PHILOSOPHY OF THE MIND
Do we feel nostalgic and remember the times those were
An article from a 1944 Saisudha magazine
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Bhoomir-apoo analo vauh khang mano buddhirevacha, Aham karam itiyam me
bina prakir thir ashtadha ".' According to Sankhya Cosmogony, Mind is
the 'fourth principle that has emanated from the self-asserting
principle Aham Ear' or egoism or Asmita. Prakrithi or Avyaktam (matter
in an undifferentiated state) is styled as ' Ashtanghi' or eight fold
prakrithi (Prakirtbir-asbta tha). Mind is "one of the 8 limbs or
ashtangha. Mind is itself a word whose meaning is extremely vague, one
incapable of being clearly defined except in terms of some questionable
and speculative hypothesis. No one can point to a mind and say: that is
what I mean the word mind shall denote. Mind-consists of a bundle of
faculties, as the faculties of cognition or perception, volition' or
will, imagination, judgement, reason, understanding, memory etc.
Character concerns the affective conative or organism of the mind.
Knowledge concerns the cognitive organism, There are different channels
of communication through which the cognitive and conative faculties are
directed. There is only one mind which has diverse names according to
the plane on which it aspects or functions viz., the subjective mind,
the objective mind, the universal mind (cosmic consciousness), or the
super conscious mind, the subconscious mind, the instinctive mind, the
spiritual mind. The Vishaya or function of the mind is Cogitation,
(San-kalpa-Vikalpa or will-thought, doubt).
The ' doubting mind ' is a collective aggregate of all Gyan-Indriyas or organs of sensation or perception. Mind is below Will and above prati or Energy and Matter. Mind is a relative manifestation of the Absolute, Mind is positive to Energy and Matter, but Negative to Will, which is again positive to Mind, but negative to Atman. Mind when purified becomes your real Guru. You will hear the Voice of Silence, You will get answers for your insolvable problems. A pure mind is no longer subtle matter but Brahman itself. The original home for the mind is OMKAR in the Sahasrara or thousand petalled lotus. Mind has become impure by your own desires. How the Pure Brahman has become the impure Jiva is a life Problem that has baffled all human efforts for a clear correct, and satisfactory solution. This is a question which has no answer. This is No ' Why ?' This is mystic side of Nature. You cannot solve celestial, divine problems that belong to supra-mental planes, with the finite intellect of a physical plane. Develop intuition. Acquire transcendental wisdom. Look within through cosmic consciousness. Then you will get a real solution.
Through the search light of the concentrated mind, you will have to behold to treasures of the soul or Atman. Just as Xrays permeate solid bones or blocks of wood, the concentrated mental rays of a focussed mind will pass through the different forms of matter and reveal their real nature.
During Cosmic Consciousness, you are aware of the oneness of life. You will find that there is no such thing as a dead matter, but that All is alive, vibrating and intelligent. You will ,see the Universe as all Atma, which is the Essence or back ground of this sense universe, of this world of dwendwas or opposites, of this world of mere conceptions or ideas, of this world of NAMES and FORMS.
In Swarga, or paradise, or heaven you are in the ' thought world.' You feel or experience no pain. Why ? Because you get whatever you think or imagine. Your desires are immediately gratified. You are a ' manomaya devatma ' with a subtle firy 'body. Your thought matter instantaneously -materialises, crystallises and precipitates before you. You are satisfied. But this is not real.
The Science of Baja Yoga or mental Yoga deals with the methods of controlling the ever oscillating mind under the Command of the Will, which is in the centre of Atman. Manoyam is superior to Pranayam ; but the adhikaris or qualified persons for practice of manoyam should be very intelligent with bold understanding and tremendous Will. Sit on Padma or Siddha Asan facing east or north. Make thratak or dharan on Thrukoot the space between the 2 eyebrows with closed eyes. Control the force of thought by meditation on Pranava or OM and its meaning. Practise regularly from 1 to 2 or 3 hours daily. You will become a Yogi and an Atma-Gyani soon.
The ' doubting mind ' is a collective aggregate of all Gyan-Indriyas or organs of sensation or perception. Mind is below Will and above prati or Energy and Matter. Mind is a relative manifestation of the Absolute, Mind is positive to Energy and Matter, but Negative to Will, which is again positive to Mind, but negative to Atman. Mind when purified becomes your real Guru. You will hear the Voice of Silence, You will get answers for your insolvable problems. A pure mind is no longer subtle matter but Brahman itself. The original home for the mind is OMKAR in the Sahasrara or thousand petalled lotus. Mind has become impure by your own desires. How the Pure Brahman has become the impure Jiva is a life Problem that has baffled all human efforts for a clear correct, and satisfactory solution. This is a question which has no answer. This is No ' Why ?' This is mystic side of Nature. You cannot solve celestial, divine problems that belong to supra-mental planes, with the finite intellect of a physical plane. Develop intuition. Acquire transcendental wisdom. Look within through cosmic consciousness. Then you will get a real solution.
Through the search light of the concentrated mind, you will have to behold to treasures of the soul or Atman. Just as Xrays permeate solid bones or blocks of wood, the concentrated mental rays of a focussed mind will pass through the different forms of matter and reveal their real nature.
During Cosmic Consciousness, you are aware of the oneness of life. You will find that there is no such thing as a dead matter, but that All is alive, vibrating and intelligent. You will ,see the Universe as all Atma, which is the Essence or back ground of this sense universe, of this world of dwendwas or opposites, of this world of mere conceptions or ideas, of this world of NAMES and FORMS.
In Swarga, or paradise, or heaven you are in the ' thought world.' You feel or experience no pain. Why ? Because you get whatever you think or imagine. Your desires are immediately gratified. You are a ' manomaya devatma ' with a subtle firy 'body. Your thought matter instantaneously -materialises, crystallises and precipitates before you. You are satisfied. But this is not real.
The Science of Baja Yoga or mental Yoga deals with the methods of controlling the ever oscillating mind under the Command of the Will, which is in the centre of Atman. Manoyam is superior to Pranayam ; but the adhikaris or qualified persons for practice of manoyam should be very intelligent with bold understanding and tremendous Will. Sit on Padma or Siddha Asan facing east or north. Make thratak or dharan on Thrukoot the space between the 2 eyebrows with closed eyes. Control the force of thought by meditation on Pranava or OM and its meaning. Practise regularly from 1 to 2 or 3 hours daily. You will become a Yogi and an Atma-Gyani soon.
BY
SB! SWAMI SlVANAD
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