DEVELOPMENT OF BHAVNA ( ભાવના )

We can surmise that bhavna develops when there is freedom from our narrow vision and reduction of selfishness. Worries, afflictions, struggles get to be minimal when bhavna develops. There is a difference between struggles of ordinary life of duality and when bhavna develops. Struggles in the field of bhavna is not choosing right or wrong or between this or that. One wants to do right thing all the time but is held back by forces of ignorance ( forces of prakruti or nature ) that have been accumulating for several life spans. One wants to move forward and there ensues fierce battle and struggle with these forces. This struggle gets worse as one progresses in the field of bhavna.

There is no progress without fighting this battles. One gets to know one's worth from these struggles. It shows us where we stand as regards to bravery, patience and adventure. Progress is not possible without the struggles

Pujya Shree Mota
Joda-jod
Edition 1; page 104-105.

TO THE MIND -- 5

વિચારેલ  તારું  બને  છે  કશું  ના,
ચહ્યું  જે  વળી  તું  શકે  મેળવી  ના,
મદારો  ગઈ  વ્યર્થ  તેં  દીઠી  તારી,
છતાંયે  ન  છોડે  હજી  છાલ,  હારી.       ( ૧૩ )

પૂજ્ય શ્રી મોટા
મનને.
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Neither much happens accordingly to your thoughts nor the desires are fulfilled according to your likings. You have seen the futility of your confidence and yet do not accept the defeat. Even then you continue to beat your own drums.

Pujya Shree Mota
To the mind, stanza 13.


              

TO THE MIND -- 4

કરે   કેટલી  વાર  તું  કામ  ચીંધ્યું,
બતાવેલ  પંથે  ઊડ્યું  જાય  સીધું,
તું  વિશ્ર્વાસમાં  એમ  લૈને  મને  રે,
પછાડી  કરે  ખોખરાં  હાડકાં  સૌ.        ( ૧૨ )

પૂજ્ય  શ્રી  મોટા
મનને.
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At times you perform the work well according to my direction. You do this at flying speed and without any hesitation. You gain my confidence in this manner and then knock me down flat on the floor.

Pujya Shree Mota
To the mind, stanza 12.

My two cents --
Here Pujya Shree Mota points to one of the tricks that the mind can play with you.

TO THE MIND -- 3

વળી સાથીદારો તારા અનેક,
ભમાવી મને, રાખતા તુજ ટેક;
" ન મારા સમું ક્યાંય કો બીજું ડાહ્યું "
મનાવી મને અેમ તું ઠીક ફાવ્યું.            ( ૯ )

પૂજ્ય શ્રી મોટા
મનને.

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 He notices that his mind has many friends and all of them work to maintain the stand taken by the mind. This is done to misguide him. Mind convinces him that there is no body wiser than the mind and then takes the full advantage of him.

Pujya Shree Mota
To the mind, stanza 9.

My two cents --
Pujya Shree Mota continues his conversation with his mind. Mind finds convincing argument for its stand with the help of many friends like greed, desires, inertia, art of justifying, logic , etc and justifies its position. Pujya Shree Mota here questions the mind's assertion that it is the wisest of all.