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contradictory and it goes off on a tangent. Having said that, if
you reason with it just once and convince it, then it will agree
and leave its obstinate ways for good. This is why if you teach
a young child with good reason and understanding, the
importance of good values, they will remain with him all his life.
Thoughts in children are thoughts, which result into
immediate actions. The moment a thought arises, right away, it
will result in an action. But as the child grows older, he may think
about playing cricket while studying, but he will continue
studying if the good values have taken hold.
Knowledge that can read the mind
The nature of a human being is such that when thoughts
arise one says, “I had a thought.” But really thoughts and the
Self are separate; one is indeed separate from the thoughts. The
statement, ‘I had a thought’ itself proves that ‘I’ and ‘thoughts’
are separate. One says, “I am having a thought,” or, “These are
my thoughts.” Therefore, thoughts are completely separate from
the Self. This knowledge of the Self is alaukik, i.e. it is beyond
what the world knows (alaukik). This knowledge that has arisen
is the knowledge that can read all the phases of the mind
(manah- paryaya gnan). With this Gnan it is even possible to
see the different phases of the intellect at work!
Even a non Self-realized (agnani) person can perceive
thoughts in his mind, nevertheless different phases of the mind
cannot be known without the knowledge of the Self and hence
it is not considered true manah-paryaya gnan. The phases of the
mind are ever changing and to remain the knower-seer of the
phases is manah-paryaya gnan (mind seeing knowledge).
He who can see the state of the mind is a Gnani. Manah-
paryaya gnan is the ability to see all the phases of the mind;
phases such as compression and tension of the mind; how high
and low it goes, how excited it becomes, how much depression