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Lord Mahavira's Healthy Approach
Health is not related only to the body but is also concerned with our chitta, the mind and the emotion. Bhagvan Mahavira said, "This man's chitta has many facets, which is not one but many."
Freud confined the chitta to the mind, but Jung regarded the mind and the chitta-as divided into two. Freud conceived of the mind as conscious and sub-conscious. Jung added the concept of two sections of the mind: conscious and unconscious. The two together as a unit form the chitta. Jung has analysed the chitta very nicely. There was a very great learned scholar named Bhavanishankar Upadhyaya at Udaipur. He wrote a book about Jung called The Analytical Psychology of Karl Gustav Jung. As a matter of fact, while considering in detail Jung's concept, it seems that he had reached very close to the chitta.
Let us think about the chitta. The first question is: Who is the one who knows? Who is the knower? We cannot think of the mind as that which knows nor experiences. The mind cannot be that which knows and experiences, the two functions which are the very basis of knowledge and science. The nature of the mind is altogether different. The mind is unsteady, it is unstable. The chitta is constant, it is long-lasting. The entire flow of our consciousness emanates from there.
The first is the avarana chitta. It envelopes consciousness. A current, which does not let the consciousness be uncovered, emanates from the subtle body. This current continuously envelopes the consciousness. But it brings no disorder of any kind. It merely acts as a cover. It is like a curtain which makes direct access impossible.
The second is the antaraya chitta which creates obstacles. There is a current coming from within which creates an obstacle. The individual cannot act, even think as he wishes. There is always some obstacle or the other in his action. The antaraya chitta is responsible for it.
The third is the mithyatva chitta. The delusory outlook always persists. We cannot reach the truth, because of the delusory outlook. What is the purpose of the present
