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.
Love.
