The human mind is divided into two parts: the
conscious and the unconscious. These are integral parts of every individual
mind, whether male or female.
The conscious mind deals with everything that is
within the realm of our awareness, whereas the unconscious mind deals with all
those thoughts that the individual is unaware of but which influence his
behaviour.
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.
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