The Third Mind

The term, "the third mind", was coined

by William Burroughs, with his

collaborator, Brion Gysin, to signify an

intelligence that seems to arise out of 

random association. This is not the third

mind to which I refer.

"I' and "other", "me" and "them" are the

two minds of the basic split, duality, 

binaryness. The third mind I mean is the

mind that pervades space, that is space

from which the other two minds arise.

It is not God, as many may wish, because

it does not effect the "poofing" of phenomenon

into existence...it is not a conscious creativity.

This third mind was born at the time of the

"Big Bang" along with everything else. Only 

after matter got itself together did it appear

as sentience.

The third mind is intrinsic to experience. 

Overcoming the delusion of the other two minds

is the purpose of human life; to live in harmony

with matter and its offspring.

Sense of separation, individuality, self 

consciousness are all a survival mechanism for

sentient beings until they have self evolved to

the point of complete integration and harmony.

Far from being wishy-washy, third mind 

manifestation in beings is accuracy beyond 

bi-polar, dualistic comparison. A third mind being

is simply part of the environment, a cloud that 

talks, a mountain that sings, in sentient form.

Discovering this third mind, complexity uncoils 

itself, there are no more questions. Matter and

consciousness have resolved their equilibrium.

Enlightened beings such as Buddha, the Sixteenth

Karmapa and Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, are

examples of the complete manifestation of this 

third mind, the true goal of humanity.