MIND CONTROL
( series - 2 )
Mind is a very subtle entity, a relative of the one Reality,
or the Heart, or one may say, the Truth. The‘Heart’ is ‘Hridayam’ in Sanskrit wherein ‘Hrid’ denotes the ‘Centre’ and ‘Ayam’ means ‘Here’. So ‘Hridayam’ is ‘Here is the Centre of a powerful whirlpool of consciousness with a strong pull from inside’. 'Reality' is the ‘Hridayam’ as well as the Truth. The word for Truth in Sanskrit is ‘SATYAM’. ‘Sat’ stands for ‘Essence’ and ‘Ayam’ for ‘Here’. 'Sathyam' is ‘ the Essence of all that exists here’. So ‘Reality’ is whatever is
there or remains as real form forever, as the unchangeable base, which is also ‘Hridayam’
the centre from which all are formed and ejected, which is also ‘Sathyam’, the Essence, the base from which all formations were born and evolved.
Mind is a continuum unless it is
broken or destroyed. Let us liken it to a ‘Power of Attorney’ holder. The POA
is a blank one signed at the bottom by the Heart, in trust, issued to the Mind, for
formalities sake, to act as its Agent. The Heart expects the POA holder, the
Mind, to function on its behalf as has been very clearly made understood to the mind on
various occasions.
But the mind, being of a wavering
nature by force of it’s associations, is easily lured by the Power vested upon
it by the Heart and starts stepping out of the limits of the Power conferred upon it and uses
the unbridled powers lying in front of it for its own pleasures without the
knowledge of the Heart resulting in real mayhem, disasters. The Mind, in the
absence of the knowledge of ‘Disaster Management’ which lies only under the
scope of the Heart ends up in utter consternation, starts consulting other minds for
solutions instead of surrendering to the Heart and praying for forgiveness and
solutions of problems created by it.
The mind’s frantic search for
solutions carries it far away from the Heart into the devious depths of the
‘whirlpool of minds’ where mighty formidable currents can lead one from currents to other
worse currents pushing it into a vicious circle of currents forever.
A Sadguru enters in one’s life
out of compassion to save him or her from such disasters. A Sadguru is nobody but the very Compassion,
Grace, Reality, Truth or the Heart personified. The most
wonderful fairy tale which is happening in real life in front of the human eye
is that the Truth or Compassion or Reality whatever be its name operates in most
unbelievable ways. Having created this Universe it also knows how to show its
creations who their master is. The whole reality is nothing but compassion, love, awareness,
knowledge out of which everything microscopic as well as macroscopic is created
for its own joy. Hence the ever blissful Sadguru is concerned about the unreal
miseries of its subjects also who exist in the fairy tale.
It is said that a Sadguru meets
one, half the way, who is in search of him genuinely especially when in panic.
The reference to the ‘whirlpool
of minds’, above, is to show that an unbridled mind gets into interactions with
other minds, by default. The ‘Mind’ is nothing but a conglomeration of thoughts. In
the absence of thoughts the mind does not exist. A 'joint' or 'locus' or 'location' where
all thoughts surface is generally referred to as the ‘Mind’. But then where do these thoughts
surface from? It is another story on which we will get into detail sooner.
For the time being let us know
that all thoughts lie dormant in ‘seed form’ in an individual’s being to
surface at the appropriate time and bloom into fruition, or its results, in the form of actions
which directly navigate one around. Imagine here the tiny seed of a big
spreading Banyan Tree to understand the activities of a dormant thought subsequently.
Sri Bhagavan says “show me the
mind, I will strike it down”. A search for the mind makes it disappear. A devotee seeks aid from Bhagavan
“I am troubled by my mind. The frightful thoughts make me panic sometimes, take
away my peace and I am not able to concentrate while meditating”
Sri Bhagavan asks “Who says so?”
Devotee “I “, Bhagavan”.
Sri Bhagavan “who is your “I”?
Devotee “I do not know”.
Sri Bhagavan “Well, the “I” comes again in your speech. Find out who the
“I’ is. Know your “I” first, and then all the troubles will vanish.
Devotee “How to find my “I”,
Bhagavan?
Sri Bhagavan “Simply sit down, and watch “.
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So, now "It’s Ho for the diving board
!" in the inimitable style of Sir PGW.
(to be continued in the next blog
post)
