Sentence examples for darken the mind from inspiring English sources
This results in a state known as atammayata (pali): in contrast to the mind's tendency to contract around possible threats or opportunities, resulting in a rollercoaster ride of perceptions that leave us rattled, shaken and stirred, we keep the mind aware of our complete present experience allows us to remain unattached, releasing our fixation on worries that can quickly darken the mind.
"Sadly that tragedy, that genocide, was the first of the deplorable series of catastrophes of the past century, made possible by twisted racial, ideological or religious aims that darkened the minds of the tormentors even to the point of planning the annihilation of entire peoples," he said.
He likens this darkening of the mind to a cloudy day: as bodily vision is darkened by clouds, so the operation of the cognitive powers is darkened by bodily appearances (phantasmata), which obstruct our mental vision and render it unable to see intelligible items in their purity.
This darkening of the mind, Grosseteste holds, is the source of all error.
Last summer, 7-year-old Stephanie Dieudonné was killed while riding the Mind Scrambler, which is also in an enclosed and darkened area.
So pop in You're Dead!, darken the room, light one up, stretch out on your bed, and let your mind go wherever the music takes you.
Why darken the fish cake?
