Part 12: Self Discovery Series

Transcript:

All perception takes place in the mind and the person is viewing that information as it appears on the mind.So no matter whether it is extra sensory perception which is what you're describing here, whereas somebody can see by, you know, having something under their arm or whatever, or you know, whatever other means of extra-sensory perception there is, all perception really takes place in the mind.

Extra sensory perception or when you look at something in your eye, or with your eye, you're not really seeing it with your eye. Your eye is not seeing anything. The eye is not the seer. Nor is it even appearing on the eye, the eyeball. But somehow information goes to the mind and that information which is appearing on the mind is then perceived by the self.

So all perception takes place in the mind. Extra sensory perception or non-extra, normal perception takes place in the mind. Actually we have a... let me... we have an exercise... get the X here.

There's a practice, like a meditation technique, that can help you appreciate this point a little more that all perception takes place in the mind. If you...can you get this? Okay.

If you look... What I want you to do is look at this cosmic red X (laughter) and why don't you just concentrate on it.

Don't, you know, don't... I mean gaze intently on it; gaze intently on it and say to yourself, "I'm aware that I'm looking at this red X". Get it solidly - solid imprint there. Then, now what I want you to do now is close your eyes; close your eyes, and look at the red X as it appears on your mind. Okay? Now try to get it out of your mind. Okay, we'll do that later. (laughs)

The point is that... this is just a little, quick thing, you can do that exercise or that practice later on your own. But the point is that if you're looking at this red X, and then you close your eyes, you can still be looking at that red X. Right?

But now... so like... it's like the perception, whether with your eyes open or your eyes closed, the perception is really there in the mind. You're really looking at the mind. Okay? So all perception is taking place in the mind and each of us is like in our own little theater and the mind is like the show we're watching. Right? We are each in our own private little theater and nobody knows what else is on our mind unless of course they're mind-readers.

And everybody freaks out when they think that somebody is reading their mind. It's kind of like, "Hey wow! This guy is really in my space!" You know. It's like, "This guy is really violating my privacy here!" Right? I mean that's really heavy when somebody is trying to get into your mind. Read your mind; because that is the most private space. Right?