The Psychological Differences: The Operations Of The Gunas

The operations of the gunas in the context of concentration and awareness can also be viewed from the point of citta bhumis, which actually can be spoken of as a personality theory based on the one parameter of capacity of concentration of the citta or mind. Based on its capacity for concentration, the citta is categorized into five types: mudha, kshipta, vikshipta, ekagra and niruddha.
The Mudha citta is one in which tamas dominates totally. This mind therefore is absolutely lazy and lethargic and has absolutely minimum or no capacity of concentration. The Kshipta citta is the mind which is totally dominated by rajas guna. This mind therefore is all throughout restless and hence has absolutely minimum or no capacity of concentration. The Vikshipta citta is the mind which is alternating or oscillating, a distracted mind. Here, though rajas is still
When both body and mind are healthy one is in heaven with no pressure and no tension and one just floats and flies like a bird in the open sky. Our unstable, fickle, ever wandering excited, weak, sick mind is the primary cause of these psychosomatic diseases. Doctor’s treatments temporarily solve the problem but the trouble recurs after some time in a more serious form. Why does this happen? The answer is that the root cause of the disease i.e., mind is not treated and neglected. Even muscular-skeletal disorders like sciatica are psychosomatic in nature caused due to stress. When one is in stress the muscles get tightened and there is unequal tightening of muscles. This unequal stretching of muscles leads to sciatica. Cervical spondylitis is also stress-related. The movement when one has stress, cervical muscles go into spasm. And the structure of vertebral columns is disturbed resulting into the said disorder. Same way many people get jaw problems. Jaw muscles are unknowingly affected by stress and