Purity of thoughts

[Guest guest]

How can we deal with controlling the mind and changing the thoughts

and personality traits? Most people today feel that it's human to

think both negatively and positively, everyone has their weaknesses

etc, why should we be 'goody- goody' etc. but they do not seem to

understand that thinking negatively is firstly harmful to us and then

it affects people around us. We may be ordinary human beings, but

that does not mean we cannot be perfect in our thinking, in our

values and way of living. What distinguishes the normal human from

people like Gandhiji, or Florence Nightingale or Einstein or Mother

Teresa - they all did not think ordinarily, their thoughts were

elevated and pure. Everyone can control their thoughts, if they wish.

 

Thoughts are the most powerful asset human beings have, but it is the

least understood. We value science so much today, but we forget that

it was the human mind that created that science. Ideas are changed

into reality, which means those ideas and thoughts are greater than

all the scientific inventions. It is important to first understand

what the soul or spirit is. The body is made of 5 elements but what

runs the body? Our thoughts, our decision-making power, our

personality - are all these things part of the body? They cannot be

because they are not physical things. It is impossible for scientists

to analyse thoughts, but when those thoughts are used to make

actions, then we can see them. It is just like electricity - we

cannot see it will our naked eye, but when it changes to another form

like light or heat then we can experience it. Similarly, the soul

runs the body, but we cannot see with the physical eyes, because it

is divine energy, a point of pure light. But it is so powerful that

it can control the entire body.

 

This soul has 3 main faculties - the mind (where thoughts are

generated), the intellect (the decision -making power) and the

personality traits (or sanskaars, as we say in Hindi). All these

three things work in collaboration and influence each other. When we

human beings first came on earth, we were pure, good, disciplined

individuals - we were soul-conscious, meaning the bodily desires and

bad vices were not present. But with time, the soul lost its

spiritual energy and became weak. Then the vices like ego, anger,

lust, attachment, greed entered and took over. You may ask why we

have negative thoughts - the intellect has become weak and cannot

control the thoughts that enter the mind. Even our sanskaars have

become impure, we get angry easily, we say things we do not want to,

we do things that are not nice. The environment also affects our

thoughts - the books we read, our friends, television, even food.

Most people will not agree with this, but the method of making the

food, what thoughts did the cook have while cooking, while eating how

was our mood etc.etc. EVERYTHING MATTERS!

 

But, do not feel disappointed, there is a remedy. The entire world is

going through a lot of suffering and it is because we have lost our

spiritual energy. Only God can come and teach us about spirituality

and how to become pure beings again. Through meditation we can learn

about

 

1. The Self, enables you to be detached from physical factors and

their limitations.

 

2. Knowing God, enables you to create a deep link of love and draw

into yourself all attributes, virtues and powers from the Supreme

Source.

 

3. Understanding the deep law of cause and effect (Karma), motivates

you to settle debts of the past and perform elevated actions now.