first quarter @ former Bhadrapada

Mana Ewa Manushyanam Caaranam Bandha Mokshayo ho 

Bandhaya Wishaya-asaktam 

Muktam Nir-wishayam Smrtam

- Amrita Bindu Upanishad 

Mind alone is cause, for bondage and freedom, of human kind

Bondages are tethers of sensory stimuli, sensory perception

A mind empty of content, is freedom

- A drop of eternity Upanishad 

Third quarter @ Aslesha

The only time when mind is not thinking, is in deep sleep. 

In Samskrit, we call it Sushupti - the hidden. 

When mind goes into hiding, in darkness.     In unconsciousness. 

           -   When is mind silent? 

Second quarter, Earth, Rahu, Uranus @ Bharani

All inputs through five senses get downloaded in the sub-conscious mind, as impressions. 

Samskaras are impressions that are difficult to remove.

These impressions rise up in the mind as  thoughts. 

An emotion is associated with thought. Ripples of emotion create moods. 

When one has had some exposure to Sankhya vision, one can see that, one is not the body, one is not the mind.

This witnessing creates a distance from the rise, and pour, that subsides and clears. 

The un-subdued get carried away by their Samskaras - they are Samsaris.

The subdued are sheltered. 

- Mechanics of the mind   &   Mood swings,     November 4 &5, 2022