Mind is a subtle entity; subtle entities are not perceptible to any of the sense organs (called Jnaanendriyas in Sanskrit). Mind is nothing but a continuous flow of thoughts (thoughts are modifications of the mind and are called “Vrittis” in Sanskrit). Mind is the medium for the thoughts (in the same way that ether is the medium for the electromagnetic radiation).
Mind is the seat of all emotions and feelings – love, kindness, anger, hatred, envy, jealousy and all other feelings and passions. Mind always wavers – and keeps on wavering between extremes of every passion. Whenever we get into the “to do or not to do” mode, we know that the matter is under the consideration of the mind. Mind will not be able to take a decision on any matter.
Mind is capable of expanding and spreading infinitely. It can transcend time and space. Mind does not die. It comes with you in all your incarnations – as a part of the subtle body. In fact, death of the gross body is marked by the exit of the subtle body from the gross body; and the birth of the gross body is marked by the entry of the subtle body into a gross body (in the womb of the mother).
The next thought is about “Mind and its modifications”
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