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The Mind is the Tool of
Division
Stephen:
There’s no separation or psychological suffering in an oak
tree, a flower or in dogs and cats because they don’t have
the capacity for thought. The human brain has developed so
it has the capacity for thought. Thought is a tool. It’s a
tool we can use; it’s a tool of division, separation,
classification, and judgment. It’s an effective tool for
building bridges, building cars, and for science—all of
that. It’s an effective tool for manipulating the relative
world. But it’s not an effective tool to grasp the absolute.
The mind, the human intellect is a tool for application in
the relative world—use steel rather than plastic when
building the Golden Gate Bridge. It compares and contrasts,
divides, separates, and judges—this is better than that.
But for happiness,
peace, love, and understanding the absolute, the mind can’t
do it because it’s the tool of division. By definition the
mind is a tool of division. It separates. So we’re trying to
use the mind to see that all is one. We’re using the mind to
find out if Darren’s consciousness is the same as Stephen’s.
We can’t use this tool because it’s the tool of division. As
soon as we say, ‘my’ consciousness and ‘your’ consciousness
we’ve set up the appearance of separation. But there is no
separation because thought doesn’t actually separate
anything. It’s all one—whether we think it is or not. So we
throw away this tool, and what’s left is this
consciousness—this solid block of reality.
