Recently, I came across a letter , that gave me a whole different perspective of mind and its deep nature. It was interestingly woven with two characters Vikram - Betaal. When we hear the names we are reminded of Story from Indian mythology, where Vikram tries to win Betaal and fights with betaal by answering to the questions,providing reasons that will quiet betaal and conquer him. Its the same process but this happens within us, in our mind.Below is that letter , which when read carefully paying attention, will simplify problems and answer many questions. We can easily identify the voices( both vikram and betaal), listen to their debates,witness the battle, within ourselves. What could be more interesting and thrilling than knowing about our own mind?Undoubtedly we will be surprised at our discoveries about ourselves.
Hello Dear friend,
Greetings.
Welcome to the world of Vi-kram and Be-taal.
Let us understand these two above mentioned words.
Kram in hindi means " in an order, discipline or in a rhythm".
So a person who wins Kram ( jisne kram par vijay pa liye) is Vikram, an orderly person.
Now be - taal means a person who never walks in a line, order or rhythmic path. He always deviates from the path, asks questions, compels to give reasons to be on the path, change faces and appear in front of us in different forms and his typical nature is if we don't give answers or lie betaal, he would not only go back to his residing place but destroys order seriously.
But this person vikram has to win him, hence he keeps on trying - either persuade or logically win by providing evidences of logics. Betaal cant be killed forever, he is Amar.
So this is our mind our world, our conflicts, our judgements.
These two characters live in us, both appearing to be true, Therefore; that is the conflict.
Hence here onwards, we would be identifying both, who is who and let vikram win over betaal and set an order inwards.
let us understand this sloka of Srimad Bhagvad Gita :6:6
For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy.
This ensures us that we don't need an external enemy to destroy us , its in built always active, Ever Ready to deviate ( its prime tool ) and let us leave in no-man's- land .
Moral of above sloka: The mind is friend (vikram) the mind is enemy (betaal) , it all depends who has taken over the charge.
Learning :- 1) Don't Blame others for our failures, attitudes, behaviours,desires,etc nor suppress it or kill it , instead UNDERSTAND them slowly BY and BY. one day vikarm will win.
2) Don't put Blame on self for the failures, attitudes, behaviors, desires instead understand self by probing it, investigating it, honestly, and understand the whole comprehensive complex mind - Heart system, layer by layer.
The whole intention of this process is removal of unwanted material that has been stored and make the mind peaceful and always in a happy state irrespective of external consequences. Joy should prevail.
I would be taking help of sages, rishi, modern psychologists, humanist etc whoever has laid a route to understand this complex mind mechanics of which we are part in every day life.
This letter has provoked thoughts to evaluate myself, behaviors, habits, observe the voices within, has helped to begin the process of understanding the behavior of the mind. The essential qualities like discipline, will power, determination, faith, etc are the foundations of walking on the path. Understanding of these above said words will help us to spot our deviations and fight back to be on the path . This is an ongoing battle between Vikram and Betaal.
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