Ashutosh Upadhyay

Mind & Mantra Ashutosh Upadhyay

The Vedic view of the mind is very different. It is based on our inner world experience rather than the use of the outside world. It seeks to understand the mind through introspection or through turning our awareness, rather than analyzing the mental patterns outside. It encourages us to observe the mind rather than follow its reactions. The Vedas and Upanishads consider the mind and brain as separate, although the two are related. The brain is the physical vehicle for the mind; how we want to keep the mind right depends on how we look at the mind. A fragmented or distracted mind cannot turn within or towards inner world. This inward turning process can be looked very simple as immersing the mind in the deeper consciousness of the inner Being that resides within the heart. Yoga philosophy out of witch especially Mantra Yoga a very simple and easy Yoga, teaches us to move beyond the mind to pure consciousness, which is to return to our true nature, our inner Being. Through Mantra chanting one can reach a state where mind is to rest in the silence and peace within that no thought, opinion, belief or conclusion can touch. Mantra Yoga has developed the theory of static sound; in developing this theory it says that there is no vacuum in this universe. Sound changes its property according to pitch, rhythm, volume, speed, frequency, harmony, intonation and utterance. The sound energy has to be organized and channeled in particular ways to produce particular results. Mantra-yoga is an attempt to organize and canalize sound energy to produce particular results. In this book Mind and Mantra the author has put the sincere efforts to explain the concept of Vedic mind and how to control this mind with simple use of Mantra yoga.