MYSTERIES OF MIND

In our day to day life many times we keep on telling like.."My Mind is disturbed",
"I am not able to concentrate"...bla bla bla...
But the funniest thing is that we don't know where is Mind???
Take a moment and think for a while where exactly is mind in our body??

To operate or control any instrument first we need to understand what it is?what it can do , what it cant do, what are its capabilities.Similarly unless we understand what is mind and its nature we cant capture art of controlling mind.
What is Mind?
As cloth is bundle of threads interlaced so is mind bundle of thoughts and desires.
If we keep on removing threads from cloth one after other there will be no Cloth remaining,so also if we keep on reducing thoughts or desires there will be no mind left.

On an average for a human being 40,000 thoughts come to mind per day.
Mind always keeps on jumping from one thought to another so only human mind is refered to Monkey Mind.
Mind is suppose to control five senses ie Eye,Ear,tongue,Nose and Skin.
Senses are organs of body which are meant for communication with external world.
So the basic characteristic of senses is to run behind worldly objects.
So only God has blessed us with Mind which can control senses.
But when we start going against this protocol ie when Senses starts controlling mind or when mind fails to control senses it leads to disasters.
What is mind for me?
Every time we refer some things which belongs to us as "My" example my watch , my shirt..etc
So here we see these objects are some thing which belongs to me.Means i am not these objects.Study proper relation between Me and Mine.
So also we refer My Hand , My Eye , My Mind...etc
So what it means is Mind and all other senses are organs belonging to me , but i am not these.
I am owning these Organs.In other words these are instruments given by God to me.
Is Mind Good or Bad?
If some one puts a simple question, Is Knife Good or Bad ??
what will be our answer?
We can it depends who uses it.If its given to a dacoit he uses it to kill some one.If given to a surgeon he will save life of a person.
So knife is just a instrument.It depends on how we are handling it.
Similarly mind is good servant if we control it,or else its a bad master.
In Geeta Krishna tells "If controlled Mind is best friend of soul(Atma),if not its worst of enemy".
World is projection of Mind
Our ancient text says "Mano Moolam Idam Jagat" meaning "The World is Projection of Mind".
What ever the world we see , we smell , we touch , we taste ,we hear is just projection of mind.
In other words we can say the world exists because mind exists.
"If no mind then no world".Ammhhhh difficult to digest??
yes i do agree its tough to believe because of false impressions we are carrying from generations about this material world.
I may not be able to make this subject completely clear but i will try to throw some more light on this topic.
Say now when we are awake we see things , we touch table ,we smell food ..etc and also if some one praises us we feel happy ,if some one blames us we feel sad.i,e we react to words and emotions.Now all this communication with external world happens via Senses.Mind gets electrical signals for all senses and creates a image/sound/taste/smell of world in brain.
We expirence all such things because of mind.
Don't agree ? Now you may ask question that if its because of mind , then what for these senses are?Senses give some input so only mind will come to know.
Now to make this clear we will consider one more state of mind ie dream state.
In dream we experience every things same what we experience when we are awake.Mind will be happy/sad , mind can taste , smell ,touch..etc in spite of no other senses working.
Now take third case where in we are in deep sleep.Now in this state we are neither happy nor sad.we neither smell , touch ,taste any thing.Because in this state there is no mind working.
This makes the point clear that for mind is responsible not the senses for expirencing the world.Mind creates image of world.
So whatever impressions we have about society , people , ourselves are just mind created impressions and they need not be true.
As always we see parents never admit there child is wrong, they always have impression that there kid is good and his friends are spoiling him.Similarly thoughts/impressions that take birth in our mind are our own children's and we always have
impression that they are correct.
Mind is a Key
Vishnu purana says "Mana eva Manushyanam Karana Bhandha Mokshayoh".Mind is responsible for Liberation and bondage.
Mind is like a Key.If we turn key inwards it locks and if we turn it outwards it unlocks.Similarly if we turn our mind towards senses we get bonded to material world and if we turn our mind away from senses we get liberated.
Here turning towards senses means ,not controlling senses, or listening to what our senses say.So we develop more attachment towards material world and in turn develop more and more desires towards it get struck in it.
Turning mind away from senses means to control them.To be a better judge and decide "what my senses are asking should i give it"?? By doing so we become master of our senses and better utilize our mind in fruitful activities.
Once we master our Mind we will become Master Mind.

Namasmaran(Chanting his holy name)

Namasmaran is act of chanting holy name/mantra of Lord.

Once maharshi vyasa told to group of sages who came to him that "How fortunate are those destined to be born in Kali Yuga (dark age),It is easy to win grace of lord only by doing namasmaran,as compared to other ages where in rigorous penance is prescribed".

Benifits of Doing Namasmaran as told by Bhagavan himself:

a) The best antidote for all ills.
b) The boat that will take accross sea of births and deaths.
c) Will give you consolation , courage and the true perspective.
d) The fountain of primal enegry.
e) Since its inner activity,it helps inner transformation.
f) will keep the antics of mind under control.
g) Nearness to God is attainable.
h) Prarabdha(previous birth effects) will melt away like fog before sun.
i) Vitamin G which is required for nutrition of Mind.
j) Withdraws the mind from sensory tangle.

Event Science shows that by doing Namasmaran all ill idea's , bad impressions from sub-conscious mind can be removed.This method is called "deflection method".
For details about this method you can visit
http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/articles/id/spiritualresearch/happiness/gaininghappiness/happiness_reducingincorrectimpressions_d

what name to chant??

Select any name and form you like for all names and form are his.
what ever name and form we are comfortable with can be choosen.As bhagavan tells "There is only one God and he is Omnipresent".
Do not talk ill of other names and form.Behave like woman in joint family.
She always servers and respects all elders in her family but her heart is dedicated to her husband whom she loves and revers in special manner.
If we are sincere then we should appreciate sincerity of others too.

Methods of Doing Namasmaran:-

There are mainly two ways of doing Namasmaran.
One doing by holding JapaMala(Rosary) in hand and counting beeds.
Or else one can do without rosary.

Usualy Rosaray will contain 108 beeds.So we can do japa in multiples of 108's.
The reason for rosary containing 108 beeds is that, a human being does respiration 21600 times a day.
And our saints and sages have found out we chant "Soo Hamm" unknowingly when we breath.
when we inhale we chant Sooo, and when we exhale we chant Hamm.English translation of Soham is "I am That".
Means we unknowgly chant that "I am That", ie i am the supreme Soul.
So its multiples of 108.ie 108 * 200 = 21600.


In both the methods , any name selected should be chanted in mind and form of Lord should be seen infront of mental eye's.

When to Do :-

As such there is no timing for doing namasmaran, it can be done anytime , anywhere.
But saints and sages recommend to do namasmaran during 4 Am to 6 Am.
But since Namasmaran is a mental work we can do it even while doing any other work.
Bhagavan always tells "Dil mein Ram , hath mein Kaam" , meaning Have holy name of Lord rama in heart and do your work.

Some suggested Names/Mantras for chanting:-

a) Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram.
b) Hare Krishna ,Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare.
c) Om Sai Ram
d) Om Namaha Shivaya
e) Gayatri Mantra
f) OM
g) Om Namo Narayanaya