Just know that this is what is there in the mind. And that is the appropriate mental activity. The mind is the machine, well tuned, nicely designed for both analysis and observation. Use it for observation. You use it only for analysis and comparisons. Use it for observation. And if the observation is honest, then the object of observation will drop.
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Questioner: Sir, in your blogs, it is explained that the mind goes behind what it values, which is what 'I’ value. But sometimes it happens that when I restrict it not to do certain things; there is an even greater temptation to do those things.
I was reading the Bible, and it said that, The forbidden fruit was eaten by Eve out of temptation. Why is the mind so tempted?
Acharya Prashant: The mind cannot really be understood by itself. The mind can, at most, observe itself. It cannot understand. The mind can, at most, go close to its functioning and note the details. That is the maximum the mind is equipped to do. No machine is blessed with the power of understanding. But yes, the mind is a very nicely designed machine that can observe, register, make notes, store and compare. These are the things that the mind can surely do. The mind should be utilized for these purposes, and nothing more should be expected from the mind.
Let us understand a few basics here. Understanding is the dissolution of all observation, comparison, analysis, and conclusion. These are the things that the mind does. When these activities of the mind either reach their climax or come to their eventual defeat, that is called dissolution of mental activity.
