MIND IS A GREAT FORCE ON THIS EARTH. THE MIND OF MAN FUNCTIONS ON THREE PLANES

The mind of man functions on the three levels viz;

1. Instinctive mind, or automatic mind.
2. Intellect.
3. Higher mind.

In the scale of evolution the mind functions in various phases, depending upon the body in which it operates. "Thus it goes from the subconscious to simple consciousness, gradually evolving to self-consciousness, until it reaches universal consciousness."

"In the lower kingdom such as plants and animals, the mind is manifested in a state where consciousness is automatic. This portion of the mind is predominant in plants and animals."

Human beings also possess it and it is a great help in their present stage of development. "This mind is known as the subconscious or instinctive mind."

"The mind of man functions on more than one plane and there are SIX MENTAL STATES";

6. INTUITIVE
5. ILLUMINATED
4. HIGHER MIND
3. SUPER CONSCIOUS
2. CONSCIOUS MIND
1. SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.


SUBCONSCIOUS PLANE OF THE MIND

At first sight it would seem that the conscious part of man's mind does most of the work, but a little reflection will show that conscious reasoning of the mind is only a part of its function. In a broad sense, the mind of man functions on the three planes viz;

1. Subconscious
2. Conscious
3. Superconscious;

Please note!

Each plane gradually shading into the planes on either side of it, the one next higher and one next lower, "like the colours in a rainbow".

And please remember!

Man shares 'the subconscious' plane of mind in common with lower animals. "It is the first stage of mental development in the scale of evolution".
The first dawn of the 'instinctive mind' can be traced even in the material kingdom. Then, in the plant kingdom, it grows more distinct and higher in the scale. Again, in the animal world, there is an increasing manifestation of the 'automatic mind' from the almost plant-like intelligence of the lowest forms until we reach a degree almost equal the lowest of human beings. Then, among men, we see it shading gradually into the intellect "the middle principle of mind"
But even the "very highly evolved men of today use the subsconscious mind and in varying degrees".

In fact, "we cannot exist without it, we must learn to use and guide it intelligently".

INTELLECT:

"Intellect is the second phase of mind, which civilized man uses at present, has unfolded only to a small degree. For many the intellectual unfolded only to a small degree. For many the intellectual unfolding, is only the beginning".

"If we analyse, we can see that men are little better than animals: their minds function almost on the instinctive plane though it is shaded by the incoming rays of the intellect".

A majority of people are led by political leaders and leaders of various communities and tribes. "This is nothing but the animal instinct or herd instinct. Where herd follows the leader. Again, we see that average people think very little; thinking becomes merely automatic in their daily lives".

The lowest phases of the work of the instinctive mind are akin to the same work manifesting in the plant kingdom; Such as, birth, growth, decay and death are automatic processes. This is common to plant, animal and man. "These processes are functions of the instinctive mind".

During the existence of the body, whether the body of plant, animal or man, the constant work of repair, change, digestion, assimilation, elimination, circulation, etc., is being done by this portion of the mind, all in, the sub-conscious plane, "without our conscious knowledge".

All the involuntary organs and their functions are under the superintendence of this mind. These involuntary functions are only a small portion of the work of the instinctive mind. In the scale of evolution of the animal, certain things became necessary for its existence,.... "as reasoning power was not developed to meet existences", the wonderful intelligence, subconsciously lying unfolded as instinctive mind. Took the plane of intellect. This function of the mind (fighting instinct) like all the politicians of the world they have 'fighting instinct'.

All the sufferings and problems in life arise from undeveloped mind (fighting instinct). Undeveloped mind follows the lower nature instead.

"Man of this nature is a burden on the earth".

The fundamental human values all emanate or based on Truth.

This 'fighting instinct' or undeveloped mind will leads to disaster. Man has de-humanised himself systematically by neglect of the basic Unity.

"From slings to arrows, from cannon balls to bombs, from fusion to fission, man has progressed in the art of killing and entered the Darkest Age of history. The greed for wealth and power has overwhelmed the creed of compassion. The law of self-aggrandizement reigns; the law of self-abnegation has receded. When the son is acclaimed as a good fellow, the father congratulates himself; when he is ostracised as a bad fellow, the father condemns others for leading him astray"!

That is the functions of 'Instinctive mind' and it is essential for the animal existence not for human beings.

Instinctive functions such as making a nest, migrating before the approaching winter, hibernation, nursing the young, "are all functions of the subconscious mind" which are essential for the animal existence.

Until the development of the intellect without reasoning.
"Another function of the subconscious mind is to do automatically things that we have learnt through the intellect".

When we learn things by heart, we have really mastered them on the intellectual plane and "then passed them to the sub-conscious plane by mentation".

This process is a higher manifestation of the subconscious mind and is due to the contact and blending with the developing intellect.

Much of our daily work is done automatically such as "walking, painting, talking, sewing, driving, etc." If not, the intellect would tire if it had these everyday tasks to perform consciously or intellectually.


"THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND":

Is also a habit mind or rather, an obedient servant. As it cannot reason, it often has to be guided by the intellect of the individual or that of some other person.

Any idea from the intellect, consciously or unconsciously, comes to it and is carried out faithfully to the very letter. Old notions and tensions lying subconsciously can be corrected and removed through better - instructions by the intellect of the individual or of someone else.

"It is amazing to note how helpful the subconscious mind is; for example, when we have to catch a train early in the morning, all we have to do is to suggest to the subconscious mind to make us at a certain time, and it does so".

"The subconscious mind does not carry out only good instructions from the intellect, but also wrong instructions";

So unnecessary fear, anxieties, and worries, created during our daily activities are taken on by the subconscious mind and later on projected to the conscious mind. "A shock or fear in childhood will torment a person" even he is old, unless he is helped by counter suggestion.


"IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND"

In the subconscious mind lie all the knowledge and impressions received from various sources. It is something like a store house having everything, known and unknown. Which it has received through hereditary and various other sources that it has unfolded within itself. It also contains the knowledge gained by the intellect as well as the knowledge gained from the association with others.

It is a common experience that a forgotten passage that are learnt in youth, "suddenly projects itself from the subconscious mind" though we have not thought of it for many years. Some persons get the memory of the past life from this mind, though it is very rare.

"Nature keeps away the mysteries of the past life from consciousness; otherwise it would increase our mental tension by reviving past good and bad memories".

In concluding our discussion on the lower phase of the mind such as; 'instinctive mind' or 'subconscious mind' which known as the seat of the "lower emotions, instincts, passion, desires, appetites, greed, and lust".

We should also remember that there are higher emotions, aspirations, and desires for knowledge in advanced man that is "from the unfolding spiritual mind and not of the lower mind".

The lower mental principle is the grossest and the lowest of the three mental principles and is the one which is ready to bind us closely to the earth and earthly things.

The subconscious or instinctive mind consists of submerged experiences and memories throw into the background but recoverable:

"As the body grow old, the first symptom is that it is difficult to remember person and places. It is not hard to find the reason".

"The mind, as we know, generally remembers through associations. In old age, one can still remember passages that have been read in school and college. But at the same time, one is hard put to remember a passage read the night before. This is because the subconscious mind has lost its power of grasping and storing ideas, as the cells of the brain have degenerated".

By the degeneration of the brain cells through... "overwork, worries, and anxieties. Memory power is soon lost and very little impression is left on the subconscious mind".

The reasoning processes are limited to the field of consciousness alone, messages, when ready, come out like a flash from subconscious mind.

"Only small percentage of mental activities come into the field of consciousness".

When we drive a car through a crowded street, even though we are talking to friends in the car or solving some problem, the driving, turning, stopping are done almost subconsciously. When we sit and try too hard to solve a problem we may fail.

But during sleep, at times, this kind of problem is solved subconsciously and is projected to consciously and is projected to conscious mind during wakening: During that period the subconscious mind is working like man at the wheel while driving.

Even in sleep, this mind works without any rest and "solves problem, arranges, classifies, compares, sorts all facts, and works out a proper, satisfactory solution".

With the help of the subconscious mind we can remove tension from external and internal organs and give them proper relaxation.

All the involuntary vegetative functions of the body that are below the conscious plane are under the able management of the subconscious mind. "Subconscious intelligence as instinct rarely fails".

"An animal almost instinctively knows a poisonous herbs from an edible one". But the work of instinct is limited. It works like a machine.

Then comes "a higher state of knowledge" (intellect), which is fallible and makes mistakes often; Its scope is larger, "we call it reason". It is much larger than instinct but instinct is surer than reason.

Animals know instinctively what to eat and what not to eat, when they are sick, nature prompts them to fast. When the dog or cat is sick, we see that he does not like to take food. "The internal mechanism is controlled by the subconscious intelligence" which prompts the dog or cat to take nature's remedy of removing poison through fasting.

"This portion of the subconscious mind is still with us, helping us in various ways. But owing to the development of reasoning power, man has lost most of his instinct, though it still plays a great role in our daily life".... and please note:

"Even such animals as dogs and cats lose much of their instinct owing to association with man and, subsequently suffer like man."

Instead of guiding and giving proper suggestions with the developed intellect, man interferes with the natural work of the subconscious mind through wrong suggestions and thus adds miseries to his life.

With the help of the subconscious, we can change vicious nature by cultivating healthy, virtuous qualities that are opposed to undesirable ones. "If we want to overcome fear, we must mentally deny fear and concentrate on the opposite quality, courage. The positive always overcome the negative".... Remember that.

Even distasteful tasks and duties can be changed by cultivating a desire and taste for them. All actions, pleasures, and experiences leave subtle impressions induces memory.

'Great sages' dive deep inside this mind to obtain the knowledge. Such occult phenomena of the mental world as... 'telepathy', 'thought-reading', 'hypnotism', 'mesmerism', 'distant healing', 'phychic healing', etc.

Clearly prove the existence of the extraordinary functions of the mind. From the automatic writing and other experiences of hypnotized person, "we can clearly infer the existence of the subconscious mind".


"ALL GENIUSES HAVE CONTROL OVER THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND"

If an idea is planted in the mind, it grows at night through the operation of the subconscious. Those who know how to manipulate the subconscious mind can turn out tremendous mental work through the automatic process.

When the subconscious is at work, the conscious reasoning part of the mind is completely at rest or working only partially, supervising the subconscious mind. Therefore, one feels more relaxed even after hard work.

"All great individuals have control over the subconscious mind and know how to make it work for them. This ability of the subconscious to operate automatically results from association with the unfolding intellect".


"MIND IS A GREAT FORCE ON THIS EARTH"

He who has controlled his mind, is full of power. He can bring all minds under his influence; one is struck with awe and wonder at the marvels and mysterious power of the mind of a man. The subconscious mind manifests varying degrees of consciousness, it varies from almost wholly 'subconscious' to 'the simple consciousness' of the highest of animals and the lowest form of man who lives almost on an instinctive plane with only a touch of the developing intellect.

"Self consciousness comes to man with the unfolding of the intellect". Cosmic or 'universal consciousness' comes with the unfolding of the 'intuitional mind' or 'higher mind'".

As we have seen, the lower mind is the seat of "appetites, passions, desires, instincts, and emotions of the lower animals".

"These lower instincts is still with us". So learn to curb and control these lower instincts and subordinate them to the developing intellect and higher mind.

"As we grow spiritually, we can see the lower instincts in us predominant, yet we need not be discouraged by it. And please remember. "Even to know that they are in us, is a sign of spiritual progress".

When the lower instincts was working, we could not recognize what it was, where as now it is seen and recognized. As we progress on the spiritual path, the higher mind will obtain mastery over the lower mind, "patience, perseverance, purity of mind, and faith" required for the task.

Dear readers;

Please read repeatedly, understand and experience it, until it is ingrained. And please follow the second and third about 'Intellect' (The Conscious Mind) and 'Intuitional Mind' or 'Higher Mind'.

It is a great thing to develop intuition. Very few have developed the faculty of intuition, while many are unaware of its existence. If you happen to be the seekers please forward to all friends all over the world. From the higher mind comes all the knowledge of the unknown and this is the source from which the seers the sages obtain their vision and foresight.


From Empty Hands,
A. Rahman bin Mahadi
Labis, Johore
016-602 0321

30 November 2011

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