Integrating Ancient Wisdom in Modern Life: Calm and Sensitive Mind
- Pantanjali says, one can read others’ minds when one’s own mind is calm. With a calm and sensitive mind, if one focuses on others’ attitude of mind, one can read the thoughts and activities inside others’ minds.
- One looks at anyone for a moment and turns around, it will not be offended. But if someone looks into someone’s eyes for more than 4-5 seconds then it is offensive. Because you have started accessing the person’s thoughts and mind activity. Which he would not have disclosed to anyone.
- All of us have the ability to read the thoughts and activities inside others’ minds. Remember, when the mind is in a state of thought, the eyes also move. When the mind is still, eyes stop moving. First of all make sure that your mind is calm and sensitive, by focusing on the self mind. When one is calm and sensitive, the mind becomes a mirror. In that mirror one can see his own reflection and if he focuses on others’ attitude of mind or object of others, thoughts and activity of others’ mind will reflect in the mirror.
- By looking into someone’s eyes, not only this life but also the past lives can be guessed. Eyes are the strongest source of human identity. Eyes hold the blueprint of many of our lives, as they are linked to our soul. And the soul has got all the memories and impressions of all the lives and reflects whatever is inside the mind. One by focusing on others’ eyes can only know thoughts and activity of others’ minds but not their significance.
- Listen to what others say and follow their words to answer. Stop your assumptions. Then you will be with that person and able to understand. Patanjali says that if you follow the person’s words, perspectives and his focus you will understand him.
- Understand the difference between listening and hearing. So that you can follow the words, perspectives and his focus. Listening is totally different from hearing. Listening means hearing without mind; listening means hearing without any interference of your thoughts; listening means hearing as if you are totally empty. If you have even a small trembling of thinking inside, waves of subtle thoughts surrounding you, you will not be able to listen, although you will be able to hear.
- Bring down this sutra in your routine life. So that you can communion with others which means you have connected your soul with their soul, their being in compassion. Remember Communication is verbal; Communion is non-verbal. Communion is silent… which is throbbing inside your heart. Only two souls can meet. Then deep down there is a communion. Then you realise freedom. If you can feel oneness with a soul, then there is no difficulty in feeling oneness with the whole Existence. You know the path now. You know the secret path – how to be one with this Existence.
