Healing the Hidden Self by Examining the Mind
We often identify with our bodies and our everyday life, but when the ordinary becomes overwhelming, it is important to step back and observe our individual mind. Once this practice of mindfulness and self-examination has been mastered, it should be used as a tool for solving problems both practically and spiritually. In freeing ourselves from fear, we can heal what is hidden within us that is causing confusion or unhappiness in reality. By understanding who we truly are on an individual level, rather than just being what others want us to be in society's eyes, we will find peace on both an emotional as well as a physical level. These two aspects are intricately connected through the psyche that exists beyond the body found in psychology.
By practicing Buddhism, we learn to meditate, which enables us to separate ourselves from what is going on around us and look deeper into who we really are. Most people spend too much time identifying with their own physicality and thoughts than they do with themselves as an individual, but Buddhism teaches that we are not our bodies or the words spoken by our lips. This is because most of the suffering in this world is caused by confusion over how to deal with situations through social interaction.
Within the chaos of society, people tend to respond in fear and anger when something goes wrong because they tend to identify more with their body than themselves as an individual. After all, the body is what we can see most clearly, and it is what allows us to interact with the physical world around us. That said, too much attachment to our bodies makes it easy for us to blame others for our own problems instead of taking responsibility ourselves.
But there is a way out of this self-created suffering by examining who we are as an individual. Many times in our lives, we act as if we were speaking or acting out of our bodies instead of from who we really are as an individual. This causes us to deal with various situations "in fear or anger" because we identify more with our bodies than who we truly are on an individual level (p97).
If we can observe ourselves as an individual, we can see that there is more to us than what is inside our physical body. We then learn how to experience this part of ourselves while being active in our daily lives. This peace of mind allows us to live in the world and deal with situations as they come up rather than being trapped by fear or anger.
In order for this process to work, we must first believe that there is something else besides what we see with our eyes if we are going to be able to transcend the self-created suffering that exists in society today. After this is achieved, we must also practice using our minds to think about what it means to be an individual and how this affects our way of seeing the world.
It is through examining who we are as individuals and what that means in terms of social interaction that we can heal ourselves from self-created suffering. This healing process allows us to be calm and peaceful because we don't feel like we have to be someone other than who we really are. Once this way of living has been mastered, it can be applied in the ordinary situations that arise in everyday life so they seem like less of a big deal when they happen.
In the process of healing the self, we can become calm, peaceful, and happy. By learning that we are not our bodies or our everyday life experiences but who we really are as an individual, we can focus on solving problems instead of being controlled by them. In developing this ability within ourselves and through Buddhist practice, we learn how to empower ourselves to deal with big or small issues in a much more effective way than those who celebrate their own physicality instead of identifying with themselves as an individual.
Once this practice is mastered in daily life and it is possible to be calm and peaceful while dealing with everyday problems, then it should be used to work on other areas of our lives that matter most. This includes dealing with issues of the mind and our spiritual development. If we can make peace with who we truly are as individuals, we will be much more effective in our daily lives without fear or anger that makes us suffer from self-created suffering.
The book Healing the Hidden Self by Examining the Mind was written by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. It was first published in 1986 by Shambhala Publications and is still in print today. The book was revised and edited for this second edition, bringing it up to date in terms of modern Buddhism and modern psychology. The book has been thoughtfully revised by the author's son, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. It has also been reread and cross-referenced by other translators to ensure it is as accurate as possible.
The book presents a way of looking at how we can heal our self-created suffering through developing mindfulness and freedom from fear, anger, and jealousy that is found in Buddhism. Once this has been accomplished, we can apply these skills to dealing with everyday situations in this chaotic world rather than ignoring them because of self-created suffering that is hidden within us as an individual.
There are three main sections in Healing the Hidden Self by Examining the Mind. The first is called "The Human Experience," and it discusses how we can become more mindful of our everyday activities as they occur—from brushing our teeth in the morning to cooking dinner with friends. The purpose of this section is to help us become aware of ourselves as an individual and how that affects social interaction.
If we learn how to be mindful in the ordinary situations of daily life, then we can move on to the next section: "Meditation." This section explains part three called "Crossing Over" (p144) from what is physical and emotional suffering into freedom from all suffering. The purpose of this section is for us to continue exploring our own sense of individuality so we can find peace within ourselves.
The final section of Healing The Hidden Self by Examining the Mind consists of "Farming and Farming Practice" (p155) which discusses how we can begin dealing with our own mind through simple meditation practices. The purpose of this final section is for us to apply what we learned about mindfulness and freedom from fear, anger, and jealousy to our own mind so that we can change old patterns that lead us into suffering.
This book has been organized in a way that makes it easy to read and understand even though it is based on Buddhist philosophy. It presents important concepts in Buddhism in a way that any person can understand without having to be familiar with Buddhism. The only requirement is to be willing to look at your own mind and change how you view the world so that you can understand what it means to be a peaceful, happy individual.
The main purpose of this book is to help us deal with our own self-created suffering in our everyday lives. It provides an easy-to-understand way of viewing our consciousness as an individual who can achieve happiness and peace of mind in any situation. The way this is accomplished is through using meditation and mindfulness to transcend the suffering that exists within our mind, body, and social interactions with others.
Conclusion
This book has been organized to help us understand what it means to have body and mind free from the suffering of fear, anger, and jealousy. The author has written the Introduction such that he helps us understand what it means to be both a human being and an individual in society. He accomplishes this by helping us understand how we can use mindfulness, meditation, and everyday life situations to deal with our own self-created suffering so we can be happy.
This book discusses four main areas of mindfulness: (1) Mindful Breathing; (2) Mindful Eating; (3) Mindful Walking; and (4) Mindful Sitting.