Five Element Training
2. Philosophical & Cognitive Re-Orientation
Our ordinary concepts and thoughts usually reinforce habitual patterns of reactive states of mind, including mental processes dominated by greed, fear, and anger. Once trapped within these states of mind, we feel isolated from those around us, as well as alienated from the culture at large. In the Hollow Bones Order we recognize the extraordinary stability, depth and purity of our ordinary consciousness, and so we require a new way of thinking and speaking, a way that reflects the truth and profundity of this insight. Words like “awakened”, “selfless”, and “freedom” resonate with a new and joyous meaning. We recognize and accept our inherent power to literally change our minds, and so we automatically shift the way in which we think of ourselves, others, and the world in which we live. Old belief patterns fall away, and creative expressions that reflect the truth of our being naturally take their place.
Before we awaken to this truth we might believe that the thoughts and the emotions of our ego consciousness are the complete story about who we are. We know that these conditioned modes of mind lead us time and time again into behavior patterns that are harmful both to ourselves and to those we love, yet we feel unable to change them. Once we have re-oriented our view we see clearly that the habitual confusion and concerns of our ego consciousness can in no way alter the deep, imperturbability of our pure awareness. Our belief about who we really are—our true nature—automatically shifts into a constant process of ego-clarification and gentle arising of unreasonable joy. We begin to see through ordinary mind, and recognize extraordinary awareness…our very spirit.
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