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What is going on in the internal mind is affecting all human action, that is clear. A rock in the shape of a human without a brain will do nothing.

Short summary of this article:

• On Assumptions: Assumptions obscure reality because they are based on what the mind thinks is true, not what is true. Actions driven by assumptions disconnect us from the present moment and the actual situation.

• On Appearances: Appearances are always being interpreted by others, whether we intend it or not. If you wish to influence these perceptions, be thoughtful about the image you project through your appearance, while staying true to your inner identity and not confusing external expression with who you are internally.

• On Observation: True observation requires actively questioning your thoughts and assumptions as they arise. It involves being aware of how these internal processes influence your actions and body, and gradually detaching from these automatic responses so that you act based on perceived truth and your true aim.

(You cannot do this from reading this, you can do it by actually engaging in all this within your own mind. Beware, do not confuse words and their verbal explanation with having things done and understood.)

The world the human mind has created, the word of technology, of art and all thought, and the influence of that thought on everything it sees, the influence of human thought on the world.

There is so much going on in the head, so much to realize, so much to allocate, so that thought is operating where it needs to be. But …

… preventing assumptions of any kind, so that this assumption does not elicit action in the world based on what it assumed, like for example:
I think that they won’t agree to my offer, so I make a decision, action of doing something else, not sending that e-mail. – Action based on assumption.

Assumptions assume what it thinks is true, and then makes you (your whole mind and body) do what it thinks is appropriate to its assumed circumstances and situation.

Assumption is the very opposite of being present and aware, because it literally forces the mind to do things based on what it thinks happened, not on truth. And truth of what is going on can be perceived when there is full attention. Assumption is illusion, whether it is correct or wrong. Assumptive thinking is detached from reality, and when you deal with its illusion, not the reality of things, you create more confusion.

The second thing to know, is appearances. Our mind has images, desires, beliefs, and so sometimes it puts those desires and beliefs on the body itself, in the form of jewelry, tattoo, style of clothes, to express them.
It seems to me important to be aware… (For someone who wants to know how appearances we create affects our image in the mind of others, to be aware in the art of seeing how we are perceived by others.) … It seems to me Important to be aware that all our appearances are always seen by others, and are therefore subject to their own interpretation. Once you understand this truth, you can then be aware of your appearance through your clothes, the music you’re listening, and modify all those without changing your inner identity, to influence their perception of you. There is no master of appearances who has not able in his ability to see things as they are. So true observation, perceiving things as they are, having the ability to differentiate himself and his beliefs from what is raw and visible on the outside, and not confusing the two.

And to see exactly what is going, is to identify the illusions created by thoughts, one must be able to identify illusions as what they are, illusions. Illusions which fear create, when you see an angry person, and fear is telling you that you should do this to protect yourself, because it assumes that this angry person might or will attack you in this way.

There are so many illusions which these assumptions create. Assumptions which are based on past experiences or information. Seems to me, that this ability, this observation that can see the outward world, has its roots in first observing the mind itself. Observing thoughts, and being skeptical to thinking that it is me who is doing what the thought is telling me to do. Seeing how a certain assumption or thought controls the body and action. In this observation, gradually Detaching in the process of it, and therefore not getting involved in its call to action.

Since childhood we are being told, to accept, to refute, to learn, to memorize, to listen to someone or something and comply. We are never taught to listen and observe critically, seeing things as they are, not how others wish us to see things.
Perhaps it is in the process of our community’s education: in schools, by parents, by society in general whether in the streets through posters or in daily interactions, that in the process will lose our ability to see. Perhaps during this process our mind is conditioned to believe in illusions, not only of others, but soon we start believing those illusions in us, as they take deeper and deeper roots.

(Again: You cannot do this from reading this, you can do it by actually engaging in all this within your own mind. Beware, do not confuse words and their verbal explanation with having things done and understood.)