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25 Feb 2018    Sunday     4th Teach Total 106

Thoughts of the Mind Consciousness and Thoughts of the Manas

Thinking has shallow thinking and deep-level thinking; with different levels, the depth differs, and the wisdom differs. Thinking by the mind consciousness is not very tiring and does not use much energy, whereas thinking by the manas is very exhausting and consumes brain cells, because the manas can mobilize the body faculty and direct bodily actions. Intuition is the feeling of the seventh consciousness; thoughts that arise without one's awareness belong to the seventh consciousness; thoughts that occur before the mind consciousness becomes aware of them belong to the seventh consciousness; thoughts that cannot be clearly articulated belong to the seventh consciousness; thoughts that one cannot stop dwelling on and cannot shake off belong to the seventh consciousness; relatively deep and subtle thoughts belong to the seventh consciousness.

——Master Sheng-Ru's Teachings
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