How the mind works🔗

“When you see something, first the eye sees it. There is something called chakshu which digitizes the information seen by the eye.

The input is converted into a digital file by the chakshu. This conversion happens to the information received through all the five senses, not just the eye.

Then the file goes to the memory or chitta. The chitta does a process of elimination on the file received. It says: this is not an animal, this is not a plant etc.

Then the file goes to the mind or manas. The mind does the job of identifying the file. It says: This is a human being; a human being who is taking a class.

Next the whole file takes a quantum leap to the ego and your ego decides based on your past experiences what your next action or decision is. If you have past experiences with similar classes, and they have been alright for you, if you think that it has helped, you will decide to sit here, else you will think it is better to leave!

This process between the eye and the mind is logical and conscious. You are completely aware of this process. The quantum leap from the mind to the ego is mostly unconscious. That is the time when the actual decisions are taken is mostly an unconscious process for you. It happens without your awareness. During this time, you decide illogically; you decide against your logical thought process. You take an illogical decision.

This is because the unconscious zone is filled with negative memories and restlessness. Without any logical connection between them, these memories or incidents are stored here.

What happens is, when the file takes a quantum leap to this zone, there is so much of data stored, that the file does not even reach the ego properly for a decision. These memories just impose themselves and cause havoc in the decision making process.

As a result, the ego just takes a hasty decision purely at the instinct level and passes the file back. It happens as an unconscious process.

If you can infuse a deep silence and awareness into the unconscious zone and replace your engraved memories or files with silence and awareness, you can move from the instinct level to the intuition level.

When you are at the intuitive level, you will take decisions from the energy of your intuition, from deep awareness and peace.”