HOW THE MIND WORKS🔗

The mind map

How does the mind work? You see something. First, the eye sees. In Sanskrit, they call this part as chakshu. It is almost like a digital signal processor (DSP). The signal, the input is converted into a digital file.

Then it goes to the memory called chitta. When it goes to the memory, a little more work is done on the file. For example, if you are seeing me now, the file is processed through chakshu, then it is taken to the chitta - memory. The memory first starts analyzing; it first excludes. It starts saying: this is not an animal, this is not a plant, not a rock. The excluding process is done by the chitta. Then the file goes to the mind - manas. The mind starts processing and then comes to a conclusion: this is a human being, a human being taking classes.

Next, the whole file takes a quantum leap to the ego and your ego decides based on your past experiences. If you have past experiences with yoga and meditation, and it has been okay for you, if you think it has helped, you decide to sit, or you think this is not for me and you leave the hall.

Now, the gap between the eye and mind - this process is conscious. You are aware of this process. It happens with your awareness. But the mind to ego process - you are not aware about it. The process happens without your awareness. You decide against your logic. You decide against your thought process. For example, according to the data that you have collected, you know that smoking is injurious to health; it is not good for your body; it is not good for your mind. But when the mind takes an unconscious leap to the ego, you simply take the decision to smoke! The conscious process says NO, it is not good for health, but the unconscious process says...it doesn't even say...it just takes the decision and you execute.

Many times, the decisions are not under your control because the unconscious is very powerful. The unconscious can be used in three ways: at the instinct level, the intellect level and the intuition level. As long as the unconscious is filled with negative memories and restlessness, it works at the instinct level. You decide just instinctively. You don't even know why you are angry.

Suddenly you burst. Sometimes, you feel some activities or some words that you speak is not you. . . You do something and then you think, 'This is not me, how did I do it? How did I allow this to happen?' This happens because the unconscious is working in the instinct level. Many times, you just associate things without even any logical connection. For example, if you have been disturbed by somebody who was wearing a white dress, the moment you see somebody wearing a white dress, the past memory comes up and you feel the anger. This is the instinct level.

The next is the intellect level. You might be conscious but you don't have enough of enthusiasm. You just go with a conscious mind, 'alright. . .', but you are not creative, not innovative. You don't take big steps, you don't grow. It is just like a faithful servant. You will be collecting data, processing it and delivering it; nothing more than a computer. If you are standing only at the intellect level, you are not using your potential to the maximum - the extent to which it is supposed to be used.

The next is intuition. You need deep understanding. You need to go deep into the whole Science; only then you will be able to understand what I mean by the word intuition. Intuition is something which happens beyond your intellect. Suddenly you know for sure that this is the right thing and you have enough energy also to do it but you don't know the steps because this unconscious is always a quantum leap. So you don't know the step how you came to the conclusion but you know for sure it is right!

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