Peaceful Mind and Peaceful Existence I

When any person starts inner development, s/he always starts with a cooling down period and thinking about things that previously provoked an immediate reaction.  The reason for this cooling down period is to become more mature.

From a psychological point of view, the making of a peaceful mind is for betterment of life.  This process is highly complex, and varies according to the individual’s psychological make up.  In the Indian and in most of eastern cultures’ philosophy they always consider body, vital and mental power as part of the universal body, universal vitality and universal mind.

If we look at this process of making of a peaceful mind, then we have to count that we have to deal with universal mind also. One has to accept that without dealing simultaneously with universal mind, one can not achieve the state of peaceful mind. The simple concept of peace is relative and at the same time it is not such an easy thing to achieve! If you really want a peaceful mind, then all aspects of your setup must be changed regularly and gradually. There are remedies to put one's own self in this process and Indian and eastern teaching share similarity because of their continental exchanges as well as existential basics.

Indian YOGVIDYA, popular in Western countries as YOGA, has a multiple exercises and practices of physical body, vital body (vitality) and mental body, training to deal with yourself individually and then universally. If we take a simple view of this, then learn those yogic exercises to help keep the body fit and supple as well as to refresh the cells. Breathing practices help to control the vital element of a human being; which is reflecting through emotions and different kind of behavioural aspects. Then one can go for meditation, which is the most important aspect of gaining peace. Most people know that meditation is not really easy, because the mind is always doing so many things and distract you when you sit for meditation. The wisdom of yoga suggests that our mind is like drunkard monkey! But it is also suggests that don't try to force the mind to concentrate, just observe the mind: What is it doing? Just see, watch and you keep yourself behind. Shri Aurobindo has said to observe the mind like you are watching an on going show! Nothing more to do! Don't add anything from your side, as well as don't get anything from that! In short, this process is more powerful to keep you cool as well as to make you more aware about your mind and its direct contact with universal mind. You can then make out that everything coming out from the universe and you really start to become an individual mind! This is unique thing and you start to gain peace from within and some time feels that it comes from atmosphere also! And then gradually you achieve peaceful mind meaning; what you want to run in your mind, you can allow and what you don't want then you can just deny all such. The real spiritual activity of the mind starts after this and the peace leads you then.

When a Peaceful mind becomes a normal status for the concerned person, then it starts to touch our deep existence as a whole. Those who know that the manifestation is the important factor for any kind of peaceful activities, such peaceful mind start to deal with vital mind and physical mind. Generally the process of evolution has gradually evolved life forms and when the mind was evolved the manifestations of man became a reality on this earth. But this also indicates that the possibilities of evolving vital from the body and mind from the vital were inbuilt in the manifestation process and it was just hidden till its evolution gradually came up as a reality.

After developing a peaceful mind, the person then starts to work on vital mind and tries to prepare the vitality to accept the peace and he becomes a cool observer. The time factor some time plays a positive role and some times a stranger plays a role too, because time is part of manifestation. This way the peaceful mind affects vital mind and vitality as a whole.  Then vitality becomes also a tool to transform the physical mind! Mostly peaceful mind works nicely with other tools and starts to participate in evolutionary process!

… And then one moment, one fine-tuning with vital body and physical body starts to respond and it becomes a day-to-day reality. This is the way to reach for peaceful existence! And when it is achieved or the grace has really done it that way then each cell of the body also feels that something is changed! This brings the making of peaceful existence and it is different to peaceful mind!  Peaceful existence means the manifestation become a part of existence and so that its impact would have a range of unbelievable possibilities. These possibilities include so many things and surprises of life and life forms. That's why it is said that a peaceful existence naturally spreads peace around, and that who ever achieves it will have tremendous impact on existence itself! Then the Tiger will sit quietly in such surroundings and a goat will be also able to sit there without having fear of the tiger!

Barin Mehta