A Conscious Approach To Self-Realisation
Pulkit Sharma
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Anyone who has dared to undertake a transcendental journey would acknowledge the constant resistance their mind put up in the form of contradictory and degenerating thoughts.These thoughts can destroy years of hard work in one go. In those moments one feels like a hapless cork floating in the ocean, getting tossed and engulfed by waves in multiple directions. A large majority lives in the illusion that once their consciousness is able to go beyond the mind things will automatically fall into place. But this rarely happens because till the time we are ruled by thoughts we cannot rise above the mundane as various forms and manifestations of cravings bind us.In the Yoga Sutra, Patanjali emphasises that the essence of yoga is to be able to control the character of thought. Our body , mind and its contents and the external environment are aspects of Prakriti, the seen, while Purusha, the seer, is absolute consciousness. When the mind is controlled it could connect with and reflect absolute consciousness or Purusha. According to Patanjali, the sole aim of life is to gain this Self-knowledge.Therefore, we need to develop ways of systematically working with our thought processes so that the mind is able to shift its identification from Prakriti to Purusha.
The Mother of Auroville advanced several techniques of Integral Yoga through which one can undertake this difficult journey . According to her, negative thoughts come from various parts of our being that are not evolved and also from several external sources. Every day , many forces, vibrations and movements enter our mind and movements enter our mind and when they see a corresponding ambience within they fuse together as a powerful entity. This thought-entity then seeks to realise itself, sabotaging our growth-oriented parts. To put an end to this passivity, we need to discipline our mind so that it can think in a unified manner and start aspiring from a higher plane.
At all times, we must endeavour to find in ourselves the light of truth and the divine will, so that we can think power fully, constructively and harmoniously . Often we submissively give in to negative thoughts by telling ourselves that we are too weak and that nothing is in our control. We don't realise that no impediment can stand in the way of motivation and perseverance.Just like we train our body to move and act robustly in the physical realm, we need to train our mind to develop strength and discretion in the psychological space. We need to look at each negative thought consciously and put all our focus on what we would like to materialise instead. While doing this we should call on our highest aspiration and seek divine will to get manifested. Like a storyteller, we need to add details that suit this objective and edit out those that don't and then make a cohesive narrative in our mind. We should go over this narrative repeatedly as if one is listening to one's favourite story . When we reach this point, this narrative automatically develops powerful wings and glides into the cosmos in order to realise itself.
It is often believed that to attain the state of absolute consciousness, the mind needs to be stilled in seclusion and meditation. But according to the Mother, the mind can also reach a transcendental state by rigorously working on itself in the light of its highest aspiration and the divine will.Then the mind starts performing its original function of reflecting and working in service of the truth. That way , conscious thinking becomes a powerful tool for Self-realisation.
The Mother of Auroville advanced several techniques of Integral Yoga through which one can undertake this difficult journey . According to her, negative thoughts come from various parts of our being that are not evolved and also from several external sources. Every day , many forces, vibrations and movements enter our mind and movements enter our mind and when they see a corresponding ambience within they fuse together as a powerful entity. This thought-entity then seeks to realise itself, sabotaging our growth-oriented parts. To put an end to this passivity, we need to discipline our mind so that it can think in a unified manner and start aspiring from a higher plane.
At all times, we must endeavour to find in ourselves the light of truth and the divine will, so that we can think power fully, constructively and harmoniously . Often we submissively give in to negative thoughts by telling ourselves that we are too weak and that nothing is in our control. We don't realise that no impediment can stand in the way of motivation and perseverance.Just like we train our body to move and act robustly in the physical realm, we need to train our mind to develop strength and discretion in the psychological space. We need to look at each negative thought consciously and put all our focus on what we would like to materialise instead. While doing this we should call on our highest aspiration and seek divine will to get manifested. Like a storyteller, we need to add details that suit this objective and edit out those that don't and then make a cohesive narrative in our mind. We should go over this narrative repeatedly as if one is listening to one's favourite story . When we reach this point, this narrative automatically develops powerful wings and glides into the cosmos in order to realise itself.
It is often believed that to attain the state of absolute consciousness, the mind needs to be stilled in seclusion and meditation. But according to the Mother, the mind can also reach a transcendental state by rigorously working on itself in the light of its highest aspiration and the divine will.Then the mind starts performing its original function of reflecting and working in service of the truth. That way , conscious thinking becomes a powerful tool for Self-realisation.
