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

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If you say ‘there is nothing outside’ why do you run after food and water

when you are hungry and thirsty If everything is within, you should get

satisfaction from hunger and thirst from within only. But it is not the

case. There is something outside, call it a Vivarta (appearance) of

Brahman, Vilasa of Maya, Chamatkara of Avidya, Perinama of Vishnu,

electrical waves of scientists, combination of Anus of Kanada or Tattva

Vilasa. It does not matter much.

 

The thinking principle includes Manas (mind), Buddhi (intellect), Chitta

(Subconscious-mind) and Ahankara (Egoism or self-asserting principle). The

mind assumes the three other forms, Buddhi, Chitta and Ahankara according to

the different functions it performs (Vrittibheda). Manas is a

Sankalpa-Vikalpatmaka (willing and doubting). “It thinks whether to go to

a place or not, whether to do this or not, and whether this is good or bad”.

The mind is of a doubting nature.

 

Buddhi or intellect is Nischayatmaka (certitude) or

Adhyavasyatmaka. It is the determining faculty. It is that light of

Buddhi that determines one way or the other.

Chitta does the function of Anusandhana (enquiry) and Dharma

(Concentration). The function of memory also belongs to Chitta. According

to Yoga philosophy, Chitta is the mind-stuff or the mental substance, and

the mind, intellect, and egoism are various processes in the mind-stuff.

Ahankara is the self-arrogating principle. It does the function of

Abhimana (egoism). It creates ‘Mamata’ (mineness). This is root cause of

all human sufferings. All Vrittis hang upon this one “Aham Vritti”, ‘I’

thought. It is the root cause of human ignorance.

It should be distinctly borne in mind that the thinking principal, mind,

is not the Atman who is the fountain-source of all consciousness or

knowledge. Just as a mirror borrows its light from the Sun, so also the

mind borrows its light from the Atman, the Supreme Being.

‘Vritti’ means literally a ‘whirlpool’. It is a thought wave in the Lake

of Chitta. Chitta is the mind-stuff or mental substance. It takes

various forms. These forms constitute Vrittis. It gets transformed or

modified (Parinama). These transformations and modifications are

the thought-waves. Whirlpools of Vritti of an orange is formed in the

lake of Chitta. This will subside and another Vritti will be formed when it

thinks of milk (milk-Vritta) countless Vrittis are rising and subsiding in

the ocean of Chitta. These Vritties cause restlessness of mind. Why do

Vritties arise from Chitta Because of Sanskaras (Latent impressions) and

Vasanas (subtle desires). If you annihilate all desires, all Vritties

will subside by themselves. When a Vritti subsides it leaves a definite

impression in the subconscious mind. It is known as Samskara or latent

impression. The sum total of all Samskaras is known as “Karmasaya” or

receptacle of works. This is Sanchita Karma or accumulated work. When a

man leaves the physical body, he carries with him his astral body of 17

Tattvas (five senses, five organs of action, five vitalairs, mind and

intellect) and the Karmasaya as well to the mental plane. This Karmasaya is

burnt by highest knowledge obtained through Asamprajnata Samadhi (Absolute

Super conscious state).

 

 

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