There are two kinds of mind : (1) conscious (જાગૃત) mind through which we can understand thoughts and emotions. (2) subconscious mind (અજાગૃત). When the activities of the conscious mind gets quiescent, the activities of the subconscious mind flows into conscious mind. Subconscious mind is deeper than an ocean and the its contents are inexhaustible. Contents of this subconscious mind come up in the dreams when the body is a sleep but mind, intellect, chitta, prana and ego are awake. The body needs sleep to survive. The thoughts and vrutties spring up in the dreams from the subconscious mind with force that can damage the wellbeing of the nervous system of the body.
We can quiet the conscious mind by cultivating our ways in such a way that it does not produce the friction in the mind. Things of the subconscious mind come out only when there is peace in the conscious mind. If there is no peace in the conscious mind the dungeon of the subconscious mind does not come out. When we quiet the conscious mind there is rush of things (thoughts etc) from the subconscious mind and we can let it pass through only if we can maintain the mental stability with awareness. This tremendous rush feels as if it is endless. But if we let it pass through, it does flow through like water rushing through the pond into the ocean via canal, making the mind empty.
There is a possibility of making subconscious mind quiet only when the conscious mind is quiet and chitta can observe the flow of the things from subconscious mind with equanimity and without being affected by it. Our subconscious mind has so much impressions and feelings from many births and it seems endless. Humans have the capacity to make conscious mind quiet and peaceful but do not have the capacity to quiet subconscious mind. At present human does not have the capacity to become divine by only self effort. ------- (continued)
Pujya Shree Mota
Maun Mandir Nu Haridwar
Edition 6; pages 113 - 114.
We can quiet the conscious mind by cultivating our ways in such a way that it does not produce the friction in the mind. Things of the subconscious mind come out only when there is peace in the conscious mind. If there is no peace in the conscious mind the dungeon of the subconscious mind does not come out. When we quiet the conscious mind there is rush of things (thoughts etc) from the subconscious mind and we can let it pass through only if we can maintain the mental stability with awareness. This tremendous rush feels as if it is endless. But if we let it pass through, it does flow through like water rushing through the pond into the ocean via canal, making the mind empty.
There is a possibility of making subconscious mind quiet only when the conscious mind is quiet and chitta can observe the flow of the things from subconscious mind with equanimity and without being affected by it. Our subconscious mind has so much impressions and feelings from many births and it seems endless. Humans have the capacity to make conscious mind quiet and peaceful but do not have the capacity to quiet subconscious mind. At present human does not have the capacity to become divine by only self effort. ------- (continued)
Pujya Shree Mota
Maun Mandir Nu Haridwar
Edition 6; pages 113 - 114.
