1. Menu for the Mind

• Can there be a mind-shattering thought? Can there be a mirror-shattering image?
• Can one be enlightened in a dream?

• You in my dreams is not you, but my projection. Then, am I a projection in some Higher Being's dream? If so, can that Higher Being be a projection in some Higher-Higher Being's dream? Ad Infinitum!?

• Can God exist in my absence? How would I know for sure?

• The Infinite (God) can't be understood by the Finite (Mind). Can it?
• Someone is praying to the Almighty and smoking (or drinking alcohol) at the same time. Our cultured mind would find it unacceptable if the person is smoking during his/her prayer, where as it would find it to be accepable if the same person is praying to the Lord while having a smoke. This means that our mind happens to work on a Context Sensitive Grammar. As per Theory of Computers, a Context Free Grammar is more encompassing than a Context Sensitive one. Which makes me conclude that such a Context Sensitive mind is incapable of understanding/knowing the Infinite in totality!

• Amitabh Bachchan acts in a movie the role of an Amitabh Bachchan fan who wants to meet Amitabh Bachchan!

• A Role can't exist without an Actor, but an Actor can exist without a Role.

• A deep sea water fish doesn't understand what is meant by water. Nor does it understand what is meant by lack of water.
• A new born hasn't identified itself to be separate from others and hence lives in the present and the whole world looks out for it. This is also the reason why we don't remember our initial days on this planet!

• To know the mind using the mind is like Archimedes trying to move the Earth using a big lever while standing on the same Earth!

• To quiten the mind, we need a paradox which can reveal the unreality of the mind. A Zen koan, or Japa on a mantra helps in doing just that...