MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL : 7.

MIND IS SUBTLE MATTER :


Mind is not a gross thing, visible and tangible. Its existence is nowhere seen.

Its magnitude cannot be measured.

It does not require a space in which to exist.

Mind and matter are two aspects as subject and object of one and the same all-full Brahman, who is neither and yet includes both.

Mind precedes matter.

This is Vedantic theory.

Matter precedes mind.

This is scientific theory.

Mind can be said to be immaterial only in the sense that it has not the characteristics of ponderable matter.

It is not, however, immaterial in the sense that Brahman (Pure Spirit) as such is.

Mind is the subtle form of matter and hence the prompter of the body.

Mind is made up of subtle,

Sattvic, Apanchikrita (non-quintuplicated) Tanmatric matter.

Mind is all electricity.

According to the Chhandogya Upanishad, mind is formed out of the subtlest portion of food.

Mind is material. Mind is subtle matter.

This discrimination is made on the principle that the soul is the only source of intelligence; it is self-evident; it shines by its own light.

But the organs (mind and senses) derive their principle of activity and life from the soul.

By themselves, they are lifeless.

Hence the soul is always a subject and never an object.

Manas can be an object of the soul.

And it is a cardinal principle of Vedanta that that which is an object for a subject is non-intelligent
(Jada).

Even the principle of self-consciousness (Aham Pratyak-Vishayatva) or Ahankara is non-intelligent; it does not exist by its own light.

It is the object of apperception to the soul.

Swami Sivananda

To be continued  ...