The Scope of Bio-Psychology
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If a sub-gland just below the mańipura cakra is activated, it can make a sadhaka [spiritual aspirant] free from shyness.
At a later stage, the shyness is increased by pressing the same point in a different way.
When one is free of shyness, one can:
- do any activity without any hindrance and
- move anywhere without any psychic complex
When one is overcome with shyness:
- one’s face becomes red, a physical change
- one will not be able to perform many actions, even though the mind wants to act
The human structure is controlled by the glands and sub-glands. Thus it is a biological machine.
Under-secretion and over-secretion of the same gland will bring this machine under different types of impulses and defects.
I want you all to:
- acquire high proficiency in such capabilities through sádhaná [spiritual practices] and
- learn practically how to control this biological machine through the control of the glands and sub-glands
Bio-psychology may be divided into several classes:
- human psychology
- the psychology of creatures which stand on 2 legs, for example, orangutans
- the psychology of other beings [including monkeys, quadrupeds and other developed animals]
- the psychology of reptiles which move through the pressure of the chest but cannot fly
- the psychology of flying creatures, as birds
- the psychology of multicellular protozoa, unicellular protozoa, multicellular metazoa and uni-cellular metazoa.
Human beings are guided and goaded by a common psychology.
There may be some exceptions due to certain biological anomalies.
There must be biological exceptions
But otherwise all humans are guided by a common human psychology.
Ram, Shyam, Mohan, Yadu, Madhu are all of the same or similar biological structure.
- So they have to be guided by the same psychic rules.
They have to follow the same psychic characteristics, the same wonts, and the same psychic merits and demerits.
- Direct guidance is without any application of force: You want someone to go with you and they go.
- Guiding means bringing someone along the path of your choice.
- Goading means compelling someone to move and act according to your desire, by pushing or moving by applying force.
Suppose an old man and a young man are arguing.
The young one says tauntingly to the old one:
You are a number one fool. You have no wits. You are a worthless, useless chap!
What! What did you say? Is it so? Is it so? Have you no manners? Are you now about to teach me manners?
Yes, yes, sure!
This is an example of common human psychology, of natural human reaction.
Suppose certain sub-glands in the elder man’s chest around the anahata cakra are activated.
- Instead of arguing, his response will become calmer and not so serious and grave.
- He will become quieter and not so irritated.
In this case, changes will happened in the glands and sub-glands of the chest.
- This then affected the attached nerve cells and nerve fibres
By properly activating the controlling point of a human sentiment, the response has changed.
Thus, due to biological change, the psychological reaction or reflection will change.
For this biological transformation, one should practise a spiritual cult which:
- changes the nerve cells and fibres attached to those portions
- changes the hormonal secretions, causing psychological changes
You should all learn:
- the various psychologies of the different groups.
- human and non-human animate psychologies.
Inanimate objects – gold, silver, iron, etc. – do not have psychology.
- But they have characteristics.
Each and every entity, animate and inanimate, has its own particular psychology or characteristic.
When coming in contact with different entities, animate and inanimate, you should act according to the knowledge of their psychology or characteristics.
By spiritual cult, spiritual sádhaná, you may:
- bring about certain changes in your nervous system, nerve cells and nerve fibres
- control the secretions of the hormones from different glands and sub-glands
- become elevated
By this process of elevation, a person becomes superhuman and goes beyond the periphery of the common human psychology.
Otherwise, the general rule is there. Here lies the necessity of spiritual practice.
Without spiritual practice there cannot be such a change.
The main purpose of human beings coming here to this earth is to do spiritual practice.
One is to:
- render social service
- learn
- go through books
- help others
- do anything and everything to encourage and accelerate the process of sadhana
Sadhana is the main theme of life.
Whatever you do in the world, you should do it with a view to promote your sádhaná and help the sádhaná of others.
Human beings come to earth to practise sádhaná, to move closer to Iishvara, the Supreme Goal – to come closer to Parama Puruśa [Supreme Consciousness].
Thus, the deeds of human beings will not be like the deeds of animals.
Whatever human beings will do, they will do in such a manner that the progress in their sádhaná will go on accelerating.