unconscious mind : Pujya Gurudev

Do you understand the language of your unconscious mind? 

=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya

The growth of knowledge gained by the human society in this age of information explosion is truly remarkable. What has been achieved in the 20th century alone is more than what was acquired during the past 5000 years of human civilization. Modern Science claims to have deciphered the secrets of Nature. This does sound credible, looking at the way science and technology have enabled todays man to use the hidden resources and powers of Nature to bestow enormous comforts on human life. However, the complexities of life, its deep roots and eternal linkage with Nature yet remain far beyond the reach of human intellect. 

The ocean of knowledge traversed by modern age largely pertains to matter-based sentient world. The secrets of the inner world of life are yet to be uncovered. It is amazing that todays man, despite knowing so much about the world around him, knows so little about his own self! The more one tries to know the subtle world, the more enigmatic and mysterious it becomes. Let us take the case of human mind alone. What is it? What is it made up of ? How does it function? How and why it thinks and feels the way it does? All this remains a mystery and a paradox. "How the other creatures communicate?", and "How do they express their needs?", etc, has been studied to a large extent. But, it remains to be known how the human mind communicates within its silent world? 

Research on human mind so far is mainly focused on the conscious mind and brain functions. While a lot more is still required to be known on these aspects, the inner cores of the unconscious mind appear to be unknowable. Peoples conceptions of the unconscious mind are usually based on sheer imagination, illusions, or guesswork. However, it appears to be a common belief that the unconscious mind expresses itself via the language of dreams. But, we have no sound scientific basis to answer what are dreams? What is their genesis and nature? 

The enormous live examples of momentous guidelines revealed through dreams, which pose Natures challenge before us, the intelligent beings. The language of the unconscious mind and the world of dreams is as interesting and hypnotizing, as are its complexities and mysteries. A large number of erudite psychologists opine that as the complications of human life cannot be resolved without experiencing its multiple dimensions in the worldly context, the same way, it would be necessary to experience the reflections of the unconscious mind before attempting an analysis of dreams. 
The savants of yore seem to have a good hold on this rather occult field of knowledge. Study of dreams was an established discipline of research and practical application in the ancient times. Scriptures mention of many instances when the seers and sages had made trend-setting predictions and given guidance based on the analysis of dreams. 

Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru,

Shiv Sharma