What is meant by dissolution of the mind and intellect ?

In sadhana, having a pure mind and sattvik intellect is of utmost importance. If the mind is compared to a galloping horse, then the intellect is its bridle. According to an adage, the mind is the cause of our bondage as well as Moksha (The Final Liberation). Through tenacity of the mind if we destroy the sanskars on the subconscious mind, we become aware of Chaitanya, meaning, our true self. The process of dissolution of the mind has no place for our own wish. For self-fulfilment, the mind behaves as per its own whims and fancies. Hence, acting against the mind is by itself sadhana.

Own wish : Acting as per our own wish effectively means dancing to the tune of the mind and intellect; the ego of the individual who behaves in this manner swells up and the individual moves away from God.

When personality defects and ego are predominant, the individual is bound by his own wish. Own wish means acting as per the mind, not having the slightest control over the mind, feeling that everything should happen according to one’s mind. Such an individual is trapped like an animal in the maze of ‘me’, ‘for me’ and ‘because of me’.

These people have body-awareness and are conscious of their likes and dislikes. Sorrow is the limit of one’s own wish. Such people find the processes of dissolution of the mind and intellect difficult. They even perform sadhana according to their own free will and get frustrated for not progressing spiritually. Performing sadhana as per one’s own wish creates ego, and the thought that ‘sadhana performed by me is superior’ hampers spiritual progress. Such people are engrossed in teaching others and are not in a state of learning, they are not in a state of asking, listening, accepting or understanding. Therefore, these people get controlled by the Causal body and the Supracausal body, their ego rises steeply and they move away from God.

Other’s wish : Acting as per other’s wish clears the path of dissolution of the mind and intellect. In such a case the individual forgets himself. He constantly contemplates on what he can do for others, how he can sacrifice his mind, and so on.

The tasks we undertake become easier only when we merge with the desires and aspirations of others. In society, dissolution of the mind takes place through the process of listening, encouraging, explaining and responding quietly to the views expressed by others in the group.

Other’s wish creates the desire to unite all organisations, people, people of different ideologies and work together; therefore, from the perspective of unity, one’s own wish means disintegration and other’s wish means unity. It makes fighting against one’s own mind possible.

As soon as an individual thinks of ignoring one’s own wish for the greater goal of understanding the minds of others, he qualifies to lead the society. This makes it easier to take everyone along.

(Read Sanatan’s Texts on Personality Defect Removal)