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untrained mind

Meditative Untrained
Unity Duality – self separated from objects
Intentional Habitual
prone to generosity, love, wisdom prone to greed, hate, delusion
Karma – aware of condition & causes and effects unaware of Karma and conditioning
Open awareness or inter-being meaning knowing the observer and experience are interconnected and inseparable Habitually conditioned to observing as a fixed sensation based center that is separated from the experience that is disconnected
Cessation of identification with impermanent things including consciousness and mental objects Habitually identified with fleeting thoughts often tied to fears of past and future and fleeting circumstances
Intentionally cultivating wisdom, awareness and compassion Attaching and rejecting - Observation obscured by notions

the meditative mind

Meditative Mind Untrained Mind
Attention Focused Distracted
Awareness Expanded Limited
Thoughts Observing Identifying
Emotions Regulating Reactive
Perception Clear Clouded
Judgment Non-judgmental Judgmental
Response Intentional Automatic
Concentration Developed Scattered
Insight Cultivated Absent
Clarity Increased Decreased
Equanimity Present Absent