Mind

Ignorance is the lack of the divine ability to see the supramental Truth; it is the part of our consciousness that does not perceive, as opposed to the part that sees and knows the truth.

This world is an illusion of colors and sounds, a false display created by the tricks of Maya, the mind, and the senses.

Everything depends upon the mind. The pure mind acquires a new attitude.

We can attain peace of mind only by following what Gurbani teaches.

The mind does not become tranquil until it is connected to the ever-peaceful Supreme Being.

Know the Self as the rider in the chariot and the body as the chariot. Know the intellect as the charioteer and the mind as the reins.

That which the mind cannot think, but by which the mind is said to be thought — know that alone as Brahman, not this which people worship here.

By whose will does the mind go forth? By whose command does the vital breath move first? By whose impulsion do people utter speech? What divine power directs the eye and the ear?

The senses are said to be the horses, the sense-objects the roads they travel. The wise call the Self joined with sense and mind the enjoyer.

That steadfastness by which one upholds the activities of the mind, the life-force, and the senses through unswerving yoga practice — that steadfastness, O Partha, is sattvic.

The Blessed Lord said: Without doubt, O mighty-armed one, the mind is difficult to restrain and fickle. Yet it is brought under hold through practice and through dispassion, O son of Kunti.

For the mind is restless, O Krishna — turbulent, powerful, and obstinate. To restrain it, I think, is as difficult as taming the wind.

Whenever the restless, unsteady mind wanders away — from each and every such direction one should rein it back and bring it under the sovereignty of the self alone.

As a lamp placed in a windless spot does not flicker — that is the remembered image of the yogi with a controlled mind who is engaged in the practice of the yoga of the self.

The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its seat. Through these it deludes the embodied being, veiling knowledge.

When the mind follows whichever sense among the roaming senses it obeys, that sense carries away wisdom just as the wind carries a ship upon the waters.

By mind alone is this to be known — there is no multiplicity here at all. One who sees multiplicity here goes from death to death.

Higher than the senses are their objects; higher than objects is the mind; higher than the mind is intellect; higher than intellect is the great Self.

But one who is wise, with a mind ever disciplined — whose senses are well-controlled, like the good horses of a skilled charioteer.

The second quarter is Taijasa, whose sphere is the dream state, whose consciousness is directed inward, who has seven limbs and nineteen mouths, and who experiences subtle objects.