[MD] The Beginning of it All

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[[[The workings of the mind have been studied for centuries and there does not seem 
to be any beter explntn than the ones given by the old masters. What they did 
not emphasise was the lesser tendencies of the mind -- violence, hate anger et 
al.  Even the oft repeatd Avidya has not been dealt with to any length.  Today 
the origins of these tendencies have been given some more space, for better or 
for worse.  When we realixe that good and bad are only relative and one often 
mother s the other it only becomes a question of looking at the full 
kaleidoscope.  Then there are levels... But again, rhetoric wise to state what 
one wants to should be considered an a priori, a given; and from this they say 
luck does not exist. Or does it?
  Regards -- VJS]]]

Indeed, the ancient masters were profound scientists in the truest sense of the word (scientist).
But you are wrong about the statement about them not emphasizing on the lesser tendencies of the mind.
They clearly mention what these tendencies are and that these need to be transcended.

They talk about concept of "samskaras" and how habits (good and bad) are formed. There is a modern model today of the human brain that proves that the rishis were right -- these samskaras are neural maps which can be altered with practice (and will power).

At the mundane level, these all exist (good, bad, etc) but at the transcendent level they do not make any difference.

Regards,

Dwai