THE POWER OF THE MIND

The Power of the Mind

In discussing the mind, the mental body, and the power of thought I will point out that there is a difference between these aspects and those of consciousness, the brain, it’s functions and thinking - all are different but at the same time they are all related but I will focus on the mind and the mental “plane” and mental “body”. From an esoteric perspective the mind is seen as having two components - the higher mind which is an aspect of the soul and as such is intuitive and processes our spiritual experiences while the lower mind is responsible for logic, analysis, rational thought and day to day cognition. The mind (higher and lower) is said to reside on the mental plane, according to esoteric philosophy - in other words all activities of the mind possess a certain vibration which distinguishes it from the physical and astral/emotional plane and as such is of a higher vibration relatively speaking.

One of the most important books that I have read is “Psycho-cybernetics” by Maxwell Maltz. It was at a time that I become quite sick and found this book in a box of old paperbacks and magazines and it changed my life. It explained the principles of mind power, positive thinking and creative visualization, all of which I began to learn so that I could heal myself. I decided to separate from my specialist and doctor finding one of the few naturopaths who were around in those days and began to “repair” myself, never forgetting the powers of my mind for healing. Later on I studied mind power more seriously reading everything from Shakti Gawain and Louise Hay through to Ernest Holmes, Thomas Troward, Catherine Ponder and other founders of the Science of Mind. The results I achieved startled me and I realized that everything I focussed on came into manifestation but, eventually, I also found that there was no differentiation, as far as the mind concerned, between “positive” and “negative”. I had not learned to control my thoughts with the result that any negative thought would also manifest which was a bit scary, so I decided to put it all aside and seek greater understanding of the spiritual world as a whole although I never forgot the importance of a focussed mind, positive affirmation and creative visualization in the healing process. Our mind is an untapped resource that holds the key to our future.

D.K.; “Manas” has been defined as mind, or the faculty of logical deduction and reasoning, and of rational activity that distinguishes humans from the animals. It is something much more than that, for it underlies all manifestation, and the very shape of an amoeba, and the discriminative ability of the lowest cell or atom, is actuated by mind of some kind or another…the fire of mind is fundamentally electricity, shown in its higher workings. Love is the great unifier, the prime attractive impulse, cosmic and microcosmic, but the mind is the main creative factor and the utiliser of the energies of the cosmos. Love attracts, but the mind attracts, repels and coordinates, so that the potency is inconceivable….the race is progressing into an era wherein humanity will function as minds; when intelligence will be stronger than desire, and when thought powers will be used for appeal and for guidance of the world, as now physical and emotional means are employed. The mind creates or formulates those thoughtforms (or embodied energies) which express, upon the mental plane, the measure of the disciple’s understanding of the Plan, and their ability to convey the embodied mental energy to the etheric body – unimpeded by the emotional nature or by any lower upsurging desire.

We must learn and understand the difference between thought, the mind, consciousness and the brain as well as their interactions.