A NEED OF PRESENT TIMES


H.H. Shrimad Namchaitanya Bhanudas                                                          View Previous Article
Published on: 23 September 2008                                                                      View Next Article
Courtesy: Marathi Daily, Mumbai Sakaal(Article No 3)                                    View: Current Article in Marathi (PDF)

         More than three and half decades of my research of mind, has proved conclusively that ´spiritual science´ is a complete science of the mind. Based on my findings from this research, besides other theories, I have made two statements viz: 1. Man is alive with his body but he lives with his mind. 2. Mind is a tremendous energy.

        Mind can be instrumental in man´s upliftment and emancipation or it can also bring about his downfall and devastation. Well! If mind can help man´s emancipation how that mankind is is retrogressing towards mental devastation. This is because human outlook towards life is changing very fast. In this modern world man´s attitude to life is changing drastically. Sight is a physical capability of our eyes, but our vision or outlook is a mental attribute. Therefore, our outlook influences out thoughts which govern our actions and every action has its own consequences, good or bad.

        In this fast moving world, today entire humanity is afflicted with mental tensions. In fact, mental tensions have become a part and parcel of routine human life. World Health Organization (W.H.O.) in one of its survey has reported that ninety two percent of illnesses are caused by mental stresses. Many of these diseases are life time burdens. E.g. Diabetes, Cardiac disorders, Asthma, Parkinson´s disease etc. This therefore indicates that a healthy and tension free mind will have a healthy body.

        A healthy mind is like an enriched or endowed mind. An enriched mind is the one which has contentment, peace, and cheerfulness. Spritual science, being a science of the mind is capable of changing of man´s life outlook and reduces his mental stresses. This in turn will help man to enrich his mind.

        To achieve stress free mind, it is essential that we understand why mental stresses build up. Generally, mental stresses builds up in context to some future event and the uncertainty of this event. It may be that this event may not be as bad as imagined. And perhaps one need not get tensed up at all. Here spiritual science has proved that "Dread due to presumptions leads to mental tensions and depression". Therefore it is important that one develop proper vision or outlook towards these mental tensions