Higher Mind Art – Abhidhamma Explorations
Keys to the Abhidhamma System
The earth the solid element,through weight and texture comprehend. While flowing, depth and clearness,show you water’s nearness. Heat, or radiance, or a light,shows you a fire is alight. And air, the subtlest elementhelps you change to comprehend From Greece, to Native America, from Egypt to India, the idea of four fundamental elements which form the… Continue reading Wisdom of the Elements
Life's all about keeping movingAnd in the process to keep improvingAn ever forward going walkIn which experience leaves a mark So it is too with this siteFormerly it was quite narrowNow it becomes wide First it's body was oneNow it changed to another formAnd see there too it changed it's nameTo fit in with a… Continue reading Moving to www.highermindart.info
When 2, or 3, or more b’come oneWhen the sense of self is goneWhen separation broken downWhen of unity all thoughts come fromWhen lives, without, within,in unison begin to spinWhen synchronicity wonder worksAnd no thing there which an’one irksThen dear friend contemplate this wonderWhich common life does rend asunderSeek to feel what lofty godHas come… Continue reading Dance of Synchronicity
To be, or to be notSuch question is indeed a knotTo find an answer we must seek,What's on life's bottom, What's on life's peakBut not easy 'tis to go such placeFor in common life's spaceEverything is not deep, nor highCommon people just get byBut where to find then lofty heightsWhere to find what oceans depth… Continue reading Being or Being Not
It is in the mind's thought Where earths fate is wroughtIn the war between light and darkThere seek to understand each sides mark Where gods and demons seek become the lord There wisely you should choose towhere resort And from whom you seek to gain your due reward There are five gods or devas, who… Continue reading Of Gods and Demons
Heaven is vast,Narrow the earthDarkness and voidness of joyAnd those who goodness seek destroyIs below earths upper soilIn the gloom darkness Above the devas reign in glory,Below the demons play their pranksIt is in the middle were most of us find their ranks However nobody’s rank is fixedAll nature is within usUpwards we may seek… Continue reading Heaven, Darkness and Between
In modern times Buddhism we commonly find the statement that Buddhists do not believe in god. Therefore choosing Buddhism as your religion means choosing not to believe in god. However, even in countries where Buddhism flourished as the main religion, the urge to believe in some higher force that still is present and did not… Continue reading Can Buddhists believe in god?
This post is an essay exploring the relationship between Kamma, Rebirth, and the Law of Dhamma. It offers a new take on the meaning of the various planes of existence and how they can be related to various states of consciousness.
The topic of non-self is a problematic topic in Buddhism. Often even Buddhist monks will feel a little bit embarrassed when being asked about it. Many a somewhat thinking person feels suspicious, whether the Buddha got that one 100% right. Because after all, if there is no self, why bother about any such things as… Continue reading Some thoughts about non-self
Oh death please be my guiding lightthrough lives bewildering maze.And show me where it ends at last,that I shall'nt be surprised.Please warn me at each turning point,that all ways lead to theeFor him who does not know beforeThe risk of foolish spreeBesides, I ask imploringly,please come to my adviceWhen I begin activitiesthat rob my mind… Continue reading Oh Death
If I'd be asked: "Dost thou believe in god, a creator?",I'd say to him: For you it might be odd, I'm not a traitor,but with surety I can only say:A god that dost create, be he imagined or be he real,if his creations skill display,I not abhor, nor will I reel;And if his creations reach… Continue reading Can Dhamma be heresy?
Draw your ideal in your heartThat is in truth the highest artOr better still,Chisel thy heart into the form of your idealElse quickly ye may fall b'low lives wheelb'cause the morrow will weed out the chaffAnd turn to compost all useless stuffA compost that's needed only for the seeds of promisean ideal flower for which… Continue reading Make your Heart Ideal
The Buddhist 5 Khandhas Revised Matter If you but seek’st enlightenment; first it's opposite must comprehend. But what is the opposite of spirit? Tis matter whose coarseness is most vivid. But what is matter?, we might ask. Everything, that you can grasp. Anything, that you can see, can touch, can hear, or smell, belongs indeed… Continue reading From Matter to Consciousness
Many a one would like to increase his own power of attraction, that is, his own capacity to attract whatever he may happen to like. Yet, he does not know how such an end could be pursued intelligently. By repeatedly wanting things, no doubt a certain power builds up and by repeatedly wanting a thing… Continue reading How to develop right attraction?
The fool and the wise often are equally simple natured beings. The main difference therein is, that the fool unconsciously yields to laws which he neither perceives, nor understands. While the wise consciously cooperates with laws he perceives, because he knows, not cooperating with them produces suffering. But what are the laws the wise understands,… Continue reading The Fool and the Wise
Sometimes people studying Buddhism, especially in relation to the vipassanā schools, end up with some conclusion that there is no continuity in mental and material phenomena…So here we want to give some food for thought related to continuity.In matter of the most rudimentary form, one may think how at times one thing pretty much bumps… Continue reading Continuity
Paticca samuppāda (often called the Law of Dependent Origination is perhaps the most famous of Buddhist Laws. Discovered by the Buddha and prescribed by him as one of the most fundamental principles to comprehend, it is a chain of 12 links, which is spanning the whole of human life in a cause-effect manner. It thereby… Continue reading The Chain-Reaction of Becoming (or the Law of Dependent Origination)
Principally should the study of this system give a person the key to comprehend any teaching or statement or problem whatsoever, be it religious, mathematical, philosophical, biological or what ever else. Because, although there is a certain relativity to all truths spoken or written down, there is but one universal truth which may be approached… Continue reading Acquiring Knowledge
Nature is cyclical and moody, …sometimes she gives, sometimes she takes Mans inner nature too is cyclical and moody Yet, to some degree man has proven a capacity to move beyond certain cycles.. towards a direction not indicated by nature Although, this has brought with it various definite complications, it has yet allowed man to… Continue reading Improving Nature to transcend Suffering-Cycles
In the ancient world, the wise man was often called the knower of the gods. The gods signifying hidden entities which were believed to be the controlling agents of the world. Entities which were accessible only to those who were initiated into their mysteries. In modern times too, there are wise people investigating hidden entities, only now they are designated 'forces of nature'. The understanding of them, similar to the understanding of the gods of old, can give them certain powers over nature. The modern means of their studies being called the 'Sciences'. A word coming from the meaning 'to know'. The Buddhist Abhidhamma system being almost a blend of both, might be thought of both as an ancient system of 'scientific knowledge' or a 'divine science'; only its main aim is not so much to explore and explain the outer world, but primarily how the inner world of each individual is ruled and held together. This understanding too shall give the student certain powers, but rather over the forces of his own inner nature.
In the ancient world, the wise man was often called the knower of the gods. The gods signifying hidden entities which were believed to be the controlling agents of the world. Entities which were accessible only to those who were initiated into their mysteries. In modern times too, there are wise people investigating hidden entities,… Continue reading The Inner Science
As a person grows in purity, slowly an understanding of the difference between body and mind begins to develop. Hence, the mind becoming purified, perceives itself as an entity apart from the body. This in turn naturally leads to the question of the condition of the mind after the death of its physical encasement. This… Continue reading Bhumis – Planes of Existence
Most people never have enough time, rarely have a good time and in general time seems be something that works usually against them. A person working on a spiritual path can not get around the problem of time…acquiring more control over ones life means also acquiring more control over time… For getting a handle on… Continue reading Time
"When I the starry courses know, And Nature's wise instruction seek, With light of power my soul shall glow, As when with spirits spirits speak." Since ancient times, there have been methods for attaining knowledge, designed to help man to understand the universe and himself. Systems such as Astrology, Alchemy, Kabaala, I Ching should not… Continue reading Ancient Methods of attaining Knowledge ‐ Abhidhamma and Astrology
Concepts and Ultimate truth Phenomena are ever only phenomena, words and concepts are ever only words and concepts. But if we possess a word or concept, which has for us a significant relation to a certain phenomenon, we may be able to gain a certain amount of power over that named phenomenon. If a person… Continue reading Paramattha- On Ultimate Truth
Using your mind Just repeating something that was said before,... are you using your mind?...If you make a calculator that only shows the input as output..who would buy it? ...Yet, even the most simple calculator seem to have a more functional mind than many a man of the crowd... Reading a book....are you really using… Continue reading 4 Using the Mind
Higher Mind Art - Abhidhamma Explorations 