Inner Mind – (1504)

Post Revised: 24/02/2024

Three Minds

There are three minds within each human being. They are the sensual mind, the intermediate mind and the inner mind.

We think we only have one mind but not quite true Gnosis says we have three.

If we are careful in observing ourselves we can actually know which one is active in a given moment. For example, it is so easy to know when we are using the sensual mind and when the inner mind is working.

The sensual mind is very useful for life here in the physical world. It lacks the knowledge and understanding that creation is dual. There is always matter and spirit in everything created. The sensual mind unfortunately only sees the matter side of things.

Matter in creation is needed to provide a vehicle for the spirit to animate and express itself and matter needs the spirit to give it life.

The senses - the data for the sensual mind. Subjective data because it is data seen only
from our point of view. Not from a bird's eye outside point of view.

All Minds Reason Even the Inner Mind

All three minds are the same in that they depend on a data source. Once they have received their data they then fulfil their function of reasoning.

The inner mind is like a special screen which allows the messages from the consciousness to be displayed on it.

So when the data of the consciousness appears on the screen of the inner mind, the inner mind can then reason. When it reasons it will reason objectively, because it has objective data upon which to reason.

Three Minds and the Three Types of Love

The three types of love, sensual love, emotional love and conscious love correspond to these three minds as well.

Certainly the sensual mind corresponds to sensual love. Most people love on this level because we use the sensual more than anything else and the inner mind is more or less closed in human beings.

End (1504).

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