But what is there that is non-physical in the physical universe that makes the ongoing re-creation of that universe in physical form such a worthwhile project? The Creator's non-physical required result must be individual, non-physical, conscious and aware intelligence that has drawn and used the provided energies to create itself. Maybe it's the only way for completely independent self-created human intelligence. Yes that's right, The human race, but not as a herd, that follows a leader no matter how benevolent, and not as ever-dependent children, but as totally independent, free thinking, adult individuals. But adult from whose point of view, our Creator's, or ours? At this point we return to our human trio.
Man or woman, it makes no difference when mind shields become part of daily life. We all use them, and difficulties arise when we try to dismantle them. The difficult part of living without a mind shield is that we have to live alongside of the majority, who are completely unaware that they use mind shields. A mind shield does not allow its wearer to analyse to any depth the wearer's aims, thoughts, ideas, or motives. A young man, with the sincere and patriotic motive to protect the civilian population of his nation, enlists in the army. But the young man dare not think of himself as a man trained to obediently kill human beings as and when ordered. Equally the young man dare not think deeply about the civilian population of the soldiers that he kills. If he did think deeply he would realise that his killer role, and the killer role of his current opponent, completely contradict their sincere personal motives for enlisting in their respective armies. If they dared to think deeply and logically, the result would be no armies.
Yet we all tend to co-exist with these contradictions throughout our lives. This is mainly because it takes more personal courage to refuse than to co-exist with the mind-shielded contradictions of those around us. How is it possible to build and use a personal mind-shield and not realise that you built it? Another name for a mind-shield is an ego. An ego is a strange concoction made up from an uneasy and variable blend of body's blind instincts and appetites and mind's emotions. Together as ego, instinct and emotion control intelligent thought processes, instead of intelligent thought processes controlling instinct and emotion. The highest development of the individual human is the ability to think clearly, fully, and independently.
A billion people, each for their own reasons, may believe something is true. But if you don't believe it is true, it doesn't matter to you what a billion people believe or don't believe. It will only matter to you if you are not fully in control of your own individual intelligence. Your intelligence is just as precious as is the intelligence of each of those billion people. But if through self-doubt and lack of self-confidence you cannot regard yourself as equally precious, continually you will devalue self, and will compare self with others as better or worse than you. Then what a billion people believe will seem more important than what you alone believe. "Me" knows that to think and then act opposite to the billion will make 'me' noticeably different to the billion. "Me" also knows that this will require the courage that it takes to not conform to herd thinking, regardless of herd retaliation for not conforming. "Me" has to choose, and how 'me', values self will be the deciding factor.
Always remember that regardless of 'me's' current thinking processes, below 'me' is mind always ready to protect the human trio simply because mind needs to exist in harmony and balance. Thus if me, with courage, openly believes the opposite to the herd, because that belief will represent harmony and balance to 'me', it will also represent the same to mind.
But if through self-doubt or fear 'me' lacks the courage to back 'me's convictions and beliefs this will cause dis-harmony in 'me's thoughts. Mind cannot comprehend the contents of 'me's thinking processes, but mind senses the dis-harmony and instantly triggers the inappropriate 'fight-or-run' mechanism of the body.
Mind immediately floods 'me's thoughts with unreasoning anger or unreasoning alarm. 'Me' will then use the anger to justify a wrong choice or use the alarm to run away from 'me's' thought processes. Either way 'mind', that cannot think, has powerfully influenced 'me' that is supposed to do the thinking for the trio. Why has this happened? It has happened because the uncertainties of 'me' the captain of the trio, won't allow him or her to fully accept the role of navigator who chooses the destination, regardless of the chosen destination of other human trios.
'Mind', the chief engineer; who knows nothing about destinations, can only try to keep Captain 'Me' fairly happy, and tranquilised whilst the trio continues to steam in aimless circles around the ocean of life. So a mind shield is an ego, and an ego is thought distorted and dominated by a blend of emotions, and fears mixed with bodily sensations, and appetites. Mind will use all of these--to preserve the trio's harmony and balance until 'me' generates the courage to take conscious, aware charge of the trio and the trio's destination.
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