Independent Thinking & Trust in One's Mind.

I am pretty sure that to be a good buddhist - at least in the diamond way school/lineage - one needs to be able to think independently, and one needs to trust in one's Mind.


But what is independent thinking?

After all, we are influenced by society, by media, by the internet, by religions, by collective psychology of a place we live in, etc.

Some people think they think independently, but are just repeating the words of others.

Do not get me wrong, I do not encourage not trusting wisdom of the wiser, sometimes trusting the wisdom of the wiser is very neccessery, I think.

I think I have inner teacher, that was introduced into my mind by the acts of meditation, and by the Refuge Ceremony that I've participated in.

I think that independent thinking can include lessons taken from others, even if not fully understood. The point is in deciding whether: 'Ok. This is for me', or 'This won't work very well in my case'. Making a choice of accepting the lesson or not, and then taking the responsibility - either: 'It's my own decision to think that way, to do things that way', or: 'It's my own decision to reeject this teaching, to not do it for now'. Independent thinkers also accept the consequences of their own decisions, instead of blaming teachers when something goes wrong. It's independent thinking to not blame teachers for the things we have heard from them, and opted to do by ourselves.


What is Trust in One's Mind?

I think it's impossible to know everything, to fully control our lives.

But then, we can take refuge in our friends and in our trusted teachers and in their lessons.

Then when we lose our / illusory / control over our lives, we have friends who can catch us when we fall. Everything turns to be allright, in the end.

'Falling' can be losing our / illusory / control over our lives, or losing a touch with reality. And reality is not as it seems or as explained by media, I think. I think and believe that miracles and supernatural powers are fact, for example. I've witnessed some in my life - for example during the Buddhist Refuge Ceremony i participated in.

When we fall, and friends whom we trust 'catch us up', it's like flying on the Icarus wings, then falling down. But then it's falling into a sea, and that sea is calm and warm. In the end one survives and is feeling well. :)

I've heard from a buddhist friend, she said that: 'Mind is like sea'. I think that it's true, regardless of whether one considers Mind to be personal, collective, or both.

Insight & Trust Way, Why?

Introduction.

Years ago i've meditated at a Buddhist Center - in the Stupa House in Warsaw, Poland, Europe.

This was the Diamond Way meditation, the Vajrayana meditation; there's no Vajrayana without the Teacher, the Lama (Skt.: Guru) who joins blessings, methods & protection.

This meditation helped me to recover from Depression mental illness, then i've suffered from a Psychotic Episode, leftovers of my mental illness. Psychology/Psychiatry explains that Psychosis & Schizophrenia can be caused by a Depression.

Over time my Psychosis evolved into Schizophrenia, worse & longer case of Psychosis.

I got advised by Lama Ole Nydahl to do everything i do with a Calm Mind, to proceed with the Mantra Practice.


My Way.

As my Mind reaches it's Calm, insights appear - explaining even complex parts of Buddhism, Computer Sciences & other topics that i had little or no experience with in this life. As my insights are mixed with schizophrenia's symptoms - i usually check their truthfulness using books, the internet and/or other means. i try to not yield to harmful symptoms, and i advise mentally ill people to not believe everything they hear or notice in mind as well.

While Buddhism encourages Critical & Logical Mind, i was told by a Buddhist friend that it's not worth to criticize & check the same thing over and over without end.

As i grew older i was overwhelmed by world's complexity, i lost faith in reaching my goal of Enlightened Love & Enlightenment by my own reasoning & logic; i've understood that i do not have time to waste, checking & criticizing every of the small details of the Way took too much time - i had to trust someone who seemed Wiser & Nice as well - i've entered the Trust Way to save time, even if it is risky - especially for people with bad karma, i think; i've acted that way because of desperation & lack of time, without belief & trust in Buddha's Wisdom & Compassion i'd suicide.


Other Ways.

For those interrested in Buddhism, but not willing to trust & risk too much there are other Buddhism's Schools, Ways & Lineages than Vajrayana.


Wishes.

May all beings have happines and causes of happiness,

May they be free from suffering and the cause of suffering,

May they always experience true happiness, which is totally free from suffering,

May they remain in the great equanimity, which is beyond attachment and aversion.


Mantras.

MAHAKALA
FIVE WISDOM BUDDHAS
MEDICINE BUDDHA
OM MANI PEME HUNG

KARMAPA CHENNO

Namaste, blessed be.