MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL : 19.1

ATMA —THE  SOURCE  FOR THE  MIND : 1.


Manas, which expands through Sankalpas and Vikalpas, is generated with Brahman as its cause.

The form which the endless Atman (Supreme Spirit) assumes through Sankalpa is Manas (mind).

It first turned its back to discrimination and hence entangled itself in the folds of Vasanas of objects.

The underlying substratum, Adhishthana of the mind, the source or basis for mind is Atman or Brahman or Absolute Conscious- ness.

The Power of powers who gives power to the mind, the Light of lights who sheds light on the mind, the Seer of seers who witnesses the motives of and movements in the mind, the Support of supports on which the mind rests in sleep is BRAHMAN.



“Om Keneshitam Patati Preshitam Manah—Willed and directed by whom does the mind go towards its desired objects?” (Kenopanishad).

To that Power of powers I bow with folded hands.

That Power of powers I am (Soham, Sivoham).



 That Secondless Supreme Being who resides in the chambers of your hearts as Antaryamin or Inner Ruler or Controller or Sutradhara or Sakshi (silent Witness), Antaratman (Inner Self), who has no beginning, middle or end, who is the source of this world, the Vedas, body, mind, Indriyas and Prana, who is all-pervading, who is unchanging, who is One Homogeneous Essence (Ekarasa), who exists in the past, present and future, who is self-existent (Svayambhu), who is independent (Svatantra) and who is self-luminous (Svayam- jyotis) is God or Atman or Brahman or Purusha or Chaitanya or Bhagavan or Purushottaman.


Swami Sivananda

To be continued  ...