If you want to experience the peace and tranquility of the soul, you will have to go beyond the intellect and the mind, says Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj ji
It is now becoming a cliché in various circles of modern life — from religion to psychology to holistic medicine, to the usage of the phrase “body-mind-soul” or “body-mind-spirit” when referring to our totality as a human being. So what do we exactly mean when we say thatIJ What is bodyIJ What is mindIJ What is soulIJ And what is spiritIJ It is often said that the real self is behind the mind or intellect. It really means differently than what is generally understood because to experience or perceive the soul, we have not crossed the mind that’s considered to be a subtle stuff of matter. No, instead we have to calm the ripples of the mind, we have to stop its being agitated by the outer world, and we need to check its outward tendency.
From spiritual perspective, it should be understood that when the soul is in the soul-world, it is pure, calm, tranquil and above all bondages or attributes. There, the mind is unmanifest and its abilities of volition, action, desire, understanding, ascertainment, etc., are not at play but at rest, not emerged but latent and merged. While in soul-world, the soul is pinned, so to say, only on one thought, one consciousness, one feeling, one understanding viz — ‘I am soul, I am soul, I am soul’. That is all nothing more. The turbulence, the vagrancy, the sportiveness of the mind is at rest, or you may say that, in a sense it is in deep sleep. Therefore, when it is said that “If we want to experience the peace and tranquility of the soul or have to know the self, we will have to go beyond the intellect and the mind,” it does not mean that we will penetrate or percolate through, tear away or cross over to a material stuff as mind is understood to be. It means that to know our self we will have to concentrate our mind on the maximum: “I am a soul, child of supreme soul.” We will have to make our intellect and mind one-pointed and disposed to understand the self alone. We will have to lay all our memory, thoughts, feelings, etc., at rest. This is what would be ‘going beyond’ the mind. For this, there are so many methods that have been advocated, demonstrated, advised and laid down by various spiritual and religious teachers. However, the knowledgeful almighty has offered his supreme advice that we should control the mind by means of the intellect. It means that we have to have the knowledge of the self, supreme etc. and by means of that, knowing the self, to calm ourselves. He has sermonised that it can be best done by pinning the mind on the name, form, attributes and relation of supreme with the soul. His sermon is, Manmana Bhav, i.e. concentrate your mind on me, your love on me, and your faith on me. And I assure you that I will bless you with supreme sanctity, peace and bliss and you will attain me. I will purge you of all sins, rest assured”. If we act as HE says all our inner conflict will end and we will work only as his divine instrument. We will then be able to adjust ourselves easily and quickly in any situation. Having being free from other psychological memories, except that of Supreme and our duty, our energy potential will find no resistance and will be free for full performance. We will thus be able to attain excellence and experience the peace and tranquility without putting much efforts. Now it’s up to us whether to listen to supreme almighty or keep wandering in darkness of ignorance.