The mind does not act directly on the brain, but uses the subtle bodies as medium. Before going deeper into the subject, let it be clear to the reader that the human being consists of seven layers or seven bodies, which are explained in more detail in my previous works. They are the physical, the etheric, the astral, the mental, the spiritual, the cosmic and finally the Nirvanic bodies. In this context, we will deal with the first four bodies and basically the mental body, which is the fourth one. The mind stands as an exit between the first three bodies (physical, etheric and astral) and the last three layers, the spiritual, the cosmic and the Nirvanic. Hence this diagram or yantra, as it is called in the Eastern philosophy.
The point represents the mind through which one may go downward on the ladder of evolution to the grosser level of existence or upward to the higher rungs that represent the higher levels of consciousness. Each triangle represents the number three. The inverted triangle represents the downward pull of matter while the other represents the upward pull towards the Divine.
This article aims to show how stress, tension and many illnesses are formed. The mind can be compared to a bucket of water in the depth of which there are mud and litter. When the water is calm and undisturbed, the mud and the
litter remain at the bottom. There is neither any ripple nor dirty water and everything seems calm, cool and clean. However, if a single pebble or any object is thrown into the water, ripples will be created. If the ripples are big, depending on the size of the object thrown, the deposited mud and litter will be disturbed and will emerge on the surface. The water, which was cool, calm and placid, no longer appears so. Similarly is the mind of man. The mud and litter are the unconscious layers and the evil that they conceal in their depth.
We experience the world mentally through our ten senses. These are firstly the five motor
senses comprising of hands, feet, sexual organ, anus and mouth, and secondly, the five sensory organs through which we acquire knowledge, namely feeling, vision, taste, hearing and smell. Messages from the outer world have as media these senses. Once they reach the mind, our intelligence uses its discriminative power to react. For example, if I see a beautiful car, the image goes to my mind via the sight instrument, which consists of the eyes. The mind or the intellect will start reasoning using past knowledge: “This is a car, it is beautiful and runs fast.” In this way, daily events enter the mind through the senses and create impulses, which in turn do not touch the
brain directly, but pass through the
astral nerves of the astral
body to affect the astral brain, and from there to the etheric body then to the brain. The impulse or the message that the mind sends to the
physical brain is too powerful to be received directly. This could cause great damage to it.
Psychological as well as physical illnesses arise when impulses that emanate from the mind as
feelings or thought-waves are not transformed or expressed. In such cases, the feelings or thought-waves, which are electrical and powerful impulses, are blocked in the nerves of the physical or subtle (etheric and astral) bodies, thereby causing much damage. Thus, the psychic layer of the person becomes blocked or suppressed and the latter will know a very difficult evolution or none at all. Most of the problems of the world today are based on that science. Sexual obsession, schizophrenia and many other illnesses are a result of suppressed emotions and thoughts. It has been proved scientifically that if a child who is plucking a flower is suddenly prevented from doing so (and this type of foolishness is normally done by parents!), that may result in cancer at a later age. This may appear foolish and ridiculous. In fact, by performing such a simple action, the child may have deployed much energy in the form of love, enthusiasm and other feelings. If all these are suppressed, then the impulses triggered for performing the action will not return to their source, but will be blocked in the physical or the subtle bodies. Try to imagine how many feelings, thoughts and desires have been suppressed in us from birth! And mystics say that we have been carrying the burden of these blockages since many births.This has made our body, mind and heart sensitive from one angle.
Furthermore, we can choose to suppress our ambitions and feelings in which case we may become neurotic because that will definitely affect our physical nerves and psychic centres. Some people say, “I have consulted so many doctors, yet nothing has been found to be wrong. Then why do I continue to suffer?” Many people who suffer from nervous problems manifest strange symptoms, which lead people to say that they are possessed by a spirit. The cause is subtle. Psychology, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy can and are helping much, but it is not enough. These types of therapy and analysis help to cure only to a certain extent. There are specific mental and physical exercises that may help substantially in curing stress, tension and the illnesses connected to the mind and body.
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