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  1. Where is the boundary for the mind and soul? Until where is the mind, from where does the soul start?

    Like there are waves and the ocean. Just as there are waves in the ocean, mind is in the soul. So the mind is not a different entity. It is the wave of the ocean. It comes up a little bit and then calms down, again comes up and then calms down. ...
  2. I often wonder why God has made us so complicated. Firstly we are given mind that wanders and then we tame it. Why not bestow us with a tamed mind.

    Why are you are so lazy that you don't want to do anything? Nature wants you to do something, take some responsibility. This is like asking, ‘Why you are making a jigsaw puzzle? Just get it readymade, fixed all at once.’ The jigsaw puzzle is ...
  3. Physical pain, is it linked to the mind?

    Physical pain and mind is connected, definitely. You know why, because when you sleep or when you are under anesthesia you don’t feel it. So when you sleep you don’t feel it. In sleep what happens is the mind shuts off. In anesthesia they put some blo ...
  4. What causes moods?

    What causes waves? Mind is moods. But you are more than mind. ...
  5. Why does the mind clings on to the negative and not to the positive?

    Yes, that is its nature. You give someone ten compliments and one insult, the mind holds on to that insult. When you become aware of this, a shift happens in you. When you are unaware of this, you get trapped and get carried away by this. But in ...
  6. Gurudev, I am a psychologist. I want to know how can spirituality add to my knowledge and make it more holistic.

    Meditation can turn around many psychiatric problems. Study consciousness more deeply. Study the Bhagavad Gita, study Yoga Vasishta and then you will understand more about what consciousness is. Read the teaching of Lord Buddha and Mahavir. They ...
  7. Gurudev, the waves in the sea goes up and then goes down. But you have said mind goes deep within and then dissolves. So, how do we take the mind deeper?

    Stop trying. When you think, I want to do this and I want to do that then you cannot let go of doing something. That is when the mind stays in the surface. When you have the ability to just let go, the mind sinks to the depth. ...
  8. Gurudev, my mind is flooded with thoughts when I am silent. My mind is not at peace. One after another the thoughts keep flowing. Does it happen often when we keep silent or should it not happen? Please guide me!

    Let the thoughts come. What has been there inside for a long time is just coming out, so let it come. Let the mind go where it wants to go. Tell it to go, run around the world if it wants to. It may go in the past, in the future, or do anything. ...
  9. When I was doing meditation I could feel that my mind was dissolving. I am not sure where does this mind come from?

    This mind is my enemy and this mind is also my friend. If the mind listens to me it is my friend and when it goes all over the place it is my enemy. So, there is no bigger enemy in this world than your own mind. ...