Sunday, June 20, 2010

Mind – the Restless Ocean of Silence

Dr Gautam Chatterjee


Do you mind what you are thinking now? When we consciously think, then we find different thought processes are going on in gushing speed simultaneously. Those are religious thoughts, concepts and contents of the socio-religious society; personal perceptions; analysis and interpretation; personal matters and very personal thoughts; then we find micro to macro social thoughts and issues popping up one after another and even simultaneously; then these are thoughts within contexts and outside. All these multi processing at thought levels represent a wide range of emotive frequencies constantly creating sounds in silence. These are the state of constant restlessness which haunts and drive human beings from one wish to the other that at times become cravings and lusts. These wishes even in their slightest appearance in the mind create sound and when get intensified it are noise that heavily resounds in the mind and resultant perplexity befalls on us. Maun Sadhana is upto knowing the art of reducing the chaotic noise and focusing our thought contemplation to Param Guru. This process needs snubbing the ill directed wishes within that pop up haphazardly and reduce us as a bundle of being with full of animal instincts and desires. Thoughtless mind is a difficult proposition but compartmentalizing thoughts and handling them one by one allows reduction of noise level even within the silence. Disciplined thought and conscious contemplative concentration towards the thoughts of Param Guru help us to delete many restless cravings. Thus Maun intends to purify and empty the mind full of garbage and guilt to allow a “travel light” concept for spiritual Tirtha.






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