Thursday, August 23, 2012

State of Mind

Our mind takes on different states based on our physical condition. Mind works continuously, and our thoughts and actions are controlled by the STATE OF MIND. If our Physical condition can change the state of mind, our Mental condition can change the physical activities being carried out. There is this invisible soul that's tangled with the visible physical body, both cooperate with each other giving life to soul.

Knowingly or unknowingly, emotional part of our mind spends most of its time on two types of people, if one type is the group of people whom we love the most, surprisingly the second type is the hate list. Our mind always pre-processes activities to handle these two kinds of people. Then, how about people outside this circle? They are in and out of our mind on demand.

Mind is a powerful invisible tool that can change the way we live our lives...as they say "Mind rules our body". It's our own INNER SELF with whom we talk most of the time, our true companion. If all the activities in our mind can be reproduced on a piece of paper, I'm sure we'll run out of paper in no time.

Below is a brief analysis of how I look at our State of mind (please bear with me if you are into Psychology and the terms are totally different). As you can see from the diagram, mind takes on four different states - Conscious, Subconscious, Superconscious and Unconscious states.

In Conscious state, both mind and body are in sync, resulting in visible actions that are controlled by the physical senses. The main driving force to make decisions are based on past experiences, as we are well aware of the actions and their consequences in real world. Conscious mind talks with inner-self continuously accompanied by the powerful gift - Imagination. Imagination has no limit and the mind creations that can be achieved in real world can be turned into actions/goalswhereas other subset forms our fantasy world.

In Subconscious state, mind travels bit far from physical senses and adds bit of sixth sense to control the actions in Conscious state. Ever wonder how we can set our Mental Alarm clock and wake up on time during exams or in need? The other dimension of Subconscious state is the powerful tool called Intuition. I'm sure many of you might have experienced the power of Intuition at times. When a decision has to be taken based on Subconscious state, our mind debates between conscious state and intuition, and there could be a lag in taking decisions.
And Dreams come on our way when mind drifts from Subconscious to Unconscious state and vice versa.

In Superconscious state, mind goes bit farther from the material world and can completely control the actions in Conscious state, bypassing the lag caused by decision debate. This state taps the spiritual side of inner self with sixth sense being the predominant factor, one of the wonderful experience of the power of the soul within. Telepathy is that Superconscious state of mind that allows one to be in sync with loved ones, even when they are far physically. Mind reading and Prophecy are other arts of the Superconscious mind only few can master.

In Unconscious state, soul completely shuts off the physical power and takes a stroll into space that's beyond human perception. When soul comes back to same body, mind had a flight from unconscious state to conscious/subconscious/superconscious state, and that means you had either a good sleep or in coma. If not, soul is planting fresh mind in another body.

I'm blessed to experience the Superconscious state through a sequence of events during my father's last few days of life. Wonder what made me to book a Tatkal train ticket to see my father on a busy weekday? Stayed with my father for four days and fulfilled his wishes sitting by his side.

After few days of returning home, I was restless....completely restless. My husband was listening to his favorite songs and he started humming 'Abhi mujh Mein Kahin'. I didn't know why, that song touched my heart so deeply, I started crying, called my brother and begged him to take my father to hospital and made my husband console me for more than an hour. As per my brother's update, father was fine and in deep sleep. Still I was not convinced, kept on crying. Went to YouTube and watched the song for the first time, as its lyrics were in sync with my state of mind. The moment Hrithik Roshan hugs her sister in the song, I felt my father with me and broke down into big tears at 10:50pm, and that's the exact time my father passed away.  After half an hour, I got a call from home and my brother told that father passed away at 10:50pm. Each time I listen to this song, I feel my father with me and tears just roll down. A song that will remain close to my heart forever....


Later, I was shocked to hear that my father asked my mom "Am I in Punni's house in Bangalore?". And this was just few hours before his death, whereas he never visited Bangalore in person...proving loved ones will always be with us, no matter how far they are from us.... and our mind in superconscious state is a reflection of our love for them