World Projection of Thought

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Careful reflection will show that the entire universe is in reality the

projection of the human mind - Manomatram Jagat. Purification and control of the

mind is the central aim of all Yogas. Mind in itself is but a record of

impressions that keep expressing ceaselessly as impulses and thoughts. The mind

is what it does. Thought impels you to action; activity creates fresh

impressions in the mind-stuff.

 

Yoga strikes at the very root of this vicious circle by a method of effectively

inhibiting the functions of the mind. Yoga checks, controls and stops the root

function of the mind, i.e., thought. When thought is transcended, intuition

functions and Self-knowledge supervenes.

 

Thought has the potency of creating or undoing the world in the twinkling of an

eye. Mind creates the world according to its own Sankalpa or thought. It is the

mind that creates this universe, (Manomatram Jagat; Manahkalpitam Jagat).

Through the play of the mind, a Kalpa is reckoned by it as a moment and vice

versa. Like a dream generating another dream in it the mind having no visible

form generates existent visibles.