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Mindgrossandsubtlelayers.

Theeffectofthesesubtlepictures:

Whathappenswhenwedonthavecontroloverthesesubtle
pictures? The result would be a disaster. We may commit
gruesomecrimes.Thesepictures,whentriggered,overpowers
a person of all a sudden and makes them commit crimes. A
man then loses all sense of Dharma. He loses the
discriminativesenseanddoesactcontrarytotheDharma.So,
wemustunderstandwhatthesepicturesareandhowdothey
work.

Howpictureswork:

So, what are these pictures? These pictures are nothing

but the sense objects. Any sense object can be a picture. For
example,amovieposter,anicecream,orachocolate,etc.For
example, when you look at a movie poster, even casually, a
subtleimageisformed.Thissingleimagecancauseaperson
to commit a murder. You may say, Please wait. It doesnt
makeanysense.Howcanacasuallookatthepostercanend
inamurder?.Yes,itdoes.Theimagewhenimpressedinour
minds, do not go away, lies within the layers, even for years
together. It does go away only when it is transformed into
action.

Anyassociatedtriggercanprompttheimageintoaction.
For example, a call from your friend for a movie may trigger
the action. You may not be interested, but the subtle image
overpowersandmakesyousayYes.Thenonceweareintoa
movie,sayagenreofviolenceoranRratedone,theimageof
themoviethengetscollectedinthemind.Next,theseimages
willbewaitingfortransformationintoaction.Atriggeragain
maybringtheseviolentimagestothesurfaceandendupina
crimescene.

Itisachainreaction.Thisistheprocess:seeingthe
image>strengtheningtheimage>activationof
theimage.Thereforecaremustbetakenaboutevenwhatwe
lookatbecauseitmaycreateacriminalinus.

Rratedimages.

Picturesresponsibleforrebirth:

Likewise,weconsciouslyorunconsciouslyhavestored
millionsofpicturesinus.Supposeinalifetimewemayhave
workedouthundredsoftheseimagesandsaywehavepassed
away,butthepicturescontinuetoremaininthesubtleform
andcarryforwardtothenextbirth.Thatiswhywefindin
children,whentheygrowup,theinfluenceofthesepicturesin
theformofhabits.Wetrainupinacertainway,andtheygrow
upinadifferentway.Thisisthesamereasonwefind
prodigiesinchildrenandyoungpeople.
 Millionsofpictures.

Suppose,whenthesepicturesareverydark,sayaperson
hascommittedmanycrimesandhavekilledmanybeingsfor
hissustenance,theresultantkarmawillbesodark,andsuch
picturescanbeworkedoutonlyinananimalbody.Theytake
rebirthinananimalbodyandtheseimagesgetsactivated
quicklyandgetsworkedout.Ahumanformisnotnecessarily
requiredtosatisfyanimalimpulses.Sowemustbevery
carefulaboutkillingotherbeingsandentertainingsensual
impulses.

So we must know how to decode our inner mind, find

and map out impulses, and eliminate them at last. The
elimination of these impulses results in the freedom of
Purusha from Prakriti altogether or the realisation of our
higher self. So we must understand how these pictures are
stored and exist in a subtle form. The knowledge of which
helps us in understanding the subtle pictures lurking behind
inourmind.

Thefourstatesinwhichthesepicturesexist:

AccordingtoPatanjali,therearefourstatesinwhichthe
picturesorKleshasexist.Theyare,

1.Dormant,
2.Attenuated,
3.Interrupted,and
4.Active.

Avidyaisthebreedinggroundfortheothers
followingitwhethertheyaredormant,
attenuated,interruptedoractive.(2.4)

Dormant:

Thepicturesremaininthemindinapotentialform.They
remainunnoticedforyears,buttheyarenotlost.Theyprop
upwhenthefavourableenvironmentorconditionprevails.It
isverysimilartoadormantvolcano.Theyremaininactivefor
alongtimebuteruptsallofasudden.
 Likeadormantvolcano.

For example, we may have a negative impression on a

personandcontinuetoformsuchpicturesinthemind.These
picturesremaindormant.Supposeinfuture,ifweconfrontthe
same person, these pictures get activated, and the situation
gets escalated. There are hundreds of such examples of this
typeofpictures.

Attenuated:

By the constant practice of Yoga, these pictures are

brought under control. Though they are not completely lost,
theyceasetobedestructive.ThefirststepinYogaisnothing
but removing ourselves from the field of sense objects and
placingourselvesinanenvironmentwherewearenotaffected
bytheseobjects.

So, when dormant images prop up, these pictures will

thendonothaveanyobjectstoreactupon,andthereforeloses
itsvigour.Whenagain,thesamepicturespropup,andwhenit
doesnt find any objects, it loses its steam and intensity.
Gradually they become attenuated. But they are not lost
altogether. If we place ourselves in the senseenvironment
again, these pictures are bound to find a sense object and
react.

SoinYoga,thefirststepisnottoseeapotential
senseobject.Thatiswhywefindsomesagesevenblinding
their eye for the sake of nonformation of these pictures. We
begintomeditateonlywhenwestopseeingsenseobjects.We
stop seeing name and form on the lower plane and meditate
ontheformlessinthehigherplane.

Meditatetodestroyimpressions.

Interrupted:

Interrupted pictures are those pictures suppressed by

other pictures more powerful than the former one. It is the
matter of intensity and the matter of slot and timing of
appearanceofthesepicturesonthesurface.

Forexample,atthetimeofgriefoverthelossofsomeone
whoisclose,onecannotthinkofsensualpleasures.Theyare
interruptedforthemoment.Whenthegrievingperiodisover,
theycomeupagain.

Therefore,atanymoment,donotfeelrejoicethatthe
kleshasdontuptothesurface.Itmaycomewhenthespiritual
moodgetsover.Therefore,bepatientinworkingoutthisform
ofimpressions.Itmaydeceiveusintothinkingthatitdoesnt
exist.
Active:

Activekleshasarethosethatweseeonthesurface,in
the form of gross activity. It may also mean the impressions
whicharemoreactiveatthepresentmoment.Allattachment,
anger, hatred, aversion and the action motivated by these
impulses are active ones. The impression, when it becomes
active, cannot be prevented. This is the plane where we
commitgruesomeacts.

A man is helpless in this plane except succumbing to

theseimpulses.Therefore,itisofparamountimportance,that
we understand the working of these images. It must be
rootedoutinthebeginning.Intheend,itcannotbe
done.

Therefore, we must find out our pictures, map them,

identify threats and work out all pictures by the practice of
Yogaandattainliberation.

ThankYou.

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sundaresan sundarasubramanian 4 days ago - Shared publicly

Really good,practical&thought provoking.

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