SB 5.11.12 – See the mind’s notions as temporary and illusory – and stay fixed in our real and eternal identity

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Srimad Bhagavatam 5.11.12 Shetragya Eta Manaso Vibhuti Jivasya Maya Rachitasya Nitya Abhidhita Kvapiti Rohitasya Shuddho Vichishthe Hi Avishuddha Shetragya Eta the individual soul Manaso Vibhuti mind’s activities so Vibhuti is also used to refer to opulences and the 10th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is called as Vibhuti Yoga so actually the mind’s various activities which were referred to in the previous verse as Sahasraya Siddhasha Koti Shastra which can expand into millions of misconceptions they are like a Vibhuti of the mind but it’s a perverted Vibhuti Jivasya Maya Rachitasya Nityaha it is perverted because it is Maya Rachitasya it is created by illusory energy and it keeps us within the realm of illusion Nityaha it is as if eternal that is why the soul is sometimes called Nityabaddha going on since time immemorial Aavir Hitha Kvapitiro Hithascha so the mind’s misconceptions are sometimes manifested and they are sometimes concealed generally during Jagati and Swapna they are manifested and in Sushupti when even the subtle activities shut down that is they are unmanifest but one who is in Samadhi that is the 4th level of consciousness Shuddho Vichishthe the liberated soul situated in Samadhi sees all this Avisuddha Gartuhu the unpurified doer how that unpurified doer is laboring under the mind’s misconceptions is seen by the liberated soul so here the key point is Jivasya Maya Rachitasya Nityaha the mind has various misconceptions under which the soul keeps laboring lifetime after lifetime once we strive for liberation and understand that the soul has a natural eternal life beyond matter then the specific material misconceptions do not matter so much to us because we understand that they are ultimately Maya Rachitasya they are created by illusion so the Bhagavad Gita repeatedly tells us don’t get caught up with the likes and the dislikes these come from the mind and being equipoised among them is important for us to be able to stay steady in the spiritual path so during the time when we are focusing on our relationship with Krishna cultivating his remembrance at that time also the mind keeps functioning and it keeps directing itself and directing our consciousness towards the various material conceptions but if we check that tendency knowing that this is Maya Rachitasya these are specifics ok this person did like this and I am angry about that this person did like that I love that person these are all Maya Rachitasya and these do not really connect with our real life today one conception seems overwhelmingly important and maybe tomorrow or even a few hours later that conception will no longer seem so important we see that sometimes the mind gets possessed with certain ideas and something appears to be extremely important now and after sometime in the mind like a child which is adamant it at one moment gets attached to one thing and after sometime the mind just gives up the obsession and it doesn’t consider it very seriously just like a child goes from one toy to another so knowing that the mind has its various conceptions which are all Maya Rachitasya a serious spiritualist especially doing mantra meditation doesn’t succumb to the various notions that are temporarily possessing the mind and focuses on the eternal function that is of devotional contemplation on Krishna manifesting as the divine sound and by understanding that the mind may come up with various thoughts and sometimes if we identify with them we will get carried away by them we will feel elated or disgusted depending on whether the mind is experiencing pleasure or pain but when we understand that they are Maya Rachitasya they are coming and going we will be able to keep a distance from them not identify with them and thereby pursue our enlightened self interest in relationship with Krishna