Transmutation of Personality through Preksha Meditation

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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Q. You just said that the physiological and psychologi- cal points of view as regards the mind, the speech and the body are very superficial, whereas their spiritual analysis is profound. Hitherto, I believed that spirituality related to the soul alone. But according to the new vision projected by you, what are the points to be kept in mind for understanding the spiritual aspects of the mind, the speech and the body?
Ans. The mind has two levels-conscious and uncon
- scious. If the mind is awake, its spiritual understanding offers no special difficulty. Because awareness is in itself a spiritual attribute. A mind that is asleep becomes a hindrance to an understanding of its nature. The urge to awaken the unconscious mind is a spiritual movement. Here, many other questions arise, such as, How can we avoid mental tension? How can the impurities polluting the mind be cleansed away? How can the mind be made to embrace the truth? How can the knots of attachment and aversion be dissolved? What is the cause of the mind's restlessness? Is the mind really restless? How does the mind come into being? And there are innumerable problems whose solution is possible only on a spiritual basis.
Certain spiritual factors arising out of the disposition of speech can also make an individual introversive. How does control over speech influence one's life? What achievements flow from silence? How does it affect the course of one's life? What are the means of reducing mental contradiction and confusion? How is it possible to realise a condition of the mind where thought is totally absent? What role do sound-waves play in the evolution of personality? How is it possible to save the energy lost in constant talking? With a full realisation of the importance of speech-control, many experiments can be made in this context.