43 THE TWO WAYS OF THINKING
There are two ways of thinking, one is horizontal or masculine and another is vertical or feminine. The horizontal is the one used by most people and the vertical is the one used by philosophers or scientists, the horizontal is characterized by using a low concentration level and the vertical is characterized by using a high level. The more introverted a person is, the greater their ability to concentrate, which favors deep meditation, this means that the more extroverted a person is, the lower their ability to delve into the metaphysical details of the universe, but in return, the greater their abilities social, because an outgoing personality is stronger and more effective when it comes to social interaction. When you adopt an attitude of deep meditation, you acquire a greater capacity for overview, although, it is evident that a single person cannot know everything that surrounds him in depth no matter how hard he tries due to the immenseness of the universe But he can understand its fundamental characteristics better than extroverts, because they dedicate their lives more to the physical part than to the psychic or to the material act than to mental reflection. Extroverts also need to spend time meditating, but normally they only use 15% at most for this task, they also tend to dedicate themselves to only one thing at a time. Instead, philosophers or scientists can dedicate up to 85% of their time to make a global analysis of things or as a whole, which allows the conclusion to be more profound.
This is normal, because it is not possible to dedicate more time to the productive or physical part of meditation since both tasks are in contradiction. Physical tasks make mental tasks difficult because if you are busy doing things with your body you cannot concentrate on doing deep analysis with your mind, therefore, the logical thing is that society generally uses most of its time for physical tasks and only a minority for meditation. However, it is to compensate for this circumstance that philosophers serve, because as philosophy is their main dedication, they can avoid the interference caused by material tasks. In reality, the function of philosophers or scientists is to try to change the world to improve it, but if they did not do so, the world would follow its same course, although it would be more monotonous as there are no changes, therefore, it is enough that only a small part of society is dedicated to this function.
This means that the main task of scientists or philosophers is to promote the progress of society, therefore, each time they complete a level or wheel of horizontal evolution they can take a vertical leap to another higher level. The fact that their role is mainly focused on the vertical dimension implies that they are more in connection with divine values and the pleasure that comes from discovering new frontiers of knowledge. The horizontal dimension, on the other hand, is dedicated above all to simple things, but also to the sensual pleasures that life offers us without much effort. The philosophical task, although important, is more secondary in everyday life than the physical or majority, this is because the philosophical or research work is not urgent. However, productive labor is fundamental, because without it the material world would not function and we would not obtain the necessary resources to live. That is to say that we first have to solve the material needs so that it is possible to dedicate ourselves to meditation and spiritual tasks. If we describe this by means of an imaginary pyramid, then at the bottom there would be material needs such as getting food or taking care of children. These are basic tasks but they are also essential for humanity to exist, which is why they would occupy most of the pyramid. Once these tasks are solved, it is possible to deal with the spiritual or philosophical part of life located at the top of that pyramid. The body is ultimately a material organism, although it must also be said that at the beginning it was created by the spiritual dimension, therefore, it does not make sense to take into account only one plane and not the other as materialistic scientists do. Because although it is true that the philosophical or spiritual part can only occupy a minority percentage of our time, nevertheless, its absolute value is the same as the material part, because without the philosophical or scientific progress, humanity would never have left the caves.
The human body is a machine made especially for physical experimentation and to obtain pleasure through the senses, we can see this in the proportions of our body, because the head only represents a small part of the body, unlike the spirit that It is, in reality, a sphere of energy that is housed in the brain and is almost entirely mind, but with little capacity to act on matter, therefore, it is necessary for the spirit to lodge in the brain before birth for a man is complete. The spirit can only occupy a minimal proportional part of the body as in the pyramid scheme mentioned above, because physical tasks have to occupy most of our time and mental tasks only a minority. For this reason, most animal species and man have a small head compared to the rest of the body. In addition, regardless of the intelligence that man may have in the future, the proportions between the head and the body should always be similar to those that exist today so as not to create a functional contradiction. This explains why the proportional size between the brain and the head can change a lot from one animal to another, but nevertheless, the proportional size between the head and the body is very similar in all of them.
In this way, the material and spiritual dimensions come together and acquire their balance. It could then be said that most of the people live mainly on physical or bodily tasks and only a minority dedicate themselves to mental or spiritual tasks, therefore, with the union of both trades, society is completed. When I refer to people who are dedicated to spiritual functions I do not mean religious organizations but mainly philosophers, because religious organizations are companies whose objective is, generally, to compete with governments for political power, and they do not hesitate to try to manipulate the human mind to achieve it. An example of this is the Vatican, which claims to defend justice and democracy, but is nevertheless the only dictatorship that exists in Western Europe. This is the last stronghold of the pontifical states that the Catholic Church created to fill the West with religious dictatorships. Therefore, in the future, religious organizations will disappear and philosophical or religious teachings will only be taught in schools but free from any manipulation by private companies or sects. Then there will no longer be a conflict between science and religion as it exists now, because when the world completes its technological development, science will be able to demonstrate a large part of the philosophical truths that exist in the universe, and from that moment on, philosophers will also be considered scientists. When that happens, there will no longer be temples, because God has no home and is everywhere, then the true temple will be the soul of the righteous and all the sources of knowledge available to the world.
When we dedicate ourselves to productive tasks, we immerse ourselves and merge with the machine that is society, because by spending little time to think we are inclined without realizing it to assume and accept the ideas generally accepted by the system, we even do so with an attitude too optimistic about the world around us. This happens because when we dedicate a lot of time to physical tasks, the energy and available time we dedicate for the most part to our body and not to our mind. In this situation, the mind loses the possibility of being able to concentrate because the two tasks are, to some extent, incompatible. In other words, the more time we dedicate to physical tasks, the less mental concentration we can obtain because physical tasks are done with the body and without concentration and instead mental tasks are done with the mind and with concentration, therefore, work physical reduces the effectiveness of meditation. Actually, when we engage in physical tasks we also think or meditate, what changes is the depth of the meditation. This situation occurs partly due to fatigue and partly due to having little time to meditate, therefore, we are inclined to think that everything is fine and we accept the opinions of the group so that we can concentrate on our work and feel better.
In those cases in which one works with too much intensity, the individual mind can be absorbed by group thought, which consists of assuming as one's own those postulates that are considered accepted by the group to which each one feels attracted without making an analysis of those. Postulates in depth, it is almost as if the person was hypnotized by the mass to which they want to adhere or as if a part of the brain was asleep to give that will to the group in order to feel accompanied by that group. The problem is when the leader of that group is a scoundrel and establishes as a group position what interests him but harms others, then the people who give their will to the group (which is the same as saying to the group leader) in the end they end up being slaves to their lack of courage to analyze things in greater detail. This can be an impediment to acquiring your own personality and can also trigger a depression, therefore, it is necessary to fight so that the collective does not completely invade the personal space. There are even sects that incite their adherents not to speak to family members who do not belong to the sect. This is an example of extreme mental manipulation.
It is true that thinking positively and assuming the thinking and attitude of a group can help us feel integrated into that group, but if that means giving up our ability for impartial analysis, in the end it can be an obstacle to understanding reality, especially when the postulates assumed by the group arise from a tyrant who acts as a leader, or when they arise from the ignorance of the group. This means that the key for the mind to find its balance is to find the middle ground between the individual and the collective, therefore, our obligation is to demand that governments and companies offer their workers the free time necessary to carry out other activities activities or to be able to make a mature reflection on the world that surrounds us. To achieve a balance between work and personal life, the ideal would be to distribute the day into three equal parts, one for work, another for free time, and another for sleeping, so that each citizen has enough time to do other things and analyze everything that has happened to you in the day instead of just assuming what they are told in the news to be true.
In reality, each person is like a piece of that machine that is the city, it is true that when leading a normal life it is difficult to find time to meditate, but it is always good to try to find it, because meditation allows us to better understand the essence of everything and live life more intensely. Television or reading can be two great allies for those who like to meditate and are somewhat lonely, because they can offer easy entertainment to a tired mind, that is very useful, because they help unblock a careful analysis. The brain also needs to change activity in order to recover, and there is no better way to do this than with those means that allow you to entertain yourself and meditate at the same time.