Mahendranagar, 5 September

Many wise men have interpreted in many ways about what the mind is, and how to understand or explain it. Many definitions have been formulated, but even today this question remains as intense. Today's discussion is focused on this topic.

The mind can be considered as the part of consciousness that controls or mobilizes the experience, desire, perception, thought, and decision (option, etc.) of the beings in the world. Also, it is the internal sense, conscience, mind, and heart, that affects itself from what is perceived through the nose, ear, eye, etc. Even if it is understood as heart, it is not otherwise.

Actually, the mind is a material but immaterial state. The mind is the place where all the mental faculties, including the mind, are planted, active, and eternally lost, while the soul is the witnessing element that knows both but is not affected by the business of both.

Vedic, Buddhist, and Jain all have recognized the existence of the mind as the locus of 'feelings' and as 'the material that makes the world by wearing it.'

For Buddhists, there is not much difference between mind and soul. The existence of the mind is only for the present birth, while the soul remains as a stream of karma till it attains nirvana.

The Vedics call this flow 'Atma'. The mind does not exist in Western philosophy. The discussion and establishment of Chitta and Chittabhumi is the specialty of Yogadarshan. Although there are differences of opinion regarding the nature of the soul, all religions and cultures of the world accept the existence of the soul.

Western philosophers have not been able to draw a logical distinction between mind and soul, while even Vedic philosophers have failed to establish that mind is not a property of soul, even though they consider mind to be a material state.

Although mind, soul, and chitta are theoretically defined differently, as established by yoga philosophy, 'Chitta' is the soul and mind is the quality of the soul, which experiences pleasure. Yoga philosophy has not thought much about whether the mind is the soul or not, but it believes that the soul is not the mind.

Modern psychology should not be the science of the mind but rather the science of the mind. Because Chittabhumi is a state made up of five symptoms: Khipta, Mudha, Vikshipat, Ekagra and Nirudha.

In psychology, the mind is not an object and if the soul does not exist, then the reaction is with the mind. When talking about Chittabhumi, the mind should be understood as the sixth guna because Mind is a state of Chittabhumi. If there is no existence of the soul, then the basis of the entire humanity becomes the Chittabhumi, but for the sake of logical completeness, it is appropriate to accept the theoretical existence of the soul.

Controlling the mind as a specific state of Chittabhumi is certainly the most difficult subject. Not only Krishna but also the direct experience of each of us.

In Sanskrit literature, 'atma' has been defined as a word used by a person with a body to show himself. Yes, the soul is immortal, eternal, and unchangeable.

Similarly, Vedic society has been built on the belief that the mind itself is Brahman or a small part of it, but it is unfair to say that the soul is 'not a special person'.

Thinking in this way, even if we accept the existence of the soul logically, we cannot see the mind, soul, and body in different places. One should come back to Chittabhumi itself because, in the absence of Chittabhumi (body), any individual cannot and will not experience the soul, mind, ego, emotions, etc. Therefore, even though mind, mind, and soul can be logically explained from different perspectives, practically mind, mind and spirit can be said to be connected with each other or the same.