Influence of Strong Mind Over Weak Minds

Divine Life Society Publication: Mind-Its Mysteries and Control by Gurudev Sri Swami Sivananda

Om Sri Sadguru Paramatmane Namah

That which separates you from God is mind. The wall that stands between you and God is mind.

Pull the wall down through Om-Chintana or devotion and you will come face to face with God.

A strong mind has influence over weak minds. A hypnotist with a strong mind hypnotises a whole bunch or circle of boys of weak minds.

There are those among us who are much more sensitively organised than others. As an organism, their bodies are more finely and more sensitively constructed. These, generally speaking, are people who are always more or less affected by the mentalities of others with whom they come in contact, in whose company they are.

He who has purified his mind becomes a centre of force. All the lesser, impure, weak minds are unconsciously drawn towards the purified, greater mind, because they derive peace, power and strength from the greater, purified mind.

Mark the influence of a highly developed mind over a less developed mind. It is impossible to describe what it is like to be in the presence of a Master or developed adept. To sit in his presence, though he hardly speaks a word, is to feel a thrilling sensation so much as to feel new inspirations touching one mentally. It will be an extraordinary experience.

If you want to drink water at a tap, you will have to bend your body. Even so, a lower mind will have to bend (to be humble) before a developed mind if it longs to imbibe its virtues. The thought itself must be calm and unruffled. Then only you can draw inspirations. In such conditions only benign influences can be thrown down into the lower mind from the higher. In such calm, mental states, you can hold communion with God. Planning, angry and depressed moods-all disturb the mind and act as stumbling blocks to God-realisation.

 Note: Pitripaksha 2015 – Sept 28-Oct 12 (Mahalaya Amavasya)

Om Tat Sat Brahmaparnamastu

 Excerpts from: Influence of Strong Mind Over Weak Minds - Mind-Its Mysteries and Control by Gurudev Sri Swami Sivananda