and to the influences of society. This mind is elevated. This mind is not mediocre. This mind is different..