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Be a Spectator of Consciousness
Thought is the basis of act, and mind is the birth-place of thought. Crop is the result of germination, and germination occurs due to seed. The three are mutually akin to each-other. The depth of relationship is so much that the movement in any of them, influences the rest too.
Mind, speech, body may be inanimate, but all the functions of consciousness are under the strategic arrangement of these three.
'Chitta' (inner consciousness) is but a level of consciousness. Take it like this: 'Chitta' is the gate-way of consciousness. 'Chitta' is the caravan in which the friend-foe of good-bad walk on together. The conflict that takes place between good and bad is the mental tension. Meditation is the discipliner of "Chitta". Without this 'ankush' (restraint) the elephant of "Chitta" remains out of control. Mental health is possible only through the controIling of the good-bad determination of 'Chitta'.
Thought is the micro-wave of the mind. Act is nothing but the expression of the micro-waves of the mind. What can be the act of a paralysed mind? The flowing of the waves of thoughts depend on the machinery of the mind. If the fuel of contact is not received from outside, then the mind's silence would be spontaneous. How would the vehicle be able to run without petrol? The movement of the vehicle depends on the curtailing or enhancement of the fuel.
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