The Mysterious,Invisible Mental Body

When you go to the market to buy something for yourself you always purchase the best stuff,you choose to bring home the most beneficial goodies;as far as your budget permits.Now that is a very positive thing because you deserve the best of everything in life.So is the case with your thoughts.You deserve the best thoughts for yourself ,always .Your thoughts and feelings are your most precious possession.

The Mind Sheath

Thoughts gradually morph into  habitual mental patterns,which eventually influence your entire life and your destiny.The conglomerate of thoughts running within the convolutions of your brain(physical body) have been termed as the “mental body” by many metaphysicians and philosophers.The ancient Hindu sages called it the Manomaya Kosh  ,or the “mind sheath”.They said that  the physical body ,which is visible, has an invisible adjunct too.This is constituted by the huge bundle of thoughts and emotions that a human being experiences throughout life.

Insights of Ancient Sages

Mental Body Decides Destiny

The  profound insights of ancient sages were rediscovered and  supported  by the studies of Theosophical Society(Madam Blavatsky et al) as well,much later in history.More recently, this phenomenon has been empirically corroborated by specific techniques like Kirilian photography,and PIP photography.Of course today a lot of scientific research is flowing into the realms of the mental domain.Scientific fields of study like quantum jump theory  are only pointers in this direction.Madame Blavatsky  rightly termed these thoughts as the “mental body”  and pointed out that the mental body possessed a much subtler,not discernible,yet extremely potent character than the gross physical body.

Habitual Thought Patterns

The mental body essentially takes birth from the habitual thought patterns weaved around a person ,and it affects the individual in precise accordance to its form.Psychologists who read this would most certainly like to term this phenomenon as the “subconscious mind”.I would go along with them for the sake of academic convenience.Yet I would add that the mental body is more holistic,as it contains elements of all three mind states;the conscious,subconscious,and the superconscious.

Like Thought Like Mental Body

It is interesting to note that a  confident mental body will continuously generate confidence in the person,a doubtful mental body will invariably produce a worried and vacillating personality.An aggressive, hostile mental body will most certainly produce a violent and conflict ridden lifetime for the person.On the other hand a positive,cheerful mental body will exert a very positive and harmonious influence on the personality.And so on and on it goes;in various permutations the mental body manifests its physical effects on the person's life.

Each Thought is an Infinite Ripple

Spread and Depth of Thoughts

When we understand this fact,we also comprehend the spread and depth of our thoughts and emotions and their immeasurable impact on our lives.The only major activity we indulge in ,day in and day out,is thinking and feeling.Without even consciously being aware of it, we end up thinking close to about sixty thousand thoughts on a normal day.Add to that the positive or negative texture of each thought,and it’s power to manifest into reality, and you realize the magnitude of the force at your disposal.

Thought Energy & Vibrations

Considering this,is it not commonsense for us to ensure that the plethora of thoughts we “unleash” on our own selves better be harmonious,beneficial,and genuinely constructive. In recent findings it is becoming even more evident that thoughts have colossal vibration,energy,and potency.They outlast  a lot of the gross physical world around us.Thoughts and their “feeling” counter parts,emotions,constitute your mental body and they also dictate your destiny.They impact your circumstances,your relationships,your tendencies,and your capabilities.No small wonder that lead to strikingly similar and repetitive patterns of circumstances and events in your life.

Lifelong Hidden Software

Your mental body is the hidden software  running your life and it contains the ability to self modify.Self modification implies your ability to modify the mental body by infusing it with new thoughts and feelings.It takes effort,just like the effort needed in  learning any other skill.Yes, correct thinking and feeling is a skill.

So the next time your well wishers ask you to spend some time on self development,positive thinking,personal growth,altruism,meditation , prayer or affirmations,do pay some heed to them.

Your mental body is under your control and it begs only your attention.Nothing more.

What do you think my friends?Does your mental body interest you?Please do share your ideas with me.