ANALYSIS OF MIND--
What we call 'MIND' in our normal usage is really
'ANTHA KARANA'(INNER INSTRUMENT) which consists of four parts--
1) MANAS(QUESTIONING FACULTY)
2) BUDDHI(INTELLECT)
3) CHITTA(MEMORY)
4)AHANKARA(EGO)
1)MANAS: Given a situation MANAS questions various options.
eg.should I go now or later?
where should I go out of different places?
which should I select costly or quality or cheap?
2)BUDDHI: Takes the decision from the options with the help of
CHITTA,based on earlier experiences what is best given the
situation & circumstances.
3)CHITTHA: Some what similar to memory bank in a computer.
eg.if you touch fire it burns the fingers!,
snake may be poisonous,
tiger is ferocious ,
unknown dog may bite!
4)AHANKARA: The sense of 'I',ego perception-'I'did,'I'achieved-
is present all the time.
What is the nature of mind?
To think this and that. In the absence of thought, there
can be no mind. On the thoughts being extinguished the mind
will remain only in name like the horn of a hare; it will vanish as
a non-entity like a barren woman’s son, or a hare’s horn, or a
flower in the sky. This is also mentioned in the Yoga Vasishta.
Vasishta says: ‘Listen, O Rama, there is nothing to
speak of as mind. Just as the ether exists without form, so also
the mind exists as the blank insentience. It remains only in
name; it has no form. It is not outside, nor is it in the heart. Yet
like the ether, the mind though formless fills all’.
How can this be?
Wherever thought arises as this and that, there is the
mind.
Thought is the index of the mind. When a thoughtarises mind is inferred. In the absence of thought, there can be
no mind. Therefore mind is nothing but thought. Thought is
itself mind.
What is ‘thought’?‘Thought’ is imagination. The thought-free state is
Bliss Supreme (Sivasvarupa).
HOW MIND IS SUSTAINED ?
A guru wanted to show a disciple how mind is sustained.The
disciple was very good in reciting slokas by memory. He told
him to go on fast.After one week guru told him to recite, he
was able to recite with difficulty.Guru asked him to continue
fasting for one more week.Then he asked him to recite slokas.
disciple was not able to recollect slokas.This shows food we
take sustains MIND.
LOCATION OF MIND:
Spiritual heart is the location of ATHMA which is on the right
side,twofinger width from center line(point fore finger points
on the chest telling 'I').Location of mind also is the same as
per scriptures.Physical heart as we know, is on the left side.
MIND MAKES US THINK IT IS VIBRANT,POWERFUL &
ATHMA ONLY !
Mind by itself is jada(inactive),only by the power of ATHMA it
makes us think the above!RAMANA has told mind is a thief in
the garb of policeman !
MIND CREATES THE ILLUSION AS PER ONE'S
PRARABDA KARMA & STAGE OF LIVING !
It is a master of illusion,depending on the stage of life
childhood,teen,adolescence,married life,old age, the same
world looks different depending on your stage,direction of
thinking !
HOW MIND ACTS IN FOUR STATES OF MAN ?
1)WAKING(JAGRUTH) STATE:
working internally thinking,giving command to organs what
to do,creating emotions,making suitable decisions, looking
for pleasure,satisfying hunger.love,lust etc. all the time
thinking of making money,safeguarding,spending it !
2)DREAM (SWAPNA) STATE:
Even-though the five senses are not active in sleep, mind is
projecting fear,tragedy,happiness & your body also in the
action,even-though your physical body is lying on the bed,thus creating two of you,at the same time. It is told,unfulfilled
desires during waking state, is projected as dreams in its
own weird way ! You are seeing the projection with closed
eyes ! how ?
3)DEEP SLEEP(SUSHUPTHI) STATE:
Mind is not active, it is at rest.They say it is with PRANA. As
mind is absent, this is the happiest state which we come to
know on waking up.When a person is able to achieve this
state in waking state, it is called YOGA NIDRA !
CHARACTERISTICS OF MINDLESS STATE --
You have no feeling that you are in a body !
You are not aware whether you are a male or female.
You are not aware of space ie, you are on earth or any
other world !
You are not aware of religion,cast, creed etc.
You are not aware of social status-you are rich, poor,
power,position, profession etc.
You are married/unmarried,you are father,mother,husband,
wife,child,good person,bad person,holy man,saint etc.
Even you are living or dead !,only when you get up from
sleep you are aware that you are living !
You are not aware you are happy,sad,worry,peaceful etc.
Concept of time not there-day time, night time,age of body,
year,month,day,date etc.
WHAT A HAPPY STATE IT IS !!!
BY the above analysis we come to know the state of a
person who has achieved MANO NASHA & who is in
TURIYA (BLISS) STATE !
4)TURIYA(BLISS) STATE:
This state is applicable to YOGIES who have succeeded in
MANO NASHA (KILLING MIND).Mind has merged with Athma or taken the form of Athma, who is in a state of
BLISS !!
Such a YOGI will NOT have DREAM STATE. In this state he
is Athma only & he is a liberated person--JEEVAN MUKTHA.
All the characteristics of deep sleep ie,mindless state is
applicable to this state !
IT CREATES ILLUSION OF HAPPINESS BY STATES
PRIYA,MODA,PRAMODA:
When you want to posses a thing-initial creation of concept(priya),
take action to posses(moda) ,actual possession(pramoda), it
gives us illusion of happiness!
IT BRINGS MISERY OF ATTACHMENT, LOOSING
THINGS, SICKNESS,NATURE'S CALAMITY:
It creates illusion of sadness,unhappiness,sorrow,pain,worry in
the above circumstances through body pain(Adibhouthika),
mental worry(Adhyathmika) & pain due to calamities beyond
our control(Adidaivika) - called THAPA TRAYAS.
TYPE OF FOOD INFLUENCES MIND:
We know the influence of drugs & drinks on the MIND,non-veg.
food makes a man restless,short tempered & veg. food makes
a man mild,calm,soft natured. We should always try to take
SATHVIK food !
ALCOHOL,DRUGS INFLUENCE MIND RESULTING IN ADDICTION
All of us know how above items influence MIND creating illusion
of HAPPINESS,carelessness while driving resulting in
accidents,leading to death. Innumerable families have suffered
due to drug addiction,life becoming meaningless, financial
crisis & loss of health,no peace of mind to addict as well as
family members !
ONE POINTED CONCENTRATION OF MIND-'SAMADANA':
Prana yama(control of breath),OM kara(PRANAVA) & Gayathri
Mantra have influence on MIND to calm it down, to improve
concentration during meditation.
EXTREME VAIRAGYA(DISPASSION) ON MIND:
It opens up all knots of mind,annihilating ego completely,
making one to surrender to GOD with feeling of full freedom!
IN THE CASE OF A JNANI :
Mano laya,Mano nasha takes place by mind taking the form of
ATHMA or merging with ATHMA.A man without mind is
ATHMA only, ie, GOD ONLY !
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