The Psycho Cinema

Just as when we are in a cinema we find oursleves believing that the charcters are real. We feel ourselves moved by the storyline, sometimes afraid, sometimes laughing and empathising with the characters in different ways.

We don’t have to believe that the film is real, but we decide or choose  to ‘buy into’ the fictional story and characters for some enjoyment. The cinema is dark and this encourages your attention onto the film and helps you forget about yourself and your surroundings, the sound is very loud and from all sides, all of these capture our focus more and sometimes the film ends and we forget what time it is or where we are!

This is just the same as our mind, the mind is presenting ideas plans and demands, and due to a forgetfulness of our true identity we have decided or chosen to ‘buy into’ the minds suggestions, taking them as being real and important. We do not have to be moved by the minds ideas,

just as a sober film goer never becomes afraid in the horror movie, they are aware it is a film only. A sober sage never becomes disturbed by the minds demands, knowing himself and the mind to be completely different, not paying any importance to the mental suggestions.