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subconscious mind.
This can be idealized as the "life energy", which flows from above in your brain, down to your spinal cord, to inside your nerves and releasing it out to every organ, cells, and tissues. As a result, we act what our subconscious mind commands. Science proves that our conscious mind controls our brain only for 5% of the day, whereas, subconscious mind has a hold over our thoughts for 95% of the time. Hence if we are conscious of our actions and if our subconscious mind beholds right faith, everything else would fall right.
For instance, when a bird flies in the sky, his conscious mind is consistently working in search of a safe place or food, but his subconscious mind enforces him to fly high invariably. Similarly, when we are driving a car, we might be talking to a person sitting next to us or might be looking for directions, but our subconscious mind enforces us to use break and speed as and when needed. And at this point, if our subconscious mind is not alert, it might lead to disaster. In this life when we are endowed with this devout religion, Jainism, and if our subconscious mind is not connected with right faith, the lifelong journey of our soul, on the path of deliverance is futile. While conducting religious rituals, while performing penance, while gaining knowledge through literature and lecture, if we are not connected to our subconscious self, and do not pursue the same with adoration and sadhana, everything is insignificant. If we have right faith towards our religion, guru, spiritual teachings contributed by Tirthankar Bhagwaan, it will be emblazoned profoundly in our subconscious mind. And if our subconscious mind beholds resolute Samyak Darshan, our acts in this worldly and social life would be insightful.
To start with, whatever we do in our life, if we are deeply connected to ourselves, to our subconscious ness, we have acquired Samyak Darshan. It is very much natural in this worldly and busy life, to lose our mental control at times, we might get angry, but if at that time, our subconscious is alert and sends you signals of being calm, we have acquired Samyak Darshan. Whenever we converse with another person, at that point of time, if our speech is connected to consciousness, that is an example of adulation to Samayak Darshan. Ideally when you pursue these
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simple acts initially, deliberately you would retreat yourself from this social and worldly life, materialistic world would hold no prominence in your life, understanding religion with right faith, right knowledge, would lead you to right conduct and be pursuing the same would be an absolute ideology of your life achieving spiritual bliss. At this locus, you would not have to practice beholding Samyak Darshan but would be imbibed within Samyak Darshan, leading you to the path of salvation and liberation. One who attains the true perception of this meaningful life would embrace strong determination to acquire the
connotation of right vision towards religion-Jainism without any doubts. And one with this true credence would have strong persuasion in nature of the soul leading to primary strides towards the route of liberation. This "One" could be "You", and then, "You" have accomplished your aspiration for this one consequential life. At the same time, you must also have absolute optimism and conviction in your own perception of truth. When you achieve this, your consciousness and awareness become immortal and sparkles brightly for rest of your life. This would be your way of life!! A Jain way of life!!
In this worldly life, there are facts which are known, and there are things unknown, and in between, there is a wide platform of perception. When this platform pageants right faith, right perception and right vision, through right knowledge, and strong determination, life would be elated and idyllic.
Aristotle once mentioned somewhere, "we are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit." Incessant rehearse of Samyak Darshan, with conviction towards Jain scriptures would eventually become a convention and the initial step towards dharma would certainly lead to the last stage of Moksha, sooner or later.
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