MYSTERIOUS MIND

              Our Universe has both matter and energy. As we go from compounds to invisible protons and electrons, there are swift transformations between matter and energy questioning the real nature of physical world and composition of things around us in the most minute level possible.

                                Just as energy cannot be seen but its effects can be felt, Mind is an instrument of inner “Self” whose existence can be felt every second in every action. According to science, mind is a nervous system- function it’s like an  excretion of brain like bile from liver. 

                            According to Vedas, mind resides in heart but its presence is felt in every living cell. Mind and matter are two aspects as subject and object of one and the same eternal soul-the ‘Prana’ who is neither and yet includes both.

                           Mind is not a gross thing, visible and tangible. Its magnitude cannot be measured and its existence needs no space. It is subtle matter. Special knowledge that differentiates human beings from other animals is that an animal has physical consciousness and a low level or no self-consciousness. A man not only is “aware” but is aware that he is “aware”. This is mental consciousness. There is something called reasoning, intellect and ultimately the intuition which we are privileged of experiencing.

                             When a mind is turned to a thought, it dwells on it. Everything in this material world about us had its origin first in thoughts. Thought is an instrument of mind and the reality of universe lies in “Sankalpa”( Thought ) of “Manas” ( Mind ). These thoughts travel as vibrations from mind into the air creating the experience of thinking. They are the cause for bondage, pain and bliss.

             The life of the mind is kept up through the silent vibrations of physic prana which gives rise to the formation of thought. To make or break this fragile and subtle mind is in our hands. Body is the shadow of mind. It is the mould prepared by the mind for its expression.

Self-realisation should be our highest duty and goal in life, to understand the marvelous mind and value of each level of existence.                                                                                                        If studied closely the action of mind upon mind and matter, we realise that every soul is potentially divine and holds the power of life. When mind is so much powerful, what to speak of the glory of INNER-SELF who is the storehouse of everything that is infinite and inexhaustible, from whom our little mind borrows light.
- ( reference -"MIND" by Swami Sivananda)