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Mind and self
| 7.8 |
The nature of depression, loss of desire and ego
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| Of states of mind that are most disturbing and sad, the state of depression would have to rank as one of, if not the worst state of mind. | ||
| Depressed people, stagnate indoors, away from others. They lose appetite. They get sick, they wither, they sometimes even kill themselves. | ||
| depression knows no social barriers- almost every human being has experienced depression at least more than once in their lives. | ||
| Then there are those who experience severe forms of depression, sometimes called "manic depression", or now known as the condition "bi-polar disorder". | ||
| 7.8.1 | The loss of interest | |
| We sometimes call this a "loss of interest". When we lose interest, our mind, our ego, our I no longer actively participates in the actions. It wanders to other thoughts to comparing actions, to comparing memory with action. We judge the present against the past, or the future and we find it less stimulating. | ||
| 7.8.2 | The feeling of inner pain | |
| Conversely, we see mind, ego, I experience bouts of depression when desire is somehow lost. With this loss of heightened stimulation, actions, sex, drug taking and food all lose stimulation. | ||
| Therefore we see judgment as a major source of dampening desire. That we judge- past with present, present with future, that we see a source of ill feeling. | ||
| Sadly, we see depression increasing as a mind-set for people's ego's and minds, in some cases, causing people to feel suicidal and reclusive. Hospitals and clinics around the world are full of people who suffer this kind of depression. So much so, that depression, loss of desire/anticipation of pleasure is considered a major "mental illness." | ||
| 7.8.3 | What this means | |
| What this means in considering desires and pleasures is significant in that we have discussed a clearer and different perspective than is currently explained. | ||
| For we have discussed and revealed that the greatest pleasures are those of the mind, expressed as "stimulus derived from anticipation/fulfillment of a desire." | ||
| That our behaviour towards what we see as pleasurable has more to do with our minds perception than the physical stimulus of the action. | ||
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