Ego’s Nest – The Mind

When we (consciousness) become caught up in concepts – abstract ideas brought together – we build a confused construct in the mind that we think of as ‘home’ for our self. We identify with this housing arrangement that we are so proud of, and consciousness assumes that it’s our reality. As this construct is precariously unbalanced on twiggy-ideas, we feel we must maintain it and defend it.

The twiggy-ideas and the maintenance of the twiggy-ideas are the two ignorances;
confusion, and the maintenance of confusion.

Our nest is a house of straw, where the big bad wolf can huff and puff and blow the house down at any moment. What a way to live! 😀 There are seeming threats all around us – the ‘news’ sees to that.

The secret is to blow down the storehouse of ideas – our memory library – ourselves, and let the fresh air/breath in to build a firm foundation of understanding.

In the still silence of meditation – which is not a religious thing – is the direct experience of the mind, where clarity sees our self being distracted. A clear mind comes from clear consciousness; that is our true foundation to enlightenment.

Temples are even more complex nests.
🙂