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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

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