Guest guest Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 SAI RAM Dear Brothers and Sisters, After reading posting no. 3 on this subject a Sai sister has requested this humble self to elaborate as to how to ' control all thought waves or mental modifications'. Even though this request takes us away from the topic of 'Moksha', looking to the practical importance of disciplining and taming of the mind, this humble self would indulge in this topic a little bit. For success in any yoga mind has to be pure, disciplined,tranquil,peaceful,cheerful, composed, steady, stable and free from restlessness, turbulence, distractions, delusion etc. etc. Once these are achieved, the concentration and penetrative power of the mind increases. Unless the mind is tackled and brought under control, a sadhaka can not progress in his Spiritual path. To gather the mind and to hold it as an integrated whole at the time of medtation calls for a painful and difficult stategy. The mind is fickle in nature as Lord Krishana says in the Gita( Chanchalam tu manah). Mind is the product of impressions gained by one so far in all lives. Goaded by these impressions, a wild and surging mind drives our physical structure endlessly hither and tither. Tossed between them we earn our agitations and feel shattered in our attempts at meditation. By subduing all thought agitations of the mind and by faithfully following a way of life we can achieve conservation of energy. It calls for a way of living wherein while contacting the world outside , the mental reactions , the thought agitations and the disipation of the mind are reduced and maintained at the minimal level,if not totally eliminated. Let us see some of the scriptural declarations about the mind. The Katopanishad comapres the mind to the reigns of a charioteer(Manah Pragrahameva cha), the human body to a chariot ( Sareeram rathameva cha),the intellect to the driver of chariot(Buddhim cha Sarathim) and the Atma to the owner of the chariot(Atmanam Rathinam viddhi). The sense organs have been compared to horses which need to be co-ordinated. The Upanishad further says, if the mind is always undisciplined, the senses become uncontrolled like the bad or uncontrolled horses of the charioteer. On the other hand if one is possesed of a disciplined mind, his mind is always under control like the good or controlled horses of a charioteer. If a man whose mind and senses are not disciplined endeavours to fix his mind n God, his senses drag his mind along with them, as declared by Lord Krishna in the second chapter of Gita. A mind thoroughly disciplined gets rivetted to the Supreme ( Vinayitam Chiite Atmani avatishtate), declares the Lord in the 6th chapter of Gita. A thoughroughly disciplined mind when it is focussed on the Supreme during meditation has been compared to a steady flame of light which is protected from wind from all sides and which does not flicker or fluctauate. Such a mind is called Niruddha ie., brought under control. The mental agitations and tossings have been compared to the wind blowing on the flame of mind. The mind of such a person automatically withdraws itself completely from the world. Such a mind is said to have become still. (to be continued) With Loving SAI RAMs, G.Balasubramanian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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