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Reference: A Model of Self

The Universe begins as it emerges from non-awareness into awareness. It may appear at first as a vast field of awareness having the form of light. The physical universe evolves within this universal field of awareness. The perception of the physical universe agrees from person to person. This is like personal minds sharing this field of awareness, or universal mind.

The personal minds seem to exist within a vast field of awareness, or universal mind.

The personal mind seems to be produced by the condensation of awareness at locations within this vast field. This condensation is postulated to comprise of various stages as shown in the whirlpool model above.

The mind begins with awareness. Awareness consists of perception and recognition. According to Wikipedia, the process of perception involves the following steps:

1. Body’s sensory organs are incited by means of light, sound or another physical process.
2. These sensory organs transform the input energy into neural activity.
3. These neural signals are transmitted to the brain.
4. The brain organizes and interprets the signals.
5. This creates awareness or understanding of the environment.

But the various elements of this process are themselves perceived in a way. Therefore, it is not quite definitive how we perceive and recognize things

We perceive only what awareness tells us through the mind.

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As soon as perceptions are recognized, they become experience. Over time experience condenses as information. Experience and information seems to be stored in a very efficiently organized matrix constructed out of definitions and logics. It seems to have the form of an electromagnetic field supported by macromolecules and neurons in the body.

A matrix constructed out of definitions and logics seems to form the core of the mind.

From information the mind generates hypotheses. Certain hypotheses get confirmed as theories and can be relied upon for prediction. Hypotheses and theories help associate data in the mind.

Hypotheses and theories seem to aid the computation that occurs within the mind.

This leads to the generation of wider principles, which provide directions to thinking. Principles are followed by axioms, which are taken for granted to be true when one thinks.

Principles and axioms seem to provide the basis on which the mind operates.

Finally, there is self that represents the uniqueness of the mind. This is the final form of condensed awareness at a location in the field of awareness of the universal mind.

The uniqueness of the mind appears as Self.

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The objectivity of awareness is determined by the basic field of awareness of the universal mind. Thus, the uncompressed awareness at the point of perception is the most objective in nature. When this perception is condensed as experience and information from some unique perspective of the mind it becomes subjective.

The awareness consistent with the universal field of awareness is the most objective in nature.

The awareness becomes more subjective as it is condensed through various stages of the mind in its unique way. The end product of that condensation is self, which is regarded as a unique individuality.

The most subjective form of awareness is the unique individuality of the self.

The reality is made of the objective awareness at the level of the universal mind. The subjective awareness of self then appears to be as real as it is consistent and coherent with the universal mind.

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The minds are thus constructed out of condensations of awareness at various locations within the universal mind. The uniqueness of condensation is the self that is recognized by its individuality.

Mind relates the condensation from simple universal awareness to the complex self.

The simple and vast universal mind has the form of light. The unique and complex self has the form of the human body. Spirit and matter occur together as essence and form at every point of condensation.

Matter provides form to spirit, and spirit provides essence to matter.

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As a summary of this model.

(1) Mind is a multi-dimensional matrix of definitions and logic.

(2) Self is the most condensed expression of the mind.

Also please refer to A Model of Self.

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In KHTK, a guide is one who helps another apply KHTK exercises. He may be a partner or a friend who is also interested in doing KHTK exercises. The two may do the exercises together encouraging and guiding each other.

All that is required of a guide is

• Apply mindfulness at all times
• Be familiar with KHTK exercises
• Have compassion for all

The first thing that a guide helps another with is the application of mindfulness. He encourages the other person to think for himself, or herself, and practice mindfulness exercises per The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness

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The guide recommends the correct KHTK exercise for the other person to work on, giving his reason. He provides factual information with no inconsistencies.

The person needn’t give to the guide any personal details of what he looked at during the exercise. The guide does not analyze a person’s data and give advice.

If the guide is told something he makes sure that he understands it. He responds only in terms of sorting out difficulties with the application of the 12 aspects of mindfulness.

The guide encourages the person to come up with creative ways to look at the area of interest more closely.

If the person’s attention is fixed or dispersed, the guide helps restore it to optimum with proper KHTK exercises.

Almost all exercises in KHTK may be applied by oneself. The guide simply encourages and aids as needed.

The guide does not challenge what the other person is doing. He simply helps the person understand the exercise.

The guide also aids in the development of the subject of KHTK based on his, or her, actual experience.

The guide offers his services as possible for him, and without fee. The compensation, if any, for the services may only be determined by the person helped.