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All action, existence, quality and thought (mental projection) are vibrational. All are in the mind of Parama Puruśa. He creates all. The human mind can only create physical mixtures and chemical compounds, it cannot create originals. So we are to obey only Him, Supreme Consciousness.
But the human being is the most evolved form in the universe. The human mind is composed of three layers: conscious, subconscious and unconscious. The conscious mind controls external actions, such as drinking, eating, etc.; and the basic desires. The subconscious controls the functions of thought and memory. The unconscious mind is omniscient, all-knowing. It only needs to be developed by dint of our sádhaná: but remember this is not individual enterprise alone, it is the grace of Supreme Consciousness. Infinite powers can be developed because the human is the most evolved form in the universe: all of you are blessed.
Nothing is secret for Supreme Consciousness. You, my boy, whom I punished a little before – stand up. [Bábá was speaking to a young man. He had chastised that person earlier for some wrong he had done.] He is thinking, “I am being punished again, all are sitting and only I am standing.” [Bábá had an avadhúta come and sit on his lap. Bábá touched the back of the avadhúta’s neck.] I am touching his basal ganglia, the seat of his all-knowing [un]conscious mind. All of you sit in proper ásana [posture]. [Bábá said to the avadhúta:] What do you see?
[The avadhúta answered that he saw that young man dressed in shirt and pants. Bábá replied:] You see different clothes because they are giving off different vibrations. [Bábá waved a bamboo staff between the avadhúta and the young man, in this way changing the vibrations being emanated from that young man and perceived by the avadhúta.] Now what do you see?
[Avadhúta: “He is naked, Bábá.”]
Now enter into his bowel, what do you see?
[Avadhúta: “His intestines are weak, Bábá.”]
Now move upward, see his heart and lungs. Are his lungs healthy or a little black?
[Avadhúta: “A little black, Bábá.”]
Yes… [to that young man] you smoke too much, isn’t it so? [To the avadhúta:] Now enter his brain, enter every iota of his nerve cells. Is his mind slightly weak or brave and strong?
[Avadhúta: “Slightly weak.”]
What colour of light do you see at his trikut́i?(1)
[Avadhúta: “I see white colour, Bábá.”]
Ácchá, he wants to be a good boy. Shiva [the boy’s name] is a good name. Shauṋkara [One Who Controls the World, another name of Shiva] is also a good name. Sit down, my son.
[Here Bábá was giving that avadhúta the yogic power antaryámitva, which means the capacity to enter into things, mental or physical, to know everything about them, and to be able to control them. Bábá often explained that only Parama Puruśa, Supreme Consciousness, has this power, and those who realize Him can also know the secret.]
[Now Bábá asked another young man, who was very thin, to stand up. Bábá said to the avadhúta:] Now look at this boy, what do you see?
[Avadhúta: “I see black spots at the base of his lungs.”]
[Bábá said to the boy:] Yes, you have TB, isn’t it so, my boy?
[The boy, obviously astonished at Bábá’s knowledge of his disease, which he had not told anyone about, replied, “Uh, yes, Bábá.”]
Hmmm. Come here.
[The boy came close to Bábá and Bábá slapped the front and back of his chest with his hand, and then rubbed his chest with his bamboo staff. He then said to the avadhúta:] I ask again, what do you see now? [to the boy:] Now, my boy, breathe deeply.
[The boy started to breathe shallowly, the way he was accustomed to breathing because of his disease. He obviously did not believe any change had taken place inside his body. But to his amazement he could breathe deeply! He started breathing more and more deeply and then started to cry in relief and amazement. “Oh, Bábá!” he said, crying, “before I could not breathe, I could not do sádhaná.”]
Yes, now [Bábá said laughing] I will hear no excuses! Now do sádhaná, my boy, work for the Marga! This power of entering inside objects is known as antaryámitva. There are no secrets before the Supreme Consciousness – He can enter everywhere, inside every object, inside every mind.
Footnotes
(1) The mid-point between the eyebrows, concentration point for the psycho-spiritual plexus that controls the mind. –Eds.