Thoughts from Man Management - Mind of Man

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Sai Ram

Continuing from where I left last week, I present to you the first facet of a

M.A.N.A.G.E.R – Mind of Man as detailed by baba.

 

Mind of Man:

"What is meant by man? Man means mind. What is meant by mind?

Mind is Man. We should say 'mind of man'. Man can have animal mind, devil mind

or evil mind. But managers should have the mind of man. Mind is a

conglomeration of thoughts. All the actions are induced by thoughts. The results

of these actions are our joys and sorrows. So, the root cause of joys and

sorrows are our deeds. Thoughts are responsible for deeds. If thoughts are

good, the deeds will be good. If the deeds are good, life will be joyful. So

what deeds and thoughts should man develop? This has to be inquired first. "I

am man not an animal." We should ascertain as to what types of thoughts man's

mind should have. Man must have human qualities such as truth, love, patience, sacrifice

and compassion. In addition, man should have unity in thought, word and deed.

Man has the right to call himself a man only when he has these types of deeds

and qualities. Hence, the first letter in the word 'manager' is man. That is

called the mind of man."

Infact, this is what baba repeated through the thought for the day on 26th Nov'05 as he says:

Source:

Radio Sai web site

Heaven and hell are

dependent on the conduct of man. True humanness consists in having

unity of thought

, word and deed. In Vedantic parlance, this unity

is described as Trikarana Shuddhi (threefold purity). True moksha

(liberation) consists in speaking in accordance with one's thoughts,

and further, in practising what one speaks. The ancients considered

this unity

as a form of yoga. "Manasyekam, vachasyekam, karmanyekam mahaathmaanam"

(Those whose thoughts, words and deeds are in complete accord are noble

beings). "Manas-anyath, vachas-anyath, karmanya-anyath duraathmanaam"

(The wicked are those whose thoughts, words and actions are in

deviance).

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Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam today26th November 2005

ps: This abstract comes from Chap

1.1 - Ideal profile of a manager, of the book 'Man Management' - The

Gita of management by Bhagawan Sri Satya Sai Baba.