The love that I have for your hands, you cannot have that same love for your own hands I am your loyal servant, I love you this is why, I can eat this bitter fruit but I wouldn't want your tongue to endure this that is why I was making excuses & saying lies, to get the fruit from you The King, was so impressed I have never seen a person like you! if a servant can love his King to this extent that he is lying in order to get the bitter fruit from him thinking that my Master's pallet should be spared from this bitterness understand this story here, we humans are the servants and the King is none but the Lord and what haven't we received from the Lord's hand, say? what hasn't been given? Everything is bestowed by the Lord! this life, these eyes this brain, this mind this heart, this mobile body everything! Air to breathe.. sunshine to bask in warmth the sun for light prana! So much food to eat so much has been given if some minor troubles come, what is the big deal? look at the hands of the giver! don't be concerned with what has been given the one who focuses on what has been received will be troubled and the one who looks at who the giver is... is always joyous difficulties, pain, disease, are not bad they make us more resilient one shouldn't cry out if pain and problems arise then know that it has come to give me maturity and give me a chance to see who is my real friend because in times of trouble, all fair-weathered friends will flee and you'll be left alone and being alone is when you will come to meet the Lord, so what's bad about this? Make your spiritual practice disciplined make your prayers honest and heartfelt keep your mind attuned to the Lord in each and every breath may you remember what do you think, that our ancient Rishi's were senseless...? that they were bowing to the Sun..? No! they were not bowing to the rising Sun they weren't bowing to the flowing river they weren't bowing to the stars or the moon they were bowing to the Lord who has come as the Sun? Lord, you have, so I bow to you! this moon has risen as ordained by you, Lord Lord, I bow to you Upon seeing these beautiful rivers, waterfalls and lakes, I bow upon seeing glorious fruits and flowers, remembered the creator so with every step taken, in every second the devotee is bowing down Lord I bow to you, I bow to you! his divine play is seen all around in life as well as in death birth is such an astounding event from one drop of semen and an egg that cannot be seen by the eye from the ovum a complete 2 to 2.5-kilo human baby is formed isn't it astonishing? and how it grows and runs and works...is this not amazing? and what is even more amazing than this is that one day, this human puppet, stops moving entirely the heart stops beating, the brain stops working the blood stops flowing, the pulse stops and the Doctor's are left pondering, maybe heart attack maybe cardiac arrest, maybe brain stroke they are just left with maybe How did this person die? Maybe because of that, maybe because of that isn't it bewildering? the eyes are able to see, is this not a miracle? the ears can hear, is this not fascinating? this whole creation is one large mystery Behold it and be enraptured! why be embroiled in petty 'me and mine' as I said, the body is unfaithful it will let you down no matter how much you take care of it, it will still without warning it will run out of air, and fall to the earth like a clay puppet and then other people will see to it and if there is no one, then maggots will form and those maggots will eat all the flesh and fat all the adipose tissue in the brain will be devoured and when there is nothing left to eat, then the maggots will die too leaving behind the skeleton isn't it strange? ins't it amazing? if you look at the human body, the larger world, everything is occurring unprompted in its own time, on and on All you should be concerned about it First, your spiritual practice should not be discontinued, second I will not believe this illusory world to be real although it appears very real, I will not be fooled by it it's a transient phenomenon this (world) is a changeable entity and our focus should remain upon our practice you are then set, you're very well set then Let me take some questions.. If the unconscious mind is a state of being unaware, then how do impressions collect in the unconscious? Do we, in our life in waking state, unconscious mind be accessed? Gurinder We can't call the unconscious mind a state of unawareness it is the layer which cannot be known directly by the conscious mind Such as, right now, this camera is on.. it doesn't contain a tape it is being recorded onto the hard disk and the larger the hard disk, the more space and the more we can record onto it now the camera is on, so whatever is in front of its lens whatever is captured by the mic, every sound and image is being automatically stored in the hard drive Your Right, so this hard disk if was transferred to a larger hard disk then the camera's lens and its recording system, would be the conscious mind what is going into the disk is the subconscious mind and the transfer to a bigger disk that we could call the unconscious mind Unconscious mind doesn't mean that one is unconscious its called the unconscious mind because like, for example, you have never seen your own back even when you have stood in front of the mirror then what you have seen in the mirror is the reflection I'll give another example, you have never seen what you actually look like what you see in the mirror is a mirror image right is left and left is right you've never seen yourself you've seen sights with your eyes but you've never seen your own eyes Right so the eye socket itself, at least others can see it but the optic nerve which comes from the brain from where vision is possible, hasn't been seen by anyone the area of the brain which allows us to see you've never yourself actually seen that, but you won't deny it exists the optic nerve exists the occipital area exists our auditory nerves which enable us to hear the nerve which takes the signal to the brain you haven't seen that optic nerve auditory channel you have never seen the auditory nerve and you have never seen the area in the brain to which it travels but you still say 'I'm listening' you are able to hear just fine But, I'll say it again, whatever you hear and see all goes into your unconscious mind and when it isn't used for a long time, it automatically goes into the deeper recesses of the mind Say if a man was living in a two storey house Ground and first and underneath that there is a basement the man lives on the first floor the first floor is the conscious mind Now because the ground floor isn't being used, it becomes a storage space for all unused books, clothes etc. its all stored on the ground floor and the items that are completely unused are put below into the basement soon the man forgets about all the stuff in the basement and he doesn't go down there for years and the house has been in the family for generations the great grandfather lived there the great grandfather, grandfather, father, and son all of them stored belongings there and forgotten what exactly is down there So we can call our unconscious the basement of the mind everything is down there But there is no direct access but window of access is very small and the truth is that... it is better not to access your unconscious mind because what is down there won't be too pretty it won't be pleasant, it could be very painful There is a similar question which I'll take This is Sumit's question... You have talked about three levels of mind, unconscious & the subconscious greatly influence the conscious mind in fact, they are responsible for our personality and what form are these minds present in our body? Are they related to Manomayi Kosha? if so then in what manner? The first thing, they are not 'minds' it is just partition which I am hypothetically creating to make you understand it is not like you have two hands, and three minds unconscious, subconscious and conscious, no. like we can see your external body parts, arm, face, head but cannot see your pancreas, lungs, gall bladder and we certainly can't see the energy which runs them in the same way the conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind are not 3 minds it is one mind, but its talked about in 3 levels to understand its functionality Is it possible to handle the mind and break the ties with the world? if so then is it important that the ties with the world be broken so that we would no longer need to run anything? or that we don't even operate our own lives? Look! Such confusion running away from the world, isn't freedom from the world it's not so simple staying in the world, and not having the slightest attachment to it that is to be free from the world! running away is not a big task There are two types of renunciate...the real and the phony there is a big percentage who ran away because of fear that is true but there are many who through meditation, their minds have become so internalised that now it is not possible to interact with the world now it (interaction) does not take place... so they step back from the world the mind has become so attuned, that there is no desire to speak so they separate they weren't afraid of the world, didn't run away from the world they are still in the world, but have limited their interactions now if you are a householder and someone comes to visit you during your regular time for meditation now what will you do? normally, one would skip their meditation and sit with the guests but if one is true to their practice then he would say 'kindly forgive me' 'I'll meet you after an hour or so..." I have something to do" It's not important to announce what you are doing then go do your practice then come back to them to talk, no problem but sometimes these situations appear where you have to sit and think, I only have an hour - is this proper?
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