LAW OF ATTRACTION - 4 DIMENSIONS OF MIND EXPLANATION WITH PRACTICAL EXAMPLE

It is imperative to understand more about MIND and its functionality.  According to ANCIENT INDIAN YOGIC CULTURE MIND consists of 4 Main DIMENSIONS and they are 

Ø MANAS refers to MEMORY Not only memory stored in BRAIN but also entire BODY CELLS which carry memory. In the Human Body from Head to Toe, there is Memory (manas) – this is called MANOMAYA KOSHA. In every cell in the body, there is memory and intelligence, but no intellect. INTELLECT IS ONLY IN THE BRAIN

Ø BUDDHI refers to INTELLECT (AND NOT INTELLIGENT) IS A DISCRIMINATORY PROCESS WHICH USES REASONING,LOGIC,  COMPARISON.  Buddhi is the intellect – the Logical Dimension of the thought & it cannot function without a certain bank of memory or data.  If you can make more things out of INTELLECT, you are considered intelligent, which is not true but you are a sharper intellect. The Intellect will not take you beyond limits in any way, because it can only function based on the data that is already there. It is not capable of accessing anything beyond that.  Also Intellect will work around your AHANKAR / Identity.  For example If you Identify (Ego) yourself as more knowledgeable person then your intellect will work around the idea as if you know every thing and nothing new to learn which makes you arrogant. 

Ø CHITTH refers to SUB CONSCIOUS / UNCONSCIOUS which is ENERGY SOURCE & STORAGE MEDIA OF HABITS, BELIEFS, SKILL, SELF ESTEEM etc. Any Idea or Desire from the Conscious Mind once reaches CHITTH, it will come true in life. CHITTH  is mind without memory – pure intelligence / Energy. This intelligence is like the cosmic intelligence – simply there. Everything happens because of that. It does not function out of memory – it simply functions. In a way, what you call UNIVERSE is a living mind, not in the sense of intellect but in the sense of CHITTH. It connects to the basis of creation within you. It connects you with your consciousness. CHITTH is always on – whether you are awake or asleep. Your intellect comes on and goes off. Many times it fails, even when you are awake. CHITTH is the Intelligence or energy which making life happen. 

Ø AHANKAR refers to IDENTITY / EGO.  Ahankar gives you a sense of identity. Once your Ahankar takes on an identity, your intellect functions only in that context. It is important to function beyond the intellect, because the intellect is seriously enslaved to your identity.

    WHY LACK OF IDENTITY IS BAD ?  Lack of self-identity can have detrimental effects on mental health and overall well-being, leading to increased levels of anxiety, low self-esteem, social isolation, and feelings of being lost or aimless

      Let us take the case of Lord Hanuman character from Great Epic Ramayana. During his childhood days Lord Hanuman troubled a Saint with funny Pranks when the saint was in deep meditation. The saint cursed Lord Hanuman to make him to forget his power, so he lost all the abilities given to him by the gods. Lord Hanuman asks the saint for forgiveness, the saint informed Lord Hanuman that "When someone reminds You of yours powers, you will remember your strength and thus your power will be restored" This is the classic case of IDENTITY CRISIS.  Despite having so much power, Lord Hanuman reminded of his power by Jambavan the king of bears, to enable him to cross the strait between India and Sri Lanka in one leap.  

Let us to take one simple thought process and understand how the 4 DIMENSION OF MIND works and how it impact us psychologically.  Let us take an Live example. Mr. X wants to buy T-Shirt and went to a cloth shop.

Step 1 - In the shop a dark pink color T-Shirt was displayed along with other T-Shirts and at first sight Mr. X took the Pink T-shirt.  The question is why Mr. X has chosen the Dark Pink Color T-Shirt First ?.  He saw the T-Shirt as Input through his sensory organ Eye and MIND has chosen the Dark Pink color T-Shirt. 

a) Somewhere in the past Mr. X STRONGLY LIKED (Positive Emotion) the Dark Pink color and chooses this color as his Personal Preference and this information has got IMPRINTED as MEMORY (MANAS) in the SUB CONSCIOUS. For easy understanding we can Label this MEMORY IMPRINT as “PREFERENCE”.  

b) At a Later stage of Mr. X  life his college friends made comment that Dark Pink color is meant for Ladies and not for Gents and if Gents wear this color they will become laughing stock (Insult) among the group members. Hence he formed second opinion about DARK PINK COLOR stating that Dark Pink color is meant for Ladies and and if Gents wear Dark Pink Color Dress will draw INSULT (Negative Emotion) from Peer group and this information is also IMPRINTED as MEMORY (MANAS) in the Sub Conscious. We can Label this Memory as “OPINION”. 

Initially Mr. X Picked up Dark Pink Color at first sight without giving a thought , as this color was liked by him strongly and also his Personal Preference. 

Step 2 – After choosing Dark Pink T-Shirt without awareness, the MIND check the BRAIN (MANAS / MEMORY) for availability of any other data related to Dark Pink Color.  The BRAIN (MANAS) supply the second Memory data labelled as “OPINION” about Dark Pink color meant for Ladies and not for Gents, to the MIND.  Since more than one data is available in the Mind about Dark Pink Color then the BUDDHI / INTELLECT start process these two information using Logic, Reasoning and convey its FINAL DECISION to the MIND.  BUDDHI (Intellect) observe  both Memory contents.  Memory Labelled as "PREFERENCE" says Mr. X strongly likes Dark Pink Color and hence to go for Dark Pink Color T-Shirt.  But Buddhi also read another Memory Labelled as "OPINION" and state that Dark Pink color is meant for Ladies and not for Gents and those gents who wear Dark Pink Color dress might get insulted from his peer group.  Now Buddhi analyze the two situation takes a decision.  The “Preference” Labelled memory has his LIKE which is PLEASURE EMOTION but “Opinion” labelled memory has INSULT which has PAIN EMOTION.  In order to avoid Pain (Insult) from Peer Group Buddhi advises Mr. X to forgo his own liking and suggest not to choose Dark Pink Color T-Shirt. BUDDHI Decides to go for the Memory Labelled as “OPINION”.

Step 3 - AHANKAR (IDENTITY/ EGO) of Mr. X also try to evaluate these situations. Since Memory labelled as “PREFERENCE” is already endorsed / Identified by  AHANKAR / Ego. Dark Pink Color has already become his Personal Liking (PLEASURE EMOTION FROM INSIDE).  Hence AHANKAR Pitches to go for “PREFERENCE”.  Even AHANKAR will argue to the extent that one should go for their Personal LIKE / PREFERENCES and accept others criticism or Insult boldly, rather than burying their Preferences to please other Whims.  By nature, If Mr. X has STRONG CHARACTER ETHICS then his MIND will opt for Memory labelled as  “PREPRENCE” and choose Dark Pink Color T-Shirt without bothering about INSULT (PAIN EMOTION FROM OUTSIDE) from Peer Group.

Step 4 – There is an internal conflict between BUDDHI & AHANKAR now in selecting Dark Pink Color dress and it become TUG OF WAR Match . PHYSICAL STRENGTH DOES MATTER IN TUG OF WAR.  In this internal conflict MENTAL STRENGTH decide the WINNER between Buddhi & AHANKAR.  If Buddhi is more powerful than AHANKAR, it will overcome AHANKAR and vice versa.  In this case, Mr. X is having stronger BUDDHI compared to AHANKAR for the simple reason to avoid Insult (PAIN EMOTION), he will not choose Pink Color T-Shirt.  Mr. X choose Blue or some other color T-Shirt and complete the purchasing process. 

Step 5 - Through this purchase process / action, without his awareness, once again Mr. X reiterate to CHITTH (Sub Conscious) that “Avoided Insult (Pain) by not choosing the Pink Color Dress”

Now you may ask “So What ? It is so natural to choose between opinions.  In what way am I going to get affected ?”  At the outset it may look so simple process, but at psychology level it has its own impact.  Earlier Mr. X has 2 information labelled as PREFERENCE & OPINION about Dark Pink color stored as Memory (MANAS) in the Brain.  Since his friends made fun about Pink color as Ladies choice, he formed an opinion that by wearing Pink Color dress will invite sarcasm from his friend circle.  Hence he decided not to choose or wears pink color dress to avoid PAIN EMOTION, despite having his own personal like towards Pink Color.  Due to his recent purchase activity he once again confirmed to his CHITTH (sub conscious) WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE about his dislike towards Pink Color.  Memory labelled as “OPINION”  in CHITTH is getting more strength by this act and “PREFRENCE” labelled Memory in CHITTH is getting weaker.  In the forthcoming cloth purchase activities, Mr. X will CONSCIOUSLY avoid in choosing Dark Pink Color cloth due to ladies choice.  This repetitive purchase process cycle create strong imprint about Dark Pink Color in the Sub Conscious Mind of Mr. X to believe strongly that Pink Color is meant for Ladies and not for Gents.  Mr. X STARTED NOT LIKING Dark Pink Color without his Awareness and it will become his SUB CONSCIOUS BELIEF.  

So far it look so innocuous to us but the hidden negative aspect is that when this  Sub Conscious Strong belief of Not liking Pink Color will become as HATE without Mr. X awareness. Mr. X may simply think that he is not liking the Dark Pink Color at Conscious level, but he is not aware that Not Liking has become so deep rooted and it become as Hate at Sub Conscious level.   Let us assume Mr. X happen to attend a prosperous sales call at client place and the client is wearing Dark Pink Color shirt.  Even though Mr. X prepared well for client meeting but may feel he is not in his full flow and the meeting has not happened the way he wanted.  He was wondering why the client meeting has not gone well  and  try to figure out the reason by looking at other external factors like presentation, client attitude etc.  But Mr. X is not even aware of the fact that his Hatred toward Dark Pink Color cloth at Sub Conscious level created negative feeling  without his awareness towards his client who was wearing the Dark Pink Color shirt on that occasion and jeopardized his business opportunity.

THIS IS HOW MOST OF OUR SUB CONSCIOUS BELIEF ARE FORMED THROUGHOUT OUR LIFE, BY OUR SIMPLE ACTION WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.  

 If our Sub Conscious Beliefs formed without our Awareness are negative then it will become impediment to our Growth. 

Then How to overcome this issue against the above case study.  While your MIND rejecting Dark Pink Color dress EVERY TIME, instead of using the negative term “ Dark Pink color is meant for Ladies and not for Gents and if Gents wear this color Dress they will become laughing stock among the group member”,  CONSCIOUSLY replace with the Positive Term like “I will be looking smart in Blue color Dress (the color which you choosing)”.  In this way you are conveying positive message to your CHITTH (Sub Conscious).  This is POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY concept.  While talking to team members it is recommended to use the term “Challenge” instead of “Problem”. We are Facing a Challenge instead of We are Facing the Problem. The reason is the word “Problem” has the psychological connotation - Adversity to avoid or escape from the situation.  The Word “Challenge” has the Psychological connotation - Tough but not Adversity to face or overcome the situation.

Now let us understand how LAW OF ATTRACTION (LOA) work.  There are two person say X & Y who wants to buy MARUTI SWIFT car which cost 6.5 Lacs.  Mr. X is rich person and Mr. Y is Lower Middle income person.  Incase of Mr. X who is rich, can buy this car within his means of Income. In simple word he can fulfill his desire within his COMFORT ZONE.  Whereas to Mr. Y, fulfilling his desire of owing MARUTI SWIFT Car within his means of Income is an uphill task.  He has to move out of his CURRENT COMFORT ZONE and take extra efforts to fulfill his desire.  

CRITERIA FOR MANIFESTATION / LAW OF ATTRACTION TECHNIQUE

Ø THE DESIRE SHOULD BE BIG ENOUGH SO THAT YOU ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRE WITH YOUR CURRENT LEVEL OF FINANCIAL, TECHNICAL & MENTAL COMPETENCE (COMFORT ZONE).  IN SELF DEVELOPMENT PARLANCE IT REFERS “RAISING THE BAR”

Ø TRANSFORMATION.  MOVING OUT OF CURRENT COMFORT ZONE (TAKING RISK) AND WILLING TO PUT LOT OF EFFORTS & FORGO THE CURRENT PLEASURE (GRATIFICATION) TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULT. IN SELF DEVELOPMENT PARLANCE IT REFERS “BECOMING THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BE”. 

Please Note That Word TRANSFORMATION.  It Is Not A CHANGE. 

 TRANSFORMATION Means Replaces The Old With New, Transformation Is About Modifying Core Beliefs And Long-Term Behaviors, Habits—Sometimes In Profound Ways—To Achieve The Desired Results. Like How Caterpillar Become Butterfly.

Whereas Change Makes Old Thing Better.  It is Like Pouring Old Wine In A New Attractive Bottle.  It Is Not Changed The Quality Of The Wine Anyway

Example Of Transformation - Gautama Buddha Was A Prince & Pleasure Seeking Person.  But When He Decided To Find The Life Truth, He Left The Palace, Kingdom, Worldly Pleasure And Become A Beggar/Monk To Attain It.

Lot of Readers ask this question “Why Law of Attraction is failing in most of the cases while trying to achieve Big Goals which is beyond our current capability ?”  One of the Main Reason is that the person is not getting TRANSFORMED.  Transform means not only in Personality changes but mainly in your inner Qualities like Attitude, Character, Ethics, Self Esteem/Image etc.  Unless you change your inner quality whatever changes in your Personality which is outer, will not have long term positive impact.  Without changing your inner quality to match to the expected environment which you aspire for, even dedicated following of Law of Attraction tools like Affirmation, Visualization and Gratitude, will not bring the desired result.  Note that Personality is your projection of yourself to outside world which may not be your true nature.  You can attract people through your Personality for some time only.  For example Cine Actors who are having bald head try to hide baldness by wearing wig not only in cinema but also in real life to project good image about themselves.  But once the truth start revealing itself then the entire structure start collapsing.

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RADHAKRISHNAN