The 3 ‘I’s of Mind
Mind is just a tool of our highest faculty, the eternal, spaceless, formless and causeless ‘I’ or ‘self’. As a tool needs to be used as and when it is required for any Equipment, we need to engage the mind only during requirements. But the reverse is the case in most of the human beings. Instead of the Equipment using the Tools, the Tools have started using the Equipments. Do we use the mind or the mind uses us? Honestly think. We will know the answer.
Mind can be broadly classified as ‘Instinctive Mind’, ‘Intellect Mind’, and ‘Intuitive Mind’ according to the stage of one’s evolution.
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No |
Type of Mind |
Character |
Example |
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1 |
Instinctive Mind |
Repetitive pattern of thinking. Limited Focus. Designated actions. Inherited actions from ancestors. |
Bee building its nest. Ant storing food grains. Animals getting wild. Animal instincts of humans. Humans getting Anger, jealousy, fear etc Addicts to Drugs, Alcohol etc. |
|
2 |
Intellectual Mind |
Reasoning Mind. Can quell the instinctive actions of mind and better developed than Instinctive Mind |
Better evolved humans |
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3 |
Intuitive Mind |
Highest faculty of the Mind. Beyond logical reasoning. Never commands and comes politely as a feeble voice from unknown depths of mind. |
Highest evolved humans |