Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Light and Love Below is an article (in short) for inner contemplation and experience published in "The Times of India," Editorial; Tuesday, January 17, 2006. Aurobindo Ghosh explained the different types of human minds: Between the upper and lower hemispheres there was a link plane, the 'supermind'. Between supermind and the lower levels there is an intermediate plane of 'superconscient cosmic mind', the 'overmind'. The mental being in me became a free intelligence, a universal mind, not limited to the narrow circle of personal thought, but as a recieiver of knowledge from all the hundred realms of being and free to choose what it willed in this vast sight and thought-empire. The Srimad Bhagavatam says that when the mind is steady in divine contemplation, it expresses sattwa overcoming rajas and tamas. No more is there feverish hankering after worldliness. Tranquillity comes to a heart which is no longer stirred by desires, as stillness to a fire when no more fuel is added. Eknath Easwaran says, we are most vulnerable during moments of transition... for a pivotal moment the mind has nothing to hold on to, and in its insecurity it may suggest all kinds of things - a cigarette, an extra piece of pie, a magazine. Suddenly any of these can seem fraught with urgency though you know in the back of your mind that they are a poor use of your time. Swami Vivekananda said: "He who knows and controls his own mind, knows the secret of every mind and has power over every mind". Sage Vasishta said to prince Rama: "As long as you do not subdue the mind, you cannot get rid of your desires, you cannot control your restless mind. Knowledge of Truth, subjection of mind and abandonment of desires jointly cause spiritual bliss". Knowing the world to consist of consciousness, the mind of the wise man is rapt in the thought of his universality and roams free, seeing the cosmos as space in his own consciousness. Sri Sathya Sai Baba says the human mind has two distinct capabilities: the capacity to acquire worldly skills, and the capacity for spiritual discrimination, medha shakti and buddhi. Krishna tells Arjuna that one who has good mind is dear to Him. "He who hates no creature, and is friendly and compassionate towards all, who is free from the feelings of 'I and mine', even-minded in pain and pleasure, forbearing, ever-content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, and possessed of firm conviction, with mind and intellect fixed on Me he who is thus devoted to Me, is dear to Me". To gain steady wisdom Krishna advises casting away of all desires of the mind, satisfied in the Self alone by the Self. Then steady wisdom with a mind unshaken by adversity, makes one not hanker after happiness. You become free from affection, fear, and wrath. From http://spirituality.indiatimes.com Articles source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1374301.cms Namaste - Reet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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