Mysteries of Mind

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

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SPIRITUAL JOY
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cakra, it will produce vibrations congenial to the self. It will make us feel a joy we had never before experienced. As compared with this joy, pleasures born of sex-vibrations are very insignificant. One who has risen to the level of spiritual experience will never wish to relinquish it. He will remain self-absorbed for hours and hours together and will not feel dejected even when the state of spiritual experience comes to an end. On the other hand he will feel much more exhilarated and stronger
People have often asked what joy is. Joy implies the fusion of positive and negative energy. Spiritual joy is the product of the fusion of the positive energy of the brain and the negative energy of the sex-centres. This fusion produces strange vibrations.
The human nervous system is the seat of knowledge and consciousness. Consciousness pervades the entire body. The portion of the body which extends from the lower end of the spinal cord to the brain is the chief centre of consciousness. It is in this area that consciousness manifests itself. This is also the seat of citta, mind, sense-organs, feelings, counter feelings, knowledge etc. They find their expression in this area only. It is also the storehouse of energy. It is also the centre of the fibres of sensory and motor nerves.
Man knows how to push his energy downwards only. He does not know how to push it upwards. The same energy which is flowing downwards can be directed upwards. The downward flow of energy from the brain implies man's entry into the material world. The upward flow of the energy of the sex-centres implies man's entry into the world of the spirit. The former gives us a taste of material pleasures whereas the latter gives us a taste of spiritual joy. These feelings are conditioned by the direction towards which energy is flowing. The upward flow has been termed as internal sexenjoyment or love of the self or intercourse with the soul. It may, however, be asked whether it is possible to have intercourse with the soul which is not a material entity and is invisible. The answer is that there is a centre in the body where intercourse with the soul is possible.
The human body is composed of seven substances. The seventh is sukra or vīrya (semen). It has been said that the