Two pictures: Representing the contrasts of the mind
Life teaches us so much, and sometimes it seems that we retain so little. I say this because we are creatures of habit. Meaning, we repeat the same mistakes over and over again. Thus putting us in the same old familiar predicaments.
My mind seems to constantly run. I sit in the mist of a crowd, and I am only there in the physical, because my mind is somewhere else. Our minds can endure so much, and create an atmosphere that can allow us to cope with or escape.
Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need.
First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door, (sleep).
Please note: The term swoon is the old fashion way of saying fainted, or temporarily lost awareness because of extreme anxiety.
Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door, (forgetting).
Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. Pretending everything is the same and nothing has changed. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind, and find a place of solitude.
Last is the door of death. The final resort. And can end, in either Pain or Joy, eternal life or eternal death, Heaven or hell! What happens to us when we die is based on the life we lived while here on earth.
~I trust this makes sense to you, and has enlightened some portion of your life~
