All is mind; the universe is mental - Kybalion THE ALL is SPIRIT! But what is Spirit? This question cannot be answered, for the reason that its definition is practically that of THE ALL, which cannot be explained or defined. Spirit is simply a name that men give to the highest conception of Infinite Living Mind — it means the Real Essence — it means Living Mind, as much superior to Life and Mind as we know them, as the latter are superior to mechanical Energy and Matter. Spirit transcends our understanding, and we use the term merely that we may think or speak of THE ALL. For the purposes of thought and understanding, we are justified in thinking of Spirit as Infinite Living Mind, at the same time acknowledging that we cannot fully understand it. We must either do this or stop thinking of the matter at all. kybalion.org/kybalion.php?chapter=V Doctrine Of The Mind- Buddhism They believed that we never really know external objects directly and that what we perceive--what we take to be an external object (for example, the cup in front of me)--is a mental reflection or representation of that object, so that the process of perception is the process of perceiving mental reflections of external objects. The Sautrantikas claimed that these mental representations are the effects of external objects. Consequently, they held that we know of the existence of external objects by inference. The mental images or reflections of an external object are evidence of that objects existence, although we cannot know it directly. buddhismtoday/english/philosophy/maha/004-mind.htm
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