MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL : 7. 1 .1

Chapter-7. THE  PSYCHIC  STATES  :


1. INSTINCTS : 1.


Sit in silence in a solitary room and watch the various mental phenomena, mental states, moods, impulses, emotions, sentiments, whims, fancies that occur in the mind.

It will be of absorbing interest to study the subtle states of the inner psychic world.


There are two powerful instincts in the human beings and animals too.

They are the instinct of self-preservation and the instinct of reproduction.

Hunger is a manifestation of the self-preserving instinct.

Lust is a manifestation of reproductive instinct.

An instinct is an involuntary prompting to action.


The Jiva or the individual soul with egoism wants power, name and fame.

This is for self-aggrandisement.

Exploitation is greed.

It is the act of using for selfish purposes.

Domineering is to command haughtily.

The Jiva wants to exercise power over others.

This is Jiva-Bhavana.

The rootcause for industries, business, commerce, etc., is greed and self-preservation.

If you want to have constant Brahma-Bhavana, you will have to give up exploitation and domineering.

Swami Sivananda

To be continued  ...