There are two minds - Outer mind (your memory) and Inner mind.The inner mind has been very crucial to the human life. For whatever it feels remains enduring, besides eliciting a quick reaction. To take a commonplace example, you tell a healthy friend of yours that he looks sad and that his face has gone pale.
And you also suggest to him that he looks already sick and perhaps he is on the verge of falling sick.His inner mind will accept your words in the same way as these were meant. His outer mind will, however, appear to contradict whatever you have told him. It will appear to explain away the words arguing that you must have uttered these words carelessly. It will argue that the man is not at all sick. But in any case the inner mind is quick to suggest that the face must indeed be looking pale. He must have marked the paleness before he said so.
If what you told him is repeated by two or three more persons, the inner mind will accept the full import of these suggestions and he is brought under its impact. He will begin to feel as if he is actually sick. Whatever he does on that day makes him a little more tired. Perhaps weaker and more depressed. All this must be attributed to the functioning of the inner mind.
On the contrary, you are terribly sad and depressed on a certain day, to take another example. Just at about the same time a jolly good friend of yours drops in. It makes you cheerful, your face brightened up with cheer. Your voice will be sweet and cheerful. Even your intonation will be so soothing you will feel a lot healthier than before
And you also suggest to him that he looks already sick and perhaps he is on the verge of falling sick.His inner mind will accept your words in the same way as these were meant. His outer mind will, however, appear to contradict whatever you have told him. It will appear to explain away the words arguing that you must have uttered these words carelessly. It will argue that the man is not at all sick. But in any case the inner mind is quick to suggest that the face must indeed be looking pale. He must have marked the paleness before he said so.
If what you told him is repeated by two or three more persons, the inner mind will accept the full import of these suggestions and he is brought under its impact. He will begin to feel as if he is actually sick. Whatever he does on that day makes him a little more tired. Perhaps weaker and more depressed. All this must be attributed to the functioning of the inner mind.
On the contrary, you are terribly sad and depressed on a certain day, to take another example. Just at about the same time a jolly good friend of yours drops in. It makes you cheerful, your face brightened up with cheer. Your voice will be sweet and cheerful. Even your intonation will be so soothing you will feel a lot healthier than before
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