Mind or Never Mind

Mind: Sick, Slow, Sound and divine:

I've heard some people blame others for foolish acts they have done " You're mindless". Though they say so, can it really happen? Can a man live without a mind? No. Not even an insane person could live without a mind.Mind is a key invisible organ in the body .

Some people say that a human being is a mind with a body, not a body with a mind. Buddha emphasised that " By mind the world is led and moved, all good and bad things exist in the world because of the mind". What matters is the way it is used .

We're gifted with a mind and we should understand the nature of it and use it wisely. Many problems arise when we cannot direct our mind. If we can administer it with proper guidance and direction, it'll be the most beneficial paragon we can ever possess within ourselves.

Lord Buddha had realised it over two thousand five hundred years ago that the mind is not an organ which exists separate but within the self. It's not seen. Even technology has not been able to detect the exact place where the mind is located.

That's not the matter. This energetic intelligent field should be used to cultivate and to develop positive and self constrained qualities and altitudes . Lord Buddha said " One's mind is naturally unblemished. But external conditions pollute the mind".

Mind should be trained

An untrained mind can commit disasters. The difference between a well trained mind and an untrained mind is as similar to the behaviour of an educated school boy and a jungle type boy.

The well educated one knows how to stand up to the situation with a sense of reason, and the jungle boy behaves to the contrary.

Buddha said " Whatever an enemy might do to an opponent, or a person who abhors who doesn't like, in the same a wrongly directed mind can do even greater harm than that".

Calm is the mind which is developed and trained. Being calm at adversity or agitation, one may think that it's a weakness of that man. It's not. A cultured man always shows a mind of calmness. You should exercise qualities of calm and control in order to build a good and strong character.

You should adjust your mind according to the circumstances. If not it would be like a corpse in a coffin. It's easier to contract evil things and defilements to penetrate in to untrained mind as rain can penetrate in to the poorly thatched house.

When the mind is trained it will be firm and strong. If your mind is as firm as a rock you'll be able to bear all grievances or mishaps that may happen. There'll be no suffering.... When it's firm it's not attached to sensual things.

" If your mind is in balance, there's no need to evaluate morality. If you have a pure mind, meditation has little value for you" thus said, Sixth Patriarch.. In order to posses a pure mind first you should attempt to train your mind through constant meditation. It can calm and relax your mind. " A calm and peaceful mind is conducive for both mental and physical well being" - Bhikku Vivekanandan.

By meditating you'll be gifted with an active mind. But meditation is not a technique to silence your mind. Do you know that your mind is already quiet, but you have made it more noisy by yourself? Meditation paves a way to get back to that stillness of your mind.

Open mindedness

" The human mind is like an umbrella- functions best when open" , Walter Gropins. As reading makes the man perfect the mindfulness makes a man complete. A complete man speaks with sense and an open mind. He is aware of what he does and speaks and that refrains him from many a disarray and confusion.

Mind - often changing and wily

Mind doesn't stay in one place. It travels all over. It's the fastest implement in the world. Your mind can reach the farthest corner of the world with a blink of an eye.

Meher Baba said " The fast mind is sick, the slow mind is sound, the still mind is divine.

Your mind can be at times very correct and at times very faulty. At times it can be as clear as milk and some times can be polluted. Some times it's able to bear an adversity and sometimes very fragile. That's the nature of the mind.

The tricky mind is always chaotic. I can cite an example to show the tricky quality of mind which a person himself can't sometimes understand his own mind.

There're two monks living in a temple. All of a sudden one monk started to talk and do nonsensical things. The other monk knew there was something wrong and accompanied him to the doctor and said, " Doctor could you please attend to this monk, as I feel there's something wrong in his mind".

Then the other monk said " Actually I'm the one who brought this monk for treatment and now he says that I'm the one who needs treatment". The doctor was confused and couldn't understand whose mind was wrong. This example shows how twisted a human mind can be.

Human mind is very difficult to understand. If guided properly benefits are immense.