Meditation succeeds where psychology fails. Recently, some
\npsychologists in the United States did some research about the mind
\nand its functioning. The conclusion they reached was really
\nmind-blowing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve spent years trying to discern how the mind functions, but today
\nI am forced to admit that this so-called research was nothing more
\nthan a fool\u2019s errand and that we people of learning were the greatest
\nfools of all,\u201d said American Psychological Association president
\nNadine Kaslow at a press conference.<\/p>\n
It is a great revelation for those who have this illusion that the
\nmind can know everything. The mind can certainly know much. It can
\nstore a whole library of books in its memory bank. But what it cannot
\ndo is know itself. Today scientists are gradually realising this. One
\nscientist has articulated his realisation in the following words: \u201cCan
\nthe eye watch itself? Can a book read its own pages? No. It\u2019s now
\nclear to us that despite all the painstakingly conducted studies and
\nall the data we have meticulously gathered since the late 19th
\ncentury, we have, in essence, been nothing more than the snake that
\ndevours its own tail.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll that we thought we understood was merely a mirage crafted by the
\nvery unfathomable minds we once so stubbornly insisted we could know,\u201d
\nadmitted Ms Kaslow, before declaring the APA, with its 134,000 members
\nand 54 academic divisions, forever disbanded.<\/p>\n
This realisation may appear to be a failure, but to me it is a
\nblessing in disguise. Now, scientists can change the way they look at
\nthings and explore what is beyond mind \u2014 the mysterious realm of
\nconsciousness. We are born with consciousness. This consciousness runs
\nthrough all beings and it blossoms absolutely when someone becomes a
\nBuddha. Along side this realisation, we develop our mind with the
\ninformation that comes to us from society, education, etc. Mind is
\nthat part which has been given to us. The mind is borrowed, cultivated
\nand that which society drills into us. It is not what we really are.<\/p>\n
Osho points out: \u201cConsciousness is your nature; mind is just the
\ncircumference created by the society around you, the culture, your
\neducation.<\/p>\n
In his book New Alchemy To Turn You On, Osho adds: \u201cMind means the
\nconditioning. You can have a Hindu mind, but you cannot have a Hindu
\nconsciousness\u2026 Consciousness is one; it is not divisible. Minds are
\nmany because societies are many; cultures, religions are many\u2026 Mind is
\na social by-product. And unless this mind dissolves, you cannot go
\nwithin; you cannot know what is really your nature, what is
\nauthentically your existence, your consciousness. Remember well that
\nyou don\u2019t have one mind; you have multi-minds\u2026 you are poly-psychic.
\nMind is a flux: river like, flowing, changing. Consciousness is
\neternal, one.\u201d<\/p>\n
But we are identified with the mind. We go on saying, insisting, \u201cMy
\nmind. I think this way. This is my ideology.\u201d Because of this
\nidentification with the mind, you miss that which you really are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Meditation succeeds where psychology fails. Recently, some psychologists in the United States did some research about the mind and its functioning. The conclusion they reached was really mind-blowing. \u201cWe\u2019ve spent years trying to discern how the mind functions, but today I am forced to admit that this so-called research was nothing more than a fool\u2019s … Continue reading Consciousness over matter<\/span>