HEART, MIND AND THE SOUL

“MIND HAS NOTHING OF ITS OWN- ALL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IS BORROWED AND ON THE OTHER HAND, HEART IS ORIGINAL, NOT CORRUPTED OR POLLUTED”

-  OSHO, A FAMOUS SPRITUAL TEACHER

OUR SOCIETY WANTS PEOPLE TO LIVE WITH MIND AND NOT WITH THE HEART. STRANGELY, OUR SOCIETY IS DIVIDED AMONGST MINDS AND HEARTS? DID YOU EVER NOTICE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FROM THEIR HEART ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS EMOTIONAL, WEAK OR TIMID? ON THE CONTRARY PEOPLE WHO WORK FROM THEIR MINDS ARE KNOWN TO BE BRILLIANT, INTELLIGENT AND CONFIDENT. IT IS STRANGE BUT YET TRUE.

I FEEL USING HEART HELPS US IN BEING CLOSE TO SELF. WHEN YOU START TO FEEL A STIR IN YOUR HEART, IT IS A BLISSFUL AND IMMENSELY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE. THE MIND AND ‘THE BEING’ ARE STRANGERS TO EACH OTHER AND THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER. THEY BOTH ARE A PART OF YOU, YET THEY NEVER HAD ANY ENCOUNTER. SO HOW DO THEY CONNECT AND WORK AS ONE ENTITY? THE ANSWER LIES IN THE HEART, WHO ACTS LIKE A BRIDGE BETWEEN MIND AND BEING. A PART OF HEART KNOWS MIND AND THE OTHER PART UNDERSTANDS THE BEING. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS A KIND OF MIDWAY STATION.

IF THAT BE THE CASE, THEN YOU MUST BE WONDERING WHAT A BEING IS. THE BEING IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF YOUR SOUL. IT IS PURE, UNCONDITIONAL AND DEEPEST PART OF LOVE, WHICH OPENS THE DOOR OF THE INNERMOST PART OF YOU, THE CONSCIOUSNESS.

THE HEART IS THE GATEWAY TO ETERNAL LIFE SOURCE. HOWEVER IT IS NOT CAPABLE OF FULFILLING THE MATERIAL AND EGOISTIC DESIRES. IT CANNOT CREATE MONEY, PRESTIGE, AND POWER, BUT YES…IT CAN GIVE YOU A WONDERFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE OF LOVE. IT CAN HELP YOU IN REACHING TOWARDS YOUR OWNSELF. IF I MAY HAVE THE LIBERTY…THEN I MAY SAY THAT THE HEART HELPS US IN CONNECTING TO THE CORE – THE SOUL.

ONE OF THE EASIEST MEANS TO GET CONNECTED TO YOUR BEING OR THE CORE IS MEDITATION. MEDITATING DAILY HELPS IN ATTAINING THE DEEPER IDENTIFICATION WITH MIND AND HEART. MEDITATION HELPS IN SLOWLY CHANGING THE WAY YOU WOULD SEE THE REALITY AROUND YOU. AT A LATER STAGE YOU WILL DETACH YOURSELF FROM THE MIND OR HEART.YOU WILL BECOME A WITNESS TO WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IN AND AROUND YOU.

ONCE YOU DISCOVER YOUR BEING, IMPERSONAL LOVE FOLLOWS. THIS LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS AND SPREADS FROM YOU TO YOUR FRIENDS, PEERS AND OTHER HUMANS, AND SOON TOWARDS NATURE, ANIMALS AND BIRDS. A PURE LOVE CAN PENETRATE INTO ANYBODY AND ANYTHING AND MEDITATION TAKES YOU THERE. WHEN YOU ARE SILENT, YOU DIVE DEEP WITHIN YOUR BEING. HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED THE BLISSFUL STATE WHEN THE MIND STOPS WANDERING AND THERE IS NO INNER CHATTER? IF NOT THE LET US TRY IT NOW!

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TAKE THREE LONG DEEP BREATHS. JUST RELAX YOURSELF AND LET GO OF ALL THE TENSION AND WORRIES OF THE DAY. BE ONE WITH YOUR BREATH AND SURRENDER IN THE PRESENT…IN THE NOW. REQUEST YOUR MIND TO RELAX NOW. BE A WITNESS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE YOU. HOW DOES YOUR BODY FEEL WHEN YOU SIT THERE RELAXED DOING NOTHING, JUST BEING THERE IN THE MOMENT? OBSERVE YOUR THOUGHTS. HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?

MEDITATION IS NOTHING BUT OBSERVING AND BEING A WITNESS TO THE MOMENT. THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG WAY TO MEDITATE. JUST PRACTICE WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT FOR YOU.

SOON YOU WILL MOVE FROM MIND TO HEART AND TO THE BEING AND YOU REACH THE ULTIMATE BEING OF EXISTENCE… THE PIOUS SOUL.