MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES AND SUPER SAINT -MIND-HINDRANCE IN SELF REALISATION

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Modification is Vritti in the mind. When the Vritti subsides it assumes the

subtle state of potency or Samskara in the Chitta or subconscious mind.

This potency again becomes a Vritti under suitable conditions, when the mind

comes in contact with sensual objects or through memory of objects from

stimulus within. There are degrees in the Vrittis or modifications that

arise from mind. You can check or control the lower Vrittis with the help

of higher Vritties or transformations. You can become a Yagarudha (one who

is established in Yoga) by controlling all the Vritties of the mind.

Although the mind is one, it passes into many conditions or states, as it is

made up of three qualities or Gunas-Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Sattva is

purity or light or knowledge. Rajas is passion or activity. Tamas is

inertia or darkness. By checking Rajas and Tamas you can increase the

Sattva. When the Sattva is increased the mind becomes steady like the flame

of a lamp in a windless place. He who is Sattva can do real

concentration and meditation and can enter into Samadhi easily. A Rajasi

man loves power and objects of sense. A Tamasic man does vicious actions on

account of ignorance. Sattva cannot stand by itself. It is missed with

disturbing Rajas and Tamas. When there is preponderances of Sattva, Rajas

and Tamas get controlled. They work themselves.

Where there is increase of Sattva, there is brightness, lightness, joy,

purity, strength, peace and illumination. Man’s important duty is to

increase Sattva and control the senses and the mind. Other duties are

secondary (Gunas) only. A sensible man only can understand this point.

The mind is wondering (Kshipta) and unsteady through the disturbing

energy of Rajas (passion), which makes the mind run towards various sensual

objects. The mind becomes forgetful (Mudha) when it is filled with Tamas

(enertia). Deep sleep supervenes on account of excess of Tamas.

By destroying the Vritti one by one, you gain more and more mental strength

(Manasic Bala) and spiritual strength (Atma Bala). Do the practice and

feel the strength yourself.

 

 

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