The creative mind

When we talk about mental health in yoga, we are concerned with the way the mind thinks and the behaviour of the mental energy of the mind. In yoga an impure mind is one that is under the influence of selfishness - anger - jealousy - control issues - fear - laziness - restlessness and all of the other normal patterns of mental behaviour. A pure mind is one that is free of these mental afflictions so that the awareness is able to remain a witness without becoming affected by the changes that take place in our lives. Mental illness is understood as a state where the ability to manage these normal mental states is lost and we become extreme in our behaviour. Insomnia and other stress related illness is an indication that we are losing our ability to manage the energies of the mind. When the stress levels become extreme often we suffer from mental illness such as insomnia. This will cause us to experience extreme states of confusion and emotional instability.

Awakening the Creative Mind

Enlightenment is a gradual unfolding of awareness. We live in a state of mental beliefs where each experience and everything in it appears to be real. A yogic mind aspires towards a state of consciousness where the unseen reality is known. All of us have been taught that a solid object if seen under a microscope is not solid at all. A mass of atoms and particles weave an intricate pattern of energetic activity, grouping together in colonies that form basic elements that collectively gather into an apparent solid form. A tree is a mass of atoms suspended and vibrating within another mass called air. What appears solid is a visible form that can be reshaped into furniture. What appears invisible is in fact a subtle form of particles that can be breathed in to support another life form i.e. the body. True Knowledge is knowing of more than one reality. Only a few hundred years ago even scientists believed that everything seen was real. They did not know about atoms and so without knowledge they were ignorant. they thought the world was flat and were very superstitious

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