There are six sources from which thoughts arise. They are
1. Need
2. Habit...
3.Environmental conditions
4.Imposition of another perosn's thought
5.Hereditary imprints and
6. Divinity
As action follows though, all the thoughts that arise in the mind are to be analysed and introspected for a better pattern of thinking and a pattern of living. When a thought arises, you have to catch the thought and identify its root.
Thought of taking food arises in you-You put the thought into introspection,. Hunger could have given rise to the thought. Here, need is the source of the thought.
If you find that you are not actually hungry and yet the thought of lunch has come, examine whether habit could have generated it. It is one 'o' clock - the usual time for your lunch. This is thought emerged out of habit.
In another situation, you are neither hungry not it is your usual lunch time. and yet the thought of taking food has come while you are driving past an open-air cafeteria. Here thought has come merely at the sight of other playing their fork and spoon. this is an example of environmental conditoins generating a thought.
You are taking a stroll when you pass by a fruitstall. You have no intention to make any purchase. Yet you buy grapes from a stall and return home. You are not even fond of grapes. Then you wonder what made you to purchase the grapes. Well the reason for needless purchase is imposition of thought by vendor.
You may suddenly get a thought that you should build a school or a hospital in your native village but you do not have the resources to do so. this thought come into being becaue of hereditary imprints.
When development reaches a stage, one may come to think of realising the self or understand the Truth. Such thoughts are the outcome of evolutionary force of Nature, which means they are thoughts from Divinity.
You have to decide whether a particular thought is to be translated into action or to be eliminated in the beginning itself. If you assess the thought is not worthy or could be pain resulting, you have to give an autosuggestion that the thought is improper for such and such a reason and that you should not go in action with the thought. whenever the same thought comes again, you will be able to remember your introspection and decision and you will be protected by being on guard against unnecessary involvement.
If this method of analysis is practised, then you will be able to filter every thought as through a sieve and bring out only the best thoughts in actions. This introspection on thought will also assist you in gaining success in the introspection of other aspects starting with Desire.
- Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi
Thought of taking food arises in you-You put the thought into introspection,. Hunger could have given rise to the thought. Here, need is the source of the thought.
If you find that you are not actually hungry and yet the thought of lunch has come, examine whether habit could have generated it. It is one 'o' clock - the usual time for your lunch. This is thought emerged out of habit.
In another situation, you are neither hungry not it is your usual lunch time. and yet the thought of taking food has come while you are driving past an open-air cafeteria. Here thought has come merely at the sight of other playing their fork and spoon. this is an example of environmental conditoins generating a thought.
You are taking a stroll when you pass by a fruitstall. You have no intention to make any purchase. Yet you buy grapes from a stall and return home. You are not even fond of grapes. Then you wonder what made you to purchase the grapes. Well the reason for needless purchase is imposition of thought by vendor.
You may suddenly get a thought that you should build a school or a hospital in your native village but you do not have the resources to do so. this thought come into being becaue of hereditary imprints.
When development reaches a stage, one may come to think of realising the self or understand the Truth. Such thoughts are the outcome of evolutionary force of Nature, which means they are thoughts from Divinity.
You have to decide whether a particular thought is to be translated into action or to be eliminated in the beginning itself. If you assess the thought is not worthy or could be pain resulting, you have to give an autosuggestion that the thought is improper for such and such a reason and that you should not go in action with the thought. whenever the same thought comes again, you will be able to remember your introspection and decision and you will be protected by being on guard against unnecessary involvement.
If this method of analysis is practised, then you will be able to filter every thought as through a sieve and bring out only the best thoughts in actions. This introspection on thought will also assist you in gaining success in the introspection of other aspects starting with Desire.
- Thathuvagnani Vethathiri Maharishi
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