Intelligence VS mind
In our discussion, he mentioned that the mind plays tricks on us. I have also heard this before, but I always feel it interesting this concept of three separate entities - body, mind and intelligence. We are the intelligence, not the mind or the body. Body is dispensable, as in it's temporary. It will rot away eventually. So, the best we do to get as detached from the body, and appearance, the better it is. For what? I don't know. But it doesn't mean we don't take care of our body, because if we don't it affects other aspects of our life. So, body is as important, but attachment to material world, we do have to try our best to get away from. As for mind, mind shouldn't be the one that should have control over us, but the intelligence should have control over the mind. The mind will say "I want to do this". We have to get somewhere, the mind will say "I want to be lazy, what's the hurry. We can get there few minutes late". This way, thing...