Science of Mental Health

Mental health based on Yog Sutra

by Maharishi Patanjali

We synthesized science mental health based on Yog Sutra by Maharishi Patanjali. The model has been perfected over 14 years and has been successfully applied in thousands of cases proving self- diagnosis, self-prevention and self-cure. It defines the mind, and its various components

It is extensively detailed out as an experience in

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The science can be explained with 4 sutra:

Sutra 1

MIND HAS NO MIND

Mind has no mind. Its only function is to make us survive. Its only purpose is to suppress, control, regulate or transmute an emotion to make us survive in the moment. Emotions are an expression of spirit. Suppression of spirit (emotions) gives birth to Mind (need to survive).

Example: When a child wants to play but is told by his father to study, the child's spirit is constrained. This leads him to develop survival instinct—obedience to the father—It results in birth of belief. A belief creates an emotion and a thought. Birth of belief is birth of mind.

Sutra 2

FORMATION OF BELIEF CAUSES SUFFERING

When the spirit is constrained, beliefs are created, such as "I am not allowed to play" or "I am not loved." These beliefs give birth to negative emotions. To suppress these negative emotions, a strong mind, or ego (Ahankar), is developed to survive to be obedient.

Sutra 3

CREATION OF SUBCONSCIOUS HOLDS THE CAUSE OF MENTAL DISORDER

Belief is container of emotions. This container is called subconscious. Creation of subconscious requires a strong mind. When the need to survive is not strong, such as in the night or post-retirement, these suppressed emotions begin to surface leading to symptoms like nervousness, anxiety, loneliness and reduced attention span.

Sutra 4

DISSOLVING THE BELIEF IS THE CURE FOR MENTAL DISORDER

The true remedy is to dissolve these beliefs. Our pranayam - based tool is designed specifically to attain this.
Techniques such as reprogramming the mind, auto-suggestion, forcing positive thoughts, visualization, replacing one belief with another positive belief only provide temporary relief but create a more complex mind. It further represses emotion and requires higher force to keep them repressed. This reduces availability of mind in the present moment affecting attention span. Belief are impressions coded in the subconscious.

Four components of Mind

MANN

In its pure form, it is expression of spirit.

It represents desire (Ichha)

CHITT

Pravarti:

Tendency - layers of subconscious formed over several lifetimes. It is container of belief.

BUDDHI

Innate wisdom

acquired over several lifetimes.

AHANKAR

Mind, ego, I,

Identity Need

to survive.

Intricate functioning

In any moment either Mann is active or Ahankar is active.
When Mann is active, it begins to access Buddhi.
When Ahankar is active, it begins to access Chitt and cuts off access to Buddhi.

Use Case

RELATIONSHIP

Desire: I wish to experience love through a relationship.

Belief: No one loves me. Everyone leaves me. I am unworthy of love.

AHANKAR

Scenario 1

High

I will make sure that

I am loved.

Pravarti - Control

Scenario 2

Average

I will do

anything to hold him.

Pravarti - Need to be needed

Scenario 3

Low

Self-pity

Pravarti - Manipulate, poor me.

Choose your scenario and combination. You may have the same desire but different belief and different Pravarti. You may have different levels of Ahankar in different situations with the same person.

This combination creates countless profiles, thus creating varied scenarios and events.
This is how each one of us is unique.

DESIRE & AHANKAR AT PLAY

If desire is strong,

you attract a partner and you start a relationship

If desire is strong but unsustainable

you swing between desire and belief.

This causes doubts, confusion and anxiety.

If Ahankar is strong,

you want to ensure that your partner proves that he loves you.

If Ahankar is average,

you become suffocated to create situations that you are needed.

If Ahankar is low,

you drown in self-pity to gain attention and manipulate the partner.

In a normal scenario, we do all of it in a relationship in a day. We have moments of desire where it is beautiful to express and receive. But it goes against our belief (no one loves me and everyone will leave me). We feel unstable with love and begin to control our partner in fear that our belief shall not become reality. As you stay more with your pravarti using your Ahankar, it begins to switch off Mann and access to Buddhi also gets switched off.

Now love is gone. Stale and suffocating relationship because your partner also has pravarti and Ahankar. Then break up happens and you say to yourself - I knew no one loves me and I knew everyone would leave me and play victim - he/she misused me.

This is still a high-level view, but you can go deep at the micro-level and figure out your unique inner process of suffering. Take a pen and paper and start now.

So, where is Buddhi? Why is wisdom not playing a role here?

Buddhi purifies the desire, if you continue to remain with desire. As your desire purifies, love engulfs you and your partner, Ahankar becomes passive and belief dissolves.

This is how love heals.

Wisdom gives you trust in relationships and faith in your journey.

This begins to make your pravarti passive.

SOLUTION - DISSOLVE THE BELIEF

The whole purpose of meditation or sadhana is to purify desire by making Ahankar passive (need to survive) and access the pravarti and go to belief and as we breathe belief, it dissolves and shows the hidden wisdom. Youth and people in relationship need to do meditation as described by us more than anybody else.

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Track Record

MENTAL HEALTH

14 years of research
On-ground experience in reversing thousands of cases of disorder
Proven track record in growing productivity of CXOs, founders, and middle management

Common Symptoms

Stress Anxiety Boredom Breakups Insecurity Loneliness Failures in the past Relationship stalemates Lack of purpose (having earned enough)

Root Cause affecting attention span

Events of Lack experienced in age 0-7
Childhood trauma
Abuse

causing 1 of the 3 lacks:

NEGLECT
REJECTION
ABANDONMENT

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