Will Smith said, “Love makes you do crazy things”. Sorry Will, you are wrong. Attachment makes you do crazy things. Attachment is mistaken for love because it “feels” the same. Feelings aren’t facts; but they feel like they are…Attachment is selfish, personal and preferential. Its addiction. This makes you do crazy things. Love is unselfish, impersonal and universal. It’s freedom. This makes you even keeled, poised, professional, kind, forgiving, patient, objective, wise and every other positive human trait. If there is a God, Will; “God's will” wouldn’t be to think you are the chosen one, you’d see we all are. Denzel is right. You’ve already been got. The ego is what separates us from our godliness. Even if Chris over stepped, you showed the world the way of the weak and then you spoke as if you live the way of the warrior.
This week on the EEM Podcast we finish up our first attempt to get your intellect to gradually absorb some of the foundational concepts of Vedantic philosophy. While this will not be the last time we cover your three equipment’s (Body, Mind and Intellect) Eric goes a bit deeper on this one, and discusses the difference between the gross and subtle intellect, the three conditions of the mind, and the foolishness of learning from your own mistakes.
Eric answers big questions about love, attachments, empathy, and your capacity to apply Vedantic philosophy when emotions run hot. Q: HOW CAN I FALL OUT OF LOVE? A: If you think love is a feeling, then you must understand that feelings come and go. If this is the case, then your mind can absolutely love someone today and not love them tomorrow. However, if you use your intellect to assess someone properly, you can see the whole person. When you really see the entire person, all their assets, all their deficits, you can use logic and reason (a.k.a. your intellect) to understand if they are a quality person. Then apply your intellect to assess yourself and keep that feeling of love directed toward that person. Otherwise, your mind will bounce away from that person at any time.
How can we be so smart and so stupid? Why do we continuously do things that are not consistent with how we see ourselves and our actions? This episode introduces the three equipments, the Body, Mind, and Intellect. The Mind is your emotional center, and it must be in your control. If not it can take you to places you promised you’d never go. It can have you act out of character and say things you never thought you could say. An ungoverned mind is the most dangerous thing on earth, and thank God or Source or whomever, we have been given an Intellect to govern our chaotic mind. Thing is, we really don't know how to use our Intellect and that is what EEM is here to help you do.
