MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES AND SUPER SAINT -MIND-HINDRAN

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



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).


(This book can be read from www.saileelas.org/books).

subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.