Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Manas Buddhi Chitta Ahamkara - Part 1



Man is born divine. Why is it that he has to go through these yogas, all difficult sadhanas, rigorous practice etc. to reach again to the same stage of purity from where he started???? What is that has come in after he was born, which has become an obstacle for man to be in the state of purity where he was, when he was born???

Sri Ramana answers:-

"A child and a Jnani are similar in a way. The interest of the child in things ends with receiving the things. These leave no impressions in the child's mind. The same is the case with the Jnani."

MIND


The mind, being very subtle, is in close apposition or contact with other minds, though the human skull intervenes between them. As mind evolves, you come into conscious relation with the mental currents, with the minds of others - near and distant, living and dead. The individual mind of A, although separated from the mind-substance used by other individuals, B, C, D, E, X, Y, etc., by a thin wall of very finest kind of matter, is really in touch with the other apparently separated minds and with the universal mind of which it forms a part.

If A is a friend of B, A's mind is connected with B's mind. The minds of friends, relatives, brothers of A are attached to A's mind. Several minds are similarly linked to B's mind also. The minds of those who are attached to A's mind are, therefore, connected, in turn, with the minds of those who are hanging on B's mind. In this manner, one mind is in touch with all minds in the whole world. This is the Vibhu theory of mind of Raja Yoga.

TYPES OF MIND

There are various types of mind.

The Bengali type of mind is emotional and fit for devotion and art.

The Madrasi type of mind is intellectual and clever in Mathematics.

The Punjabi type of mind and Maharashtra type of mind are chivalrous.

Bengal has produced emotional saints, Lord Gouranga or Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Deva, etc.

Madras has produced intellectual philosophers like Sri Sankara and Sri Ramanuja.

Punjab has produced Guru Nanak, Guru Govind Singh, etc.

The Sadhana and path of Yoga vary according to the type of mind, temperament and capacity.

Tastes also differ. The sight of a fish brings excessive joy to a Bengali.

The sight of tamarind and chillies excites the glosso-pharyngeal nerve of a Madrasi.

The sight of a Palmyra fruit excites the Jaffna Tamil of Ceylon and brings excessive joy.

The sight of meat brings a peculiar joy to a meat-eater.

Is this not a mystery that an object lies outside and saliva appears in the tongue at the sight of it? Because you have this experience daily in everyday life, you do not attach much importance to it. Mind is very mysterious. So is Maya, too.

Even an infinitely superior mind is yet a mind and of the same mould as any man's.

POWER OF MIND

The power of the mind is indescribable and unimaginable. The greatest Siddhis and Riddhis are all the effects of the working of the highly purified mind. Terrific powers and psychic abilities are the expressions of the mind when it nears the All-powerful Consciousness, which is the very existence of Power itself.

The power of the mind is indescribable and unimaginable. The greatest Siddhis and Riddhis are all the effects of the working of the highly purified mind. Terrific powers and psychic abilities are the expressions of the mind when it nears the All-powerful Consciousness, which is the very existence of Power itself.

MIND AND HAPPINESS

Happiness has for ever been the prime aim of every human being. All activities of man are directed towards acquiring the maximum happiness in life. But, through the wrong deluded notion that objects will give happiness, man searches for it outside. The result is that in spite of all his lifelong efforts, he gets disappointment only. 

The very nature of human being  is pure Joy. This is never perceived because the mind is completely externalised. As long as the mind is restlessly wandering about amidst objects, ever fluctuating, excited, agitated and uncontrolled, this true joy cannot be realised and enjoyed. To control the restless mind and perfectly still all thoughts and cravings is the greatest problem of man. If he has subjugated the mind, he is the Emperor of emperors. 

Shall we take up the study and understanding of the functions of this mind through the upcoming posts?


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