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[VSPrasad]

No metaphysical problem is more vigorously discussed by the present day
psychologists than that of mind and body. Most of us assume that all
thinking takes place in the brain. It is only since a few decades that
psychologists are treating body and mind as a single unit called
psycho-somatic system. This led to the development of new subjects like
Psycho-biology and Psycho-neuro-immunology. Modern medicine has
recognized the brain-spine system as a single unit, but it does not
assign thinking functions to any part of the spine. It is now known that
even when a considerable amount of brain is removed through surgery, a
person can still have reasonable mental abilities and can lead a near
normal life. Modern research found that one region in brain can perform
several tasks and so can compensate for the loss of damage of another
region. On the contrary, surgical removal of some 'safe' parts from womb
of women is known to cause problems of mind like dementia. Then, what
are the components of mind and where are they located? The present paper
tries to provide some information in this line, using interpretations of
the principles given in ancient scriptures of India.

Indians put their hand on the chest when they say "I am saying this from
the depths of my Manas". Manas (rational mind) is a common word used in
India, and no one shows his head when he uses that word. The Europeans
have an esoteric tradition that mind exists independently of the
physical brain, and thoughts become known to a person through the brain.
During the 1970s, neurologists became increasingly dissatisfied
with the epiphenomenalism theories of mind and brain. More
scientists came to suspect that mind and brain were different in a kind
and could interact.

COMPONENTS OF MIND

Carl Jung distinguished persons according to four primary functions of
mind - thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition - one or more of
which predominated in any given person. According to ancient Hindu
scriptures, the various components (or faculties) of mind are [3,4]:

Ahamkaara (Self-sense): The need that "I have to survive" originates
here. The sense of smell is connected with this center. It has the
lowest vibration of energy among the components of mind. Some of the
traits of this center are similar to the influences of planet Saturn
according to astrology. This center works dominantly on Saturday.

Chitta (Emotion): It deals with the particular. Subconscious instincts
like "I am hungry", "I am thirsty", and "I have to sleep" originate
here. This center is connected with emotional thoughts like fantasies,
artistic inspiration, and biological needs. The sense of taste is
connected with this center. It has higher vibration of energy than
Ahamkaara. Some of the traits of this center are similar to the
influences of planet Venus according to astrology. This center works
dominantly on Friday.

Manas (Reason): It deals with the general. Manas is connected with
rational thinking, and mental interaction with others. Conscious
thoughts of will-power like "I have to do this", "I do not want to do
this", "I can not tolerate this" originate here. We know that a person
always shows his chest, and never shows his head, when he utters such
expressions. This center is connected with traditions and social needs.
Manas lists out the applicable pros and cons of the subject under
consideration, and suggests the practical possibilities. The sense of
touch is connected with this center. It has higher vibration of energy
than Chitta center. Some of the traits of this center are similar to the
influences of planet Mercury according to astrology. This center works
dominantly on Wednesday.

Buddhi (Intellect): It deals with deliberation of the pros and cons
using discrimination to determine on a subject [5,6]. This center gives
out the judgment after considering what is emotional and what is
rational. Buddhi deals with a person's normal abilities . Thoughts like
"I do not have enough resources (or energy) to handle this situation", "
This is some thing not known to me before, but I can manage it", and "I
can do it, but I have to think again whether I should do it" originate
here. This center has the ability to balance and control other parts of
mind. The sense of seeing is connected with this center. It has higher
vibration of energy than Manas center. The traits of this center are
similar to the influences of planet Jupiter according to astrology. This
center works dominantly on Thursday.

Jnaata (Knowing): It deals with a person's extra-ordinary abilities.
Instability and restlessness are it's characteristics. Commands for
doing physical actions are given by this center. The sense of hearing is
connected with this center. It has higher vibration of energy than
Buddhi center. The traits of this center are similar to the influences
of planet Mars according to astrology. This center works dominantly on
Tuesday. It is known to many that more quarrels are likely to take place
on Tuesday than any other day of the week.

Jnana (Knowledge): Modern medicine knows that direct stimulation of the
surface of the brain (the cortex), while the patient is conscious on the
operating table during surgery, has the effect of bringing long
forgotten experiences back to awareness. Removal of specific parts of
the brain abolishes the retention of specific experiences in memory. The
pineal gland in the brain is the seat of Jnaana center which controls
memory, knowledge, and serenity. It is the seat of personality with
which a person is born. Stability and peace are it's characteristics.
The sixth sense is connected with this center. It has higher vibration
of energy than Jnaata center. The traits of this center are similar to
the influences of planet Moon according to astrology. Jnaana center
works dominantly on Monday. This center is connected with beginnings.
Most cultures consider that the beginning day for a week long work is
Monday. It is a fact that most cultures named days of the week after the
same planets. When the memory and knowledge stored at this center is
accessed during information processing, the common man assumes that the
thinking process is taking place in the brain.

The centers of these parts of the mind are located on the spine. The
Ahamkaara center is located at the base of the spine. The Chitta center
is located behind the private organ. The Manas center is located behind
the thymus gland. The Buddhi center is located behind the navel. One
writer located Buddhic plane in the fourth chakra. The Jnaata center
is located behind the throat. In the study of army veterans with
spinal-cord injuries, researchers found that they can become emotional
but they do not feel it - they do not have the bodily heat that they
used to have before the injuries. Ahamkaara, Chitta, Manas, Buddhi and
Jnaata centers are the seats of elements Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and
Aakasa respectively. Some modern authors connect element Earth with
stability and practicality, element Water with sensitiveness, emotions
and melancholy, element Air with communicative and sanguine thinking,
and element Fire with activity and power.

COMPARISON WITH COMPUTER HARDWARE AND ROBOTICS

On the hardware side, the working of the components of mind can be
compared with working of components in a computer . The Jnaana center
(the head) can be compared to the hard disk. The spine consisting of
Ahamkaara, Chitta, Manas and Buddhi centers works like the CPU (Central
Processor Unit). The Aakasa center can be compared to the Hard Disk
controller (and partly the DMA controller). It cooperates exchange of
information between the hard disk and the CPU. This is how the
brain-spine system works in a common man. In a general purpose personal
computer, the CPU is usually 32-bit type. But a game computer requires a
graphic card with 256-bit GPU (Graphic Processor Unit) to handle 3D
graphics and Virtual Reality softwares. If a simple software like word
processing is loaded on a game computer, it works like a common PC
because simple softwares cannot use the 256-bit GPU. Even though the
brain has the highest component of mind (like the 256-bit GPU) at the
pineal gland, the common man will not be able to use it.

In Artificial Intelligence, the 'describe and match' method for
identifying an object consists of the following steps: (1) describe the
object using a suitable representation (2) match the object description
against library descriptions (3) if a satisfactory match is found, it is
announced. These functions are performed by Chitta, Manas and Buddhi
respectively.

Image processing techniques used in Robotics involves the following
stages: (1) center of area of the object using location methods, and
it's placing relative to the known objects (2) finding features of the
object like shape, geometry, radius etc (3) pattern recognition methods
to find similarity or dissimilarity with stored images, (4) pattern
discrimination system to overcome effects of improper lighting, shadows,
disturbances in the environment etc. In the human body, these stages are
carried out by Ahamkaara, Chitta, Manas and Buddhi centers respectively.

Classifying the mind of people into types can be found in the folk
wisdom of most cultures. A few persons are called calm type, the
majority are known to have some degree of nervousness, and the remaining
are called unsettled type. Every person is influenced by the three
collective psychic energies in varying degrees. In Sanskrit, Guna means
physio-psychological factor. The Upanisads say that Satwa (order,
symmetry, harmony, illumination, knowledge) represents lightness, is
pleasing, and is capable of manifesting others. Rajas (activity, power)
is dynamic, exciting, expansive, but also capable of hurting. Tamas
(darkness, static, inertia, concealing) is characterized by heaviness,
and causes obscurity and sadness. Persons who are mostly influenced by
the lower collective psychic energy are called Tamo Guna (activities of
darkness) type persons. They belong to the unsettled type according to
folk wisdom. The 'lazy drifters' and the 'emotionally unbalanced', in
whom Chitta and Jnaata centers work dominantly, belong to this type.
Persons who are mostly influenced by the human collective psychic energy
are called Rajo Guna (human level activities) type persons. They belong
to the nervous type according to folk wisdom. The 'managers' and the
'trailblazers', in whom Manas and Buddhi centers work dominantly, belong
to this type. Persons who are mostly influenced by the higher collective
psychic energy are called Satwa Guna (relaxed alertness, peaceful
activities) type persons. They belong to the calm type according to folk
wisdom. Yogis, philosophers and peace makers, in whom Jnana center works
dominantly, belong to this type. The persons in whom the Ahamkaara
center works dominantly and other centers work below the average level
are called Misra (mixed) Guna type persons. The 'diligent workers'
belong to this type. The Tri-Kaya doctrine of Yogacara in Buddhism
describes about the apparitional body which deals with the mere fictions
of imagination, the enjoyment body which deals with thoughts connected
with relative existence under certain conditions, and the dharma body
which deals with the perfect mode of being corresponding to right
knowledge. The word Kaya (body) is used in this text to designate the
centers in the body. The apparitional body, enjoyment body and dharma
body correspond to components of mind connected with Tamo Guna, Rajo
Guna and Satwa Guna respectively. Arndt-Schultz Law states that small
stimuli encourage life activity, medium stimuli impede life activity,
and strong stimuli destroy life activity. Modern psychology knows that a
mild level of emotional arousal tends to produce alertness and interest
in the task at hand, and intense level of arousal requires the central
nervous system to respond to too many things at once and causes
emotional disturbance or disorganization. Satwa guna persons spend a
happy and contended life with small stimuli, Rajo guna persons are not
happy with small stimuli and try to have medium stimuli which bring a
period of upset and stress in their wake. Such persons accept them in
the light of greater understanding and compassion that accompanies the
medium stimuli. They have the necessity to cope with an environment
requiring continual behaviour adjustment or refinement. Tamo guna
persons crave for strong stimuli not bothering about it's consequences,
and live a lifespan which is a little shorter than others. Observations
of people during crises, such as fires or sudden floods, suggest that
about 15 percent show organized and effective behaviour. They belong to
the Satwa guna type. The majority, which makes up for about 70 percent,
show various degrees of disorganization but are still able to function
with reasonable effectiveness. They attend to a wide range of rescue and
relief works. They belong to the Rajo guna type. The remaining 15
percent are so disorganized that they are unable to function properly.
They may race around screaming, or exhibit aimless and completely
inappropriate behaviour. They belong to the Tamo guna.

(The above information is part of an article which I published in a magazine)

[VSPrasad]

The belly rules the mind. ~ Spanish Proverb

THE FREQUENT ILLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF THEIR BRAINS. OR THEIR THEIR POWER
TO CONNECT SEEMINGLY UNRELATED THINGS.

At one time moral courage was supposed to reside in the heart, physical courage
in the stomach, wisdom in the head, affection in the reins (kidneys),
melancholy in the bile and spirit in the blood."
From "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" revised by Adrian Room
(HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 1999, Sixteenth Edition).

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...sages/612.html

Feelings And Water

Feelings are often symbolized with water. Water can be polluted, troubled, running, dripping, rushing, fog, ice, boiling, bubbly etc. Have a look at our language: "boiling with anger", "icecold murderer", "waves of hatred" ... feelings is like water a medium - carrier of energies.

http://www.carpeleo.com/coaching_feelings.php

http://www.esolibris.com/articles/au...ura_colour.php

"feeling blue," yellow-bellied," "green with envy"

www.hauntedhamilton.com/4psychology.html

The mind, however, is seen in terms of mental attributes, such as beliefs or desires. Many adhere to metaphysically dualistic approaches in which the mind exists independently of the brain in some way, such as a soul or epiphenomenon or emergent phenomenon. Other dualisms maintain that the mind is a distinct physical phenomenon, such as electromagnetic field, or a quantum effect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain

http://www.search.com/search?q=epiphenomenalism

http://skepdic.com/mind.html

http://www.magicalmiracles.com/ChapterFour.htm

Kundalini Chakras:

The second chakra is the chakra of creativity, pure attention and pure knowledge. It is the one which connects us to the inner source of inspiration, and enables us to experience the beauty around us.

The third chakra is the one that gives us the sense of generosity, complete satisfaction and contentment. When enlightened by the Kundalini, the Nabhi chakra gives us our spiritual ascent, righteousness and inner sense of morality, and complete balance at all levels in our life.

Anahat Chakra - it is from our heart that the compassion and love manifests, and also the heart chakra is the one that gives us the sense of responsibility and pure behaviour towards others. The heart chakra manifests in the center (at the level of the sternum bone) as complete security and confidence.

The fifth chakra is the chakra of diplomacy, of pure relationships with others, and of playful detachment. The tendencies to dominate others or to feel dominated by others, the feelings of superiority or inferiority.

http://www.sahajayoga.org/chakrasand....asp?mode=text

Chakra colour Green - Heart - 4
Most people are happiest when in loving relationships and friendships. Balancing our Yin and Yan, interacting harmoniously with family, friends and colleagues brings about great contentment. If your heart chakra is blocked you may be closing yourself off from emotions for fear of rejection or be too intense in your relationships. You may be too obsessive, domineering or jealous, frightening your lovers away



Chakra colour Yellow - Solar Plexus - 3


As the'sun' radiates white light and yellow rays, feeding the universe, the energy of the 'solar' plexus chakra vibrates warmth and power throughout and 'out of' your body. Located below your ribs, near your stomach, it rules our power, will and metabolism.


If blocked you will find yourself making unwise and unsound decisions, failing to give balanced time between work and pleasure.

Chakra colour Orange - Sacral - 2
This chakra is located in the abdomen (pelvic region), slightly below your navel. It is connected to our feelings, desires, emotions and sexuality.
When reaching pubity, teenagers are particularly prone to blockages in this area, experiencing extreme swings of emotions as they struggle to adjust to the changes taking place in their bodies. Adults too can experience these blocks and feel that the world is against them, that they are unable to think creatively or positively. Having obsessive and irrational thoughts, acting and re-acting excessively over minor issues.


Chakra colour Red - Root - 1



Now your at the 'root' of your foundation. This chakra represents the element earth and is located at the base of the spine. If we neglect to feed ourselves from our roots and become focused on materialism, self-gratification and greed, our gains will not bring the happiness that is the reward from sharing, loving and helping others.

When this chakra is healthy and open, our survival instincts are refined, our physical bodies are grounded and we feel confident, strong and well-grounded.

http://www.tarot-psychic-wisdom.com/ChakraColours.html

http://threeheartscompany.com/chakra.html

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Thanks for the information!!!

[sukan]

so much details..very interesting..

[AjayKumar.Kataram]

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