Mind is just a projection of the soul. The soul is your whole consciousness, the life force in you. The part of it that is listening to me right now is asking the question, which is perceiving \u2013 we call it the mind. So if your mind is elsewhere, though I\u2019m speaking and the words are falling into your eardrums, still you don\u2019t get it because the mind is elsewhere. So it\u2019s through the mind that we see, smell, taste, hear, and experience the sense of touch. That is what the mind is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mind has another function, which we call intellect. As I speak, something in you says, \u201cYes, I agree,\u201d or \u201cNo, I don\u2019t agree with this.\u201d There is something in you that is accepting and rejecting, judging and accommodating\u2014that is the intellect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are seven layers to our existence: body, breath, mind, intellect, memory,\u00a0ego, and the soul or self. The self is that total consciousness. There is something in you that doesn\u2019t change, which is the reference point for all changes. Your thoughts are changing, your emotions are changing, and your body has undergone so much change. If you look at a 25-year-old picture of you, you can\u2019t say it\u2019s the same body. It\u2019s much different than what you are now, but still, you are the same person. So there\u2019s something in you that is not changing despite all the changes. That non-changing aspect in you, or the reference by which you recognize the changes, so to say \u2018this is changing,\u2019 there should be something that doesn\u2019t change, and that is what is the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we go deep into this, it\u2019s amazing, amazing, and amazing! An arena opens in front of you. And the way to go deeper into this is\u00a0meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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