Mysteries of Mind

Author(s): Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Book Agency

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THE MYSTERIES OF MIND
begins. When the mind begins to follow the in-going breath, we begin to enter into our being. Breath is the soul. The body is the soul. The mind is the soul. We can reach the fag end of our journey through them only.
It is a delusion to desire to see the soul directly. The soul which is the supreme reality, the supreme existence and the subtlest entity cannot be an object of perception by the gross sense-organs. To say so will be a great mistake.
To say that we should try to see the soul through the soul means, firstly, that we should first engage the mind in perceiving the vibrations of breath. Secondly, it means engaging the mind in perceiving the vibrations of the body and sensations. Thirdly, it means watching one's own thoughtprocesses. Once you have gone through these three stages, Vou will encounter the aura around the body and get a chance to perceive it.
The somatic and extra-somatic atmospheres in the midst of which we live art full of vibrations. Those who have happened to see the aura feel that in doing so they were floating in an ocean of vibrations whose expanse they are unable to imagine. Having seen the aura we will be able to come in contact with the vital force. It is the vital energy which is the source of all the internal and external vibrations.
Breath is not the soul. The body is not the soul. The mind and the aura are not the soul. It is the vital energy which soaks breath, mind and body in the soul so much so that they become the soul. The body which comes in contact with the life-force and becomes permeated with it becomes alive and a part and parcel of the soul. When the vital force comes to establish a relationship with the mind, the mind becomes activated. The vital force when it comes to be associated with breath, activates the latter. Breath begins to vibrate because of this association. It is the vital energy which makes the heart throb, the breath vibrate, the mental processes begin and the spectrum of the aura radiate. The ever-flowing stream of consciousness is the source of the vital energy. Vital energy inducts life in the entire structure of the body and transforms everything which is non-soul into consciousness.