MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL : 18.1.

MIND IS NOT ATMA :: 1.


In the West, the psychologists make a serious mistake in saying that consciousness is a function and attribute of the mind.

It is Chit or Atman only that is Pure Consciousness Itself.

Mind borrows its light from time to time from its source—Atman, the Light of lights or the Sun of suns and glitters temporarily like consciousness, like the golden gilt in brass.

Mind borrows its light and power from Brahman, the source (Yoni), just as the iron-rod borrows its heat and effulgence from
fire.

Mind is Jada or non-intelligent, but appears to be intelligent by borrowing light from Brahman, just as water exposed to the sun borrows heat from the sun.



Mind can do only one thing at a time.

It is finite (Parichhinna).

It is Jada.

It is the effect (Karya) of Sattva Guna.

It is Vinasi (perishable).

It is Chanchala (ever-fluctuating).

It is a bundle of ideas, Samskaras, habits, impulses and emotions.

It borrows light from the Adhishthana (the underlying substratum), Brahman.

You can control the mind.

The thinker is different from thought.

There is no functioning of the mind in deep sleep.

You always say, “My mind”, as if mind is one of your instruments just like your walking-stick or umbrella.

Therefore, mind is not the self-shining Atma.


Swami Sivananda

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