MIND IS THE SOURCE OF OUR SUFFERING

IT IS IRONICAL TO KNOW THAT a man though is the most evolved creature on the planet and yet it’s a fact that he suffers the most. No other creature knows suffering because suffering or misery is of the mind. Other creatures know physical pain but know nothing about mental suffering. 

This suffering is self-created. Suffering is created in the mind. The mind which otherwise is a fantastic tool but has rather become a projector in our hands. A still mind is the same consciousness which is our reality but a disturbed state of consciousness i.e. when there are movements or vibrations in the consciousness, is what we know as mind. It’s like throwing a stone in a pool of still water. Consciousness is stillness and mind is ripples or waves in the consciousness. A still mind or consciousness is a boon and a disturbed mind is a bane.  A still mind functions like a mirror which reflects the things as they are but a disturbed mind functions like a projector which distorts the reality. A still mind opens door to the divine but a disturbed mind is a way to the ruin.  

A mind, thus, is a blessing and a curse as well – two sides of the same coin. A mind can become a blessing only if it is stilled. It’s deplorable to know that man has become a thought (disturbed state) because of his preoccupation with his mind. He has just been reduced to a thought. A disturbed mind is a source of misery and a stilled mind is a source of bliss.   

In its current state of consciousness, it’s not we but our mind is living through us. The only way out to get out of this miserable state is to drop the mind and go beyond the mind. Mind is imaginary. If you search within you will not find anything which you can name as mind. When there are thoughts there is mind and when there are no thoughts there is no mind. Mind exists in thoughts only. Mind flourishes in the energy we give to it by our involvement with the thoughts. If you ignore your mind, I mean thoughts, the mind will drop by itself. 

Mind is like darkness. Darkness is a negative existence and not a positive existence. You cannot lift and through darkness away but to dispel darkness the only thing you need to do is to light a lamp. Similarly, the mind is absence of light – light of consciousness or awareness. Mind exists only in unawareness. Bring awareness and the mind has fled. Thus mind is a sort of absence – absence of awareness. In unawareness, the mind flourishes. 

Hence the only way to transcend mind is to cultivate and maintain awareness. No-mind is a state of consciousness; a state of awareness; a state of bliss because mind and awareness can never exist together – when mind is, awareness is not and when awareness is, mind is not. Meditation is a practice which helps cultivate and maintain awareness. 

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