BABA
Rare Teaching of Baba: Sign of Weak Mind
Namaskar,
Ananda
Marga ideology says, “Imagine a scoundrel is standing in front of you.
The man is such a rogue that you feel like slapping him, but do not
actually do it. It is only when you decide, ‘Let me slap that
scoundrel’, that your hands actually strike him. When the inner urge to
externalise the feeling becomes strong enough, your hands leap into
action. A great person is one who has complete control over the
externalisation of thoughts. A thought will not always be expressed
physically. One may have a desire to hit someone or a desire to steal,
but never actually does it due to one’s self control.” (1)
Knee-jerk reaction is the sign of a weak mind
Various
people react differently to the same set of circumstances. For example,
if one person in the market suddenly abused Mr. A and Mr. B. Then Mr. A
and Mr B will react differently. By listening to the unjust abuse, Mr A
violently kicked the boy in his stomach. In contrast, when the same
person abused Mr. B then Mr. B remained calm and patient to see how the
situation developed.
According
to the above teaching, Mr A has a weak mind because of his hasty,
knee-jerk reaction. Whereas Mr B has a stronger mind as he exercised
restraint over his motor organs. The final teaching is, “Do not react
immediately - try to have control over your organs and do not allow your
hands, feet, mouth etc (i.e. the motor organs) to quickly and
impulsively jump into action.” For that mental force is needed.
Otherwise those organs will react automatically, without the support of
the intellect.
Mr. A's leg kicked impulsively & killed the boy
In
the above example, Mr. A dealt the boy a deadly kick in the stomach due
to which he died. And for that Mr. A got arrested and convicted in
court on charges of capital punishment. So this is the example of
thoughtless action. And according to the above Baba's teaching, A has no
control over his nerve fibers. And that is because of weak mind. The
weak mind cannot control the nerve fibers, and in result Mr. A's leg
came impulsively into action without the obvious support of mind, and
killed the boy. Later on, the whole life Mr. A repented for the crime
which he committed without thinking seriously, in the spur of the
moment. Many who do not practice yoga and meditation, do not have
control over their mind. Their mind is weak, and at the simplest of
issues their emotions will burst out-- anger, hatred-- and their motor
organs will also jump into action without the control of mind.
Without thinking, hundreds of people jumped into the river
For
example, there was a crowd on the bridge, due to a pilgrimage. And
someone started a false rumour that a wild elephant is approaching on
the run. So without thinking, hundreds of people jumped into the river--
and the majority died. This is a classic example of a knee-jerk
reaction. Their action is not supported by mind. This proves that those
who jumped into the river, they are all weak-minded.
Why
does this happen? Due to lack of sadhana, the mind is very weak. So
watch out-- if someone’s mind is weak, and at the simplest of issues
their emotions will burst out-- anger, hatred-- and their motor organs
will also jump into action without the control of mind. And that's what
Baba is guiding us in His below teaching.
Namaskar,
In Him,
Svarnadiipti
Ananda
Marga ideology says, “Imagine a scoundrel is standing in front of you.
The man is such a rogue that you feel like slapping him, but do not
actually do it. It is only when you decide, ‘Let me slap that
scoundrel’, that your hands actually strike him. When the inner urge to
externalise the feeling becomes strong enough, your hands leap into
action. A great person is one who has complete control over the
externalisation of thoughts. A thought will not always be expressed
physically. One may have a desire to hit someone or a desire to steal,
but never actually does it due to one’s self control.” (1)
Important thing to know--
Suppose
you saw a beggar who was sitting in a very cold winter night on the
roadside in the darkness. Moving along you saw him, and by seeing his
pitiful condition, from your eyes tears of compassion came. And with
kindness, you arranged for his food and covering, and also provided
shelter. So the tears of kindness which were spontaneous after seeing
this beggar, that was not the sign of a weak mind. Rather, that was the
sign of a developed mind which has very positive instincts.
So
the conclusion is that those who express their knee-jerk reaction under
the spell of malevolent vrttis, they are weak-minded. And the opposite
is the case with benevolent vrttis. If seeing someone in trouble, you
jumped into action to save them, then that is a positive thing.
Example of Weak-minded wts
(A few paras could not be included, unfortunately)
References
1. Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 8, Sádhaná, Abhidhyána and Kiirtana
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