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542 From: "yogagal60510" <loba@aol.com>
Date: Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:32am
Subject: How To Transcend the Mind yogagal60510
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just something a friend sent me, which I thought was relevant to the
current discussion. enjoy.
"You must be able to thus perceive all the modes of your entire
personality. You are the silent, unattached Witness-Consciousness
within. You are not the senses; you are not the mind; you are not the
thought, emotion or sentiment. You are beyond even the intellect,
which is deluded and overcome by this illusion of false
identification. Thus, what you have to work up to, ultimately, is
that you are not even this "I" thought which is dearest to you, and
to which you are clinging. Even this "I" thought is merely a mode of
the mind, like any other thought. The true "I" (the real YOU within)
is a supramental factor. You are a pure Being distinct from this "I"
idea which the mind habitually thinks. Transcend the mind. You are
pure Consciousness and your true identity is "Conscious Being". You
are the true "Thinker" of the "I" thought and you make use of the
mind to express yourself. This Consciousness is the basis of your
Being whence the "I" thought is derived. In your present state of
delusion, this is not perceived. Your perception is clouded. The
moment the "I" thought is conceived by the mind, the mind is already
afflicted by the most pernicious of diseases. This disease, according
to the Vedas, is the superimposition of yourself upon the physical
body. You imply that you are this - the eyes, ears, nose, tongue,
hands, feet, head, etc. Is it not enough that you are caught within
the limitation and bondage of this individual body that holds you?
Why make it infinitely worse by identifying yourself with every
single feature of it? The body is actually a prison-house, and when I
say that it is made infinitely worse, I mean that it is the mind that
does this work, and not YOU, for your affliction is the mind, with
its "I am the body" notion. This mind will not give you rest. It is
only when you can shatter this wrong idea that you will know that you
are not this body, that you are not this mind." - By Swami Chidananda
om mani padme hum
Linda (Narayan Kaur)
544 From: "yogagal60510" <loba@aol.com>
Date: Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:40pm
Subject: Re: How To Transcend the Mind, Parts 1 & 2 yogagal60510
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--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, "yogagal60510" <loba@a...> wrote:
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>
> just something a friend sent me, which I thought was relevant to
the
> current discussion. enjoy.
>
> "You must be able to thus perceive all the modes of your entire
> personality. You are the silent, unattached Witness-Consciousness
> within. You are not the senses; you are not the mind; you are not
the
> thought, emotion or sentiment. You are beyond even the intellect,
> which is deluded and overcome by this illusion of false
> identification. Thus, what you have to work up to, ultimately, is
> that you are not even this "I" thought which is dearest to you, and
> to which you are clinging. Even this "I" thought is merely a mode
of
> the mind, like any other thought. The true "I" (the real YOU
within)
> is a supramental factor. You are a pure Being distinct from
this "I"
> idea which the mind habitually thinks. Transcend the mind. You are
> pure Consciousness and your true identity is "Conscious Being". You
> are the true "Thinker" of the "I" thought and you make use of the
> mind to express yourself. This Consciousness is the basis of your
> Being whence the "I" thought is derived. In your present state of
> delusion, this is not perceived. Your perception is clouded. The
> moment the "I" thought is conceived by the mind, the mind is
already
> afflicted by the most pernicious of diseases. This disease,
according
> to the Vedas, is the superimposition of yourself upon the physical
> body. You imply that you are this - the eyes, ears, nose, tongue,
> hands, feet, head, etc. Is it not enough that you are caught within
> the limitation and bondage of this individual body that holds you?
> Why make it infinitely worse by identifying yourself with every
> single feature of it? The body is actually a prison-house, and when
I
> say that it is made infinitely worse, I mean that it is the mind
that
> does this work, and not YOU, for your affliction is the mind, with
> its "I am the body" notion. This mind will not give you rest. It is
> only when you can shatter this wrong idea that you will know that
you
> are not this body, that you are not this mind." - By Swami
Chidananda
>
>
"To make the outgoing stream of thought in-going is the great science
of the mind that has to be learned. Begin by non-cooperating with the
mind. Whenever the mind builds up a want and wants to do a thing,
assert your independence and say, "No, I will not do it", and
whenever the mind refuses to do something, say, "You shall do it".
Always tell yourself: "I am the master of this house (body-mind). I
will not be dominated and commanded by the desire-ridden mind. I
shall do the dictating. I will assert my mastery and make the mind
listen to me and obey me".
Mind, as thought, is not overpowering. Mind, as "I", is also not
overpowering, because it has no dynamism in it; it is just a habitual
mode of the mind. But, when desires are evolved out of the "I"
and "mine" thoughts, and when imagination is brought into play the
mischief starts. It is letting the imagination play upon your
thoughts that gives them a dynamism of their own. The more a thought
is dwelt upon, the more quickly it grows into the dynamic form of a
desire. Therefore, the moment that a thought appears, stamp it out.
The Hindus say that great forest fires can be averted if you stamp
upon the tiny sparks right at the beginning.
Supposing the thought does not reach the condition of a desire, still
you must try to remember that it is not YOU. Do not couple yourself
with it. Do not get involved in it. Do not identify yourself with it.
Know yourself to be apart from the thought and do not fulfill it.
Disconnect yourself from the thought and stand aside.
Even though the mind seems to be capable of thinking a hundred
different thoughts at a time, the precise scientific truth about it
is that the mind can think only a single thought at a given moment.
This is a mysterious characteristic of the mental stuff. Due to its
finite nature, the mind can think only serially. The mind thinks with
such rapidity that it seems as though thoughts are simultaneous, yet
only one thought is ever entertained in the mind at one time.
From this fact it has been suggested that if you consciously raise
certain thoughts independently, then no other thought can occupy the
field of the mind at that time. Create your own thoughts masterfully
and you will be free from plague of loose and miscellaneous thinking.
You will no longer be a prey to vain imaginings. Control the mind.
Create right and noble thoughts; then no other unworthy or negative
thought can persist."
- By Swami Chidananda
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