Destruction of Mind

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Vinasa, destruction of the mind,

what does this really mean?

"The absorption of the mind attained through vicara destroys ignorance, and

reveals the mithyatvam, [or the only apparently real] nature of the mind.

 

The mind is enlightened and this is referred to as vinasa, destruction. It is

not the destruction or annihilation of the mind; it is the annihilation of

ignorance and the notions born of ignorance.

 

The mind gains discrimination and is able to evaluate and comprehend the

experiences of the active world in the light of self-knowledge.

The mind does not return to the state of ignorance and misconceptions.

 

Thoughts are natural and they will always return.

Thoughts do not cover Atma. There is no distance between 'I' and thoughts.

There is a mistake of equating the thoughts with I If I do not know who I am,

this original mistake is never corrected by removing the thoughts.

 

The mistake of taking the thoughts for the Atma is the cause of sorrow. Sorrow

is a result of the mixup between the real and the apparently real (mithya).

 

The reality given to the mind is to be destroyed by knowing the invariable Atma

manifest in all thoughts. Atma is not covered by thoughts. Atma cannot be

covered by anything except ignorance. It is always manifest. I am Awareness,

always free from thoughts, inspite of thinking, and this is the darsana of the

One Self.

 

Thinking continues but it is known as mithya, apparent. Mithya is not a

problem--it is useful; mind is useful and that is all there is to it."

>From Swami Dayananda's 'Talks on Upadesa Saram of Ramana Maharshi's'

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    love, Era