Meditation is the process of washing the mind. It is the way of removing the residue that clouds the clear mind sullied by the different kinds of impressions and reactions. These are all psychological handicaps. They are unconscious habit patterns of your mind that prevent clarity and understanding. They prevent you from rising above your conditioned mind.  A person who is on the path of self-discovery, and understanding, gradually, slowly, by constant self-observation, dis-identifies with his or her psychological conditioning. Meditation when going inside, quiets and cleans the mind, so that the Self will see its own reflection within the personality clearly. When it is not seen clearly, then it is bondage. When it is seen clearly, then it is freedom and liberation.

When you study the functions of your mind, you understand that manas creates doubts. The buddhi resolves them. The buddhi sorts out what manas feeds by way of perceptions & cognitions. And by sorting it out it uses its power of “viveka”, discrimination, judgement and decision-making. How does the buddhi function inwardly?  When it goes inwards, it draws from the huge reservoir of higher knowledge by way of revelation, inspiration, creativity and intuitive knowledge understanding.

In whatever way a particular events condition your mind, and causes whatever reaction from you, there is freedom of will. Freedom of mind is infused with a spiritual force. Atman is the abode of the freedom of will. That freedom of will is filtered into our mind’s functioning.

Another thing that happens along the path is that you learn to take your psychological experiences, memories and impressions and look at them. In one way, they seem difficult and challenging. Yet, through this infusion of a spiritual force, You realize one principle: since divinity is all-pervading, all weakness is a weakening of some strength. Thus, begin to discover a deeper source of satisfaction that arises from one’s own true nature (svabhava). This is a valuable insight and an ambition worth cultivating. Not only through still and silent meditation, but also through meditation in action. In your daily life, through awareness and self-observation you train your mind to strengthen certain natural urges within oneself. Some of these natural urges are:

To love,

To give,

To share,

To seek knowledge,

To forgive,

To be patient.

We have the freedom to act from the above-defined strengths of the mind, The sattva in us constantly strives to overcome the rajas and tamas. Let us re-discover this divine within that alone is our true nature.

The true Self, the real life force and the consciousness force.

Ko ‘ham, Who am I? So ‘ham, I am That.