Aptavani 01

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Aptavani-1 body. Speech is made of these atoms and the mind is made up of atoms even lighter than these.
Mind : Subtle And Gross
There are two kinds of minds: gross and subtle. - The subtle mind is also known as bhaav mun, intent or causal mind or charge mind, and the gross mind is called dravya mun, the effect mind. The causal mind is located at a depth of two and a half inches from the center of the forehead at the eyebrow level. The effect mind, also known as discharge mind, is in the heart. It has petals. Many people say, 'My heart does not accept.' In situations of sudden shock, the heart becomes very agitated, that is physical mind- it is in the form of discharge, whereas the causal mind creates new causes and therefore it charges karma.
The mind constantly needs nourishment. It needs pressure. It needs to remain busy. The mind will behave badly when you are alone. Mahatmas who have acquired my Gnan remain detached and unaffected in worldly life and experience solitude of the Self in extreme congestion. The mind gets its food in crowds and becomes engrossed in its own work and at that time the Self is left alone to remain in bliss.
If someone's mind becomes weak, even a person without Self-Realization will ask "Why are you so preoccupied with your thoughts, snap out of it! The mind will express anything.
Do you think people have thoughts about dying? Certainly they do. Everyone thinks about dying but what do they do? They shove such thoughts aside the moment they erupt. Why not get rid of all your thoughts? But no, people would not do that. They cling on to thoughts that please them. This Gnan of ours is such that at the moment of death, the Self will manifest fully. At that moment one will withdraw completely in the domain of the Self. The mind, intellect, chit and ego will all become still and at the moment of death, there will be absolute peace (samadhi - deep meditation). All my mahatmas have samadhi at the time of their death
The Mind Is Physical The mind is completely physical. It is mechanical. If a man manufactures machines, at the time of the manufacturing he becomes one with the machinery. And when that machine runs, his ego will take credit for doing such a good job. And if he were to accidentally stick his finger in the machine, will the machine have any hesitation in cutting his finger? No it will not. It will cut his finger in no time because the machine is physical : insentient- in that the maker of the machine has no power. The same is true of the mind.
There are atoms that are lighter than the atoms of the
The causal mind has a purpose and that is why the seeds of cause are sown. The causal mind can be recognized from your intents. But you do not have the ability to see your deep inner intents: you can only do so after you attain the Self. Thereafter You are absolutely impartial and are able to see the mind completely separate like a movie. Only then can you understand what causal mind is. Only the omniscient can recognize the causal mind. The Gnani, who is omniscient, seals off your causal mind and so there is no charging of a new mind, but only the discharging mind remains. Thereafter you only need to see and know the effect or discharge.
What the foreigners refer to as conscious and subconscious mind, is the physical or discharge mind. No one can grasp even a single atom of the subtle causal mind. That is the task for only the Gnani Purush because it can only be ascertained through Gnan.
I have given you, the mahatmas, the knowledge of the