Our body is a highly complex organism. There are
numerous functions going on at all times in our bodies like seeing, hearing,
digestion, respiration and different kinds of movements. Almost all these
functions are governed by the unconscious mind. Little effort is required on
the part of our consciousness for the smooth functioning of these bodily
requirements.
The conscious mind has unlimited capacity for
thinking and analysing facts. But if everything is placed in charge of the
unconscious mind, according to the divine plan of creation, what is the role of
the conscious mind? It is to seek out the truth. The Creator has made the
conscious mind free to involve itself solely in the great quest for truth. To
search for truth is our greatest task.
What is truth? Truth is, in other words, the
reality of life. We must try to know the secret of life, its purpose and goal,
to know what is right and wrong, what are the minus and plus points, what is
negative and positive thinking, what is good for the individual and for
society.
The answers to these questions are not written on
any mountainside. It is up to us to discover the truth. Knowledge of truth is
so important that the Creator has consigned our bodily affairs to the
unconscious mind.
People frequently live in a state of frustration.
And great men are no exception. They live frustrated lives and they die
frustrated. Tension and stress are ubiquitous.
The reason lies in people's failure to find the
truth. Everyone is a seeker by birth, but everyone lives his life without
knowing what the real purpose of life is. Due to this aimlessness, people are
living in a state of confusion. They speak and write, but without clarity. They
live lives fraught with contradictions. They yearn to find something but without
knowing what that something is.
A tension-free mind is one that can function
positively despite contradiction. People work, but without job satisfaction.
People run after money, but without experiencing inner satisfaction. People
have adopted the formula: Enjoy life! But they don't know what life is and what
its real enjoyment is. It is a paradoxical situation and everyone is living in
this state of self-contradiction.
It is a self-created problem. When the Creator
has given you a mind and made you free to use your mind, you should make use of
this opportunity. You have to activate your thinking capacity. You have to
discover the reality. You have to read what is hidden in nature in an unwritten
form. That is the only way to extricate yourself from this psychological chaos.
The consciousness of truth is interwoven in your
nature; it is very easy, therefore, to discover the truth. The only condition
is to shun distraction, to follow the well-known principle: simple living, high
thinking. If you want to save yourself from going astray, activate your
thinking faculty. Think and you will surely reach the gates of truth.