Sublimation of Mind Through Yoga:-
ALL living being do have what is called Consciousness. It is their consciousness that makes them react to various stimulti- external or internal. It is their consciousness that manifests in the form of thoughts, desires, understanding, jugdement, memory, feeling of happiness or sorrow or self-awareness. Just as electricity is termed as Heat, Light or Power according as it manifests, even so is this consciousness called ‘Mind’ when it manifests as thoughts; it is called ‘Intellect’ when it performs the function of understanding or judge- ment; it is known as ‘Memory’ when it recollects the information stored in it, and it is tremed as ‘nature’ tendency, ‘prolivity’, ‘sub- conscious mind’ or resolve. (Samskāras) as it colours its present, thoughts and judgement.
This consciousness is capable of thinking of the future and it has in it the memories of the past lives also. So, it is something which transcends Time and is differnent from this body though it acts and reacts through the body, the nervous system and the brain. It can haye extra-sensory perceptions and precognitions also. There- fore, in its nature, it is not something gross and material but is a subtle and a transcendent entity, called ‘The soul,. The soul is, therefore, said to be a conscient or sentient (Chaitan) entity which is non-material and above time. ‘Mind’, Intellect’ etc, are the names given to various manifestation, of the consciousness which the soul has.
If the soul has the knowledge of God and, based on that know- ledge, it has thoughts and memories of God and has also faith in and deep love for him, its intellect and mind will be said to be linked to God and the person thus linked will be known as a Raja Yogi. One whose mind, intellect and memory are barren of the thoughts of and love for God, is the opposite of a yogi. He is a ‘Bhogi’. A yogi switches on his mind to God even as one switches on his radio, to a particular station or dials a particular number of the telephone.
Knowing these truths, we have now to purify ourselves. We have not to lay blame on our mind or intellect, considering these as separate from the soul, but have to sublimate our thoughts and divinise our intellect by turning these to God.
