{"id":764,"date":"2019-06-15T05:19:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T12:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmportland.com\/HariPatrika2019\/?p=764"},"modified":"2019-06-16T09:46:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T16:46:13","slug":"mind-a-bundle-of-vasanas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2019\/mind-a-bundle-of-vasanas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind- A bundle of Vasanas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geetha Nathan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The <\/span>mind -intellect <\/b>equipment of an individual functions through his body in the world outside, per the traits chalked out upon it by the actions performed in its <\/span>earlier lives<\/b>. These channels of thinking cut across the fields of the mind and determine the <\/span>direction of its thoughts <\/b>and the <\/span>texture of its actions <\/b>in the present. These lacerations on the subtle body are called “<\/span>SINS<\/b>” in <\/span>Vedanta<\/i><\/b> or as the “<\/span>DIRT OF THE WITHIN<\/b>“. These impurities are removed and the existing ulcers are healed through <\/span>selfless action<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But even while rejecting the <\/span>wrong negative tendencies <\/b>of the mind, the individual will have to fill it <\/span>with <\/b>new patterns of <\/span>constructive divine tendencies<\/b>. These meritorious <\/span>vasanas<\/i><\/b>(<\/span>PUNYA<\/b>) can also provide severe obstruction for a man of meditation.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the still moments of peace in the depth of his depths, when he exposes his mind to the thrilled atmosphere of its vibrant silence, the <\/span>Noble Traits <\/b>also get <\/span>completely wiped off<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A state of mind which is rendered completely <\/span>impressionless<\/b>(<\/span>Vasanaless<\/i><\/b>) is the end of mind. Where mind has ended, there <\/span>EGO has also ended<\/b>, having <\/span>THEN REACHED THE HIGHEST GOAL <\/b>or gained <\/span>Self-Rediscovery<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pujya gurudev constantly reminds us to constantly strive and make the best of out of the opportunity presented in this life.<\/p>\n

Right now, <\/span>this very life <\/b>is our <\/span>LAST BIRTH<\/b>, if we have a taste to meditate, an urge to seek, a daring to <\/span>live the Life Divine<\/b>!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

-Swami Chinmayananda, The Holy Geeta<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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