coming from outside.
The intellect is one of the four functional
aspects of mind. The thinking mind,
intellect, ego and memory are four
functional aspects of mind.
The Sanskrit word Buddhi means intellect
and awareness. Without self-awareness,
one cannot choose and decide. But when
intellect is impure, it chooses what one
likes, dislikes but not what is good. What is
good is right. The right here means – real,
eternal, inner peace, happiness, love and
wisdom (that never changes in life i.e. our
true nature).
statement by the master makes easy for
the seeker to take over the mind. It is like
talk-therapy in today’s world.
The mind needs to
be educated to
qualify by
cultivating qualities
of contentment,
learning directly
from the teachers
of eastern wisdom,
self-enquiry and
regular practice of
calmness.
The master says there are two steps to
secure inner peace, happiness, love and
wisdom – regular practice with wisdom
(here practice means approaching near to
our true nature) and dispassion (leaving
behind causes of miseries like leaving
behind the house when driving to
workplace).
Do we practice eating, evacuating bowels,
drinking water and other daily activities?
The ‘I’ is not associated with these daily
actions. But the moment we think of
mindfulness- we start asking unnecessary
questions: How long I should practice?
How many days? When and where? The
mind with these questions hardly succeeds
in mindfulness. The practice of
mindfulness becomes habit, and soon it
conditions the mind to use the practice like
taking pills for relaxation. The word
practice in eastern wisdom is upaya
meaning approaching near to true nature.
When intellect declares, others (people,
place, possession, event, and time) are
responsible for miseries and suffering, the
intellect is impure, mind is lazy, crazy,
reactive and wandering and senses are
deeply attached to objects outside.
The mind is crazy, lazy, reactive because of
the desire. The intellect when pure chooses
what is good, real, eternal. The pure
intellect purifies the thinking and right
thinking perceives what is good.
This enables the brain to change, what
science says, ‘fire the brain to rewire it’. It is
important to know that eastern wisdom
has clear concepts about the mind and
science is progressively becoming clear
about the gray matter. The masters of
eastern wisdom declare that the
knowledge from any source are welcome
that leads to discovery of our true nature.
The practice in Eastern Wisdom is
approaching near to the true nature, away
from ‘I’ created by the mind. The mind
suffers from self-inflicted wounds of stress,
anxiety, pain and fear than anything
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