23-04-17, Rishikesh Workshop-How can you find God in this life?-III

“The mind or mana is divided roughly into three sections-lower, middle and top. On top is the recording of the current or present ongoing activities happening to us. They are recorded by our senses and interpreted by the everchanging mana or mind. The recording is first in the senses, then in brain, sometimes called mind, and later in the body of the recipient and finally in mana or manas. “But Rishivar, I interjected, “You have taught me that the mana is a separate entity while brain is separate and physical in form. There is light in excess in some areas like the heart, brain and in Kundalini or naval area in someone. And if the individual has made excessive spiritual progress, in that specific individual there is more light near the heart. The minds of the rishis or sages are extra ordinary but they like to hide their personalities and stay in seclusion. You have told me so many more secrets of extra ordinary humans or enlightened beings which I should never divulge to all since they are excluded from it. It was only you who could answer me in wholesome and copious manner to my very old lingering question. More than thirty-five years ago, I had asked this question in a big gathering of aspirants and you already know of it. Prior to that, I read many books to hunt and know in detail about the so-called mind or mana. This is a very intriguing and troublesome question since we all are suffering in so many ways. All the holy scriptures like the Bhagwat Gita and Vedas clearly point out that one must control the mind to end the suffering. I have always questioned right from the beginning- Where is my mind, how can I address it and put it in tight reins? The brain is made of countless cells, how can the physical in nature thing and protein made cells guide or misguide me? This means that the brain and mind are two different things, one is brain which is the master and guide of the body. And the other is an entity which is invisible yet very prominent and forceful is its personality. I can develop my brain with good food, exercise, sleep and mental, creative as well as other variety of exercises. But where is my mana, the so called manas in scriptures? Where to find it? Where is its placement or location in myself? In the past many years in my wonderful meditations beginning from Pondicherry onwards until now. You have been very silently, sometimes without my even being aware have been sending out rays of your mental powers. And powerful vibrations of highest kinds to transfer your brilliant knowledge slowly to me. I am your best recipient of this stellar collection; I have received colossal divine knowledge from you. Anyhow, I shall never tell the world about it in detail; they must earn it with their own hard penance. Whatever God wants the world to know shall be revealed but only with your consent and agreement. God has decided to tell the world about his hidden, brilliant children who did excessive penance in ancient times. Kindly break your long silence Maharishi and tell the world something at least by which they shall be enriched forever.” Two days went by but no words spoken by him; I decided to leave the subject where it was. Then on an auspicious day of twenty-eighth October 2016’s afternoon, such plentiful peace rays fell all over my inner being. An exclusive period of deep silence captured me, ah! peace in entire body and I went into very deep trans and further slipped inside. I very easily knew it was him now who was telling me those further mystic revelations and I understood that it was time to now tell about the puzzling mind to you. Bogar Rishivar- “Since God is very pleased with you for all the sacrifices you have made to serve us. It is you in the history of mankind who will get the privilege of researching about mana and telling the world what it really is. Since so many centuries, no one has made any research in what is mind, how does it work and where it is located. Some modern researches has been done by doctors in brain but they are not rishis who have the third eye and vision divine! “Mind and body are separate, in body is the brain which you call mana or mind erroneously. Mana is in the subtle body though temporarily situated in the physical body when you are alive, but never inside it. Its place is near the heart; it constitutes of ethereal layers and is made by food and your thoughts. It is an instrument to feel, perceive, and even guide and is a force that is to be reckoned with if it is fully revived! Do not be confused with these two terms, mana and mind, though they look alike but are so different and never one. The people in the world are so muddled, they do not know what is mana or manas in Sanskrit. There are two very distinct units, one is the visible brain or the supposed mind and the second is manas or mana. Both look same but are never one because the first one is brain, the nervous system seated in the skull. I pondered and interjected to enrich the conversation by asking a fair question without compromising on the sage’s honour and respect. I politely questioned, “It is these cells in the brain which get connected and perform actions and our body functions properly. How come that is not the mind or manas since it is the primary source of motivation and initiation? All our life we all have understood that the mind is the brain and it is the mind that rules the body and also us.” Bogar Rishivar– “God has kept this most intriguing fact hidden and very challenging to search and know until now. From time since man came to be born, he did not know if there was any special power hidden within. Which if tapped and developed in special ways could be resourcefully triggered and harnessed for optimum. Only some millennia ago, some wise men went deep inside themselves by going into tranquil forests to research. Silence taught them that peace within was so necessary for living and the ever-changing world was so ephemeral. They found that there was a special source inside them which was a store house of incredible powers. They shut out from the world and maintained silence for many years until the doors began to open. They also stopped their unnecessary thoughts and stopped its wandering and made it more concentrated and linear. They found that there is a place near their heart which first gets stimulated and stirs. From there the vibration reaches the top of the head and a series of activities are undertaken after that. This means that there was an initiating power, a motivating power which germinates from a source which they termed ‘manas’ ‘Manas’ was a word which was close to ‘maanush’ or human being and ‘maanush’ stood out from animals and inanimate things. First comes the vibration or ‘tarang’ in manas, through very small and through very fine nerves, the vibration is transported to a specific part of the brain. The brain is like a machine which responds to commands or orders from yet another source or else who can make your brain function? The ‘mana; first decides by its will power that it wants to do a particular action and wants to get it translated into reality in physical world from abstract. The brain and the rest of the body get electric currents to start up and the parts of the brain from specific quarters are ready to answer!” I was stupefied, I was awestruck, I was thrilled and I won’t be shy to tell you that I was nervous as well while I was writing all this. If you are asked to do landmark actions in human history, who will not get nervous and edgy? Turning the wheel around and creating new records are not only fascinating but are full of responsibilities and labour. Honour and fame is not the goal, the aim is to correct the long stored records of human spiritual endeavours and the mind! Bogar Rishivar– “The mind will be called mana and brain mastiksha by me to remove all your doubts. Mana and mastiksha or mind and brain respectively are interrelated, are two very different identities. Very intriguingly, there are three segments or levels in the mana –sthool, sukshma and kaaran. Sthool means physical, sukshma subtle and kaaran causal-sthool concerns the physical realm, sukhsma subtle and kaaran causal realm. The mana can be in three stages- the state of being in the physical world called sthool or physical. It can next go a bit inside and enter sukshma or feeling, perceiving state and lastly it can go to its foundation- the kaaran or ego state-the ‘I am’ state. Beyond these three states is shunya or emptiness or void where one meets God in light, peace and knowledge. Since this topic is very hard to grasp for all, let me now elaborate for you further although speaking for so long is a tedious job! Top is termed as conscious mind or mana, middle sub conscious and lower is the unconscious. Everything that we think, wonder, do, act or observe is captured as a movie and printed in the various levels of mana. Together it is a single unit and the printing on the surface is happening every moment to micro minute or second. Though one unit, functions of levels are different because time, one’s will power and intensity also matters in its composition. The mana is made of fragments of thoughts or sankalpas, imagination, ideas, creativity, will power, assumptions and a lot more. It is like very thin shreds of thread which are not visible but the colour, texture, design of the cloth is so apparent. The mind or mana is one unit though, but in fact it is a vast collection of many experiences, actions, resolutions and wills of humans. It is the biggest power that any human can possess if harnessed and developed and retained well in multiple lives! How is the mind formed? How should we look after our precious and impressionable mind? How not to age or degenerate? How to preserve the longevity of the well-structured and advanced mind? How to organize the mind to avoid losing its memory and functionality? How to avoid the disturbing or destructive forces which reduce your power? You must listen to me very carefully if you wish to do the complete restructuring of your mind to get a new one. You must lead a very disciplined and austere life and finish all your social obligations to create time and space in your brain. You will never again do any unsophisticated action and will always practice God union and communication. You must use your senses only as doors or windows to receive outside information and never to indulge! You are a tender soul my little girl and often wonder why are we always seeing so much unhappiness and grief and suffering? What can be done to stop that and how can we bring more joy, peace and godly sensibilities? In this time the Kaliyug era, maximum people are going astray and drifting; they seem to have lost control over their lives and are so disorderly. I will tell you why all this is happening, it is you all who must find the answers to these questions in this elaborate rendition. As you have already qualified all the requisitions my sweet daughter, I give you a bouquet of flowers as my gift. I am satisfied with your hard work, honesty towards mankind, sincerity towards your sacred masters and family members. You are a deserving candidate and my successor to this very hard to achieve sacred science and pious undertaking. Only a part will be known to the world through you, rest of the science I shall impart to you exclusively individually. The mind is a store house of rays of light composed at the first moment when an individual decides to enter a physical body. Initially it is only and only rays of God’s light, energy, imagination or Kalpana, creativity and God’s power to think and propagate joy. Slowly as delusion, the power of misconception and confusion becomes overwhelming, its gross element enters the first upper most layer. If not removed, the dark matter particle enters the mind’s next layer and light ray is replaced by a dense particle of matter! This was the first ever step when Atma became jeevatma and the mana, or mind a separate entity from God became two entities. Over many lives, the mind became more matter and less Spirit as the three layers of mind were deeply dipped with thoughts of only matter. The original state was lost to a new formed state of being and the new state brought along with it unhappiness, suffering and more complications. All the three levels of the mind became permanent recipients of ignorance of God and God related subjects. The main culprit in the corruption of the mind of today’s masses and public is the slow degeneration of sacred values and loss of virtues. If the God ordained rules of rightful living and respect for sacred texts are forgotten by the individuals, they are sure to be doomed. Human values are foremost values, God’s commandments in the sacred texts are the protectors of evils. Human mind gets fully destroyed if it is not looked after its own wellbeing and its sanctity preserved. If you wish to make your life and mind worth living and care to find out how from an ancient soul who never erred and always lived for God. Take his very rich experience of knowing God to greatest heights and relive your life by following his beneficial advice. Follow the holy scriptures, worship the wise sages, serve the saints, serve all humanity and take care of your family. Consecrate this life in search of God and never allow your mind to again become restless, unhealthy and full of misgivings!!” Hari Om Tatsat! Hari Om Tatsat! Hari Om Tatsat! My request to all-Kindly read this post very, very carefully and slowly. It is one of the most challenging posts to compose. I am referring to part II and III only. The reason is-It was a very brief, lucid and abbreviated, neat post which I finished quickly on 26th October itself. Probably the first version was just for me. It was a difficult one. In the last two days, I was wondering if I should plead and ask the Maharishi to tell us more and explain exponentially. As it his nature to utter so little, God heard my dilemma and helped me out. The poetry was elaborated and the present elongated version seems alright. Hope you can resolve many definitions of the mind or mana. You could also refer to Swami Shivanandji’s best commentaries on this subject in his book- Mind, its control and mysteries.