VRTTI

December 22, 2003

vrtti literally to turn away. the perceptions that the mind imposes

on the matrix of what actually is are all projections: partial,

limited, conditioned and circumstantial. these projections arise

because awareness moves away from that which actually is into the

invention of objects of perception within the narrowing arc of

attention. all perceptions are projections of the mind and do not

exist as such, but only as conditional constructs in the perceiving

mind.

vrtii are neither good, nor bad. simply inevitable. difficulty

arises when vrtti are taken to be that which actually exists.

whereas they are what appear when that which actually exists is

turned away from. this turning away must arise for the navigation

necessary to life to take place. taking projections to be actual

(avidya) is the ultimate source of all suffering. denying their

inevitability and their functional value is the cause of unnecessary

suffering. taking their recipient, the mind as the localisation of

consciousness, to be actual is the essential source of all

suffering. this is known as identification with projection.

by virtue of interpenetration the notion appearence imposed by the

mind dissolves. this dis-appearance is the surrender of the

projection to awareness, and the surrendering of the projection has

occurred. surrender is not a question of control of any kind. quite

the opposite. we cannot make the projections stop. although if we

are self-deceptive we can persuade ourselves that we have by

imposing a sustained projection of emptiness, silence or stillness

on the mind. this is nothing but manipulative aggression. it is,

however, as far as many people go in their meditation, and though it

may be superficially and childishly rewarding as a deluded

indication of presumed achievement it makes no difference to the

status of our being. we are still snared in identification with our

mental projections, or their apparent absence.

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