Without building up the secret let me disclose it upfront that the mind is most afraid of enlightenment.
I have felt it momentarily twice now. And many spiritual teachers and Masters attest to this fact.
Let me explain to you what I mean by this.
It is the death of the mind when we become fully aware.
What do I mean by death?
It means going beyond the mind. That now the mind will not run the show, its show of creating an illusion, the illusion of a self.
That mind is thrown out of business. Then how could mind stand it! Naturally, it will resist and revolt.
Now you know why you hate to meditate, why you resist going on an inward journey.
Why instead of just sitting and watching your thoughts you prefer to give yourself electric shocks.
Because your mind hates the illumination of your soul.
But 'you' need not be afraid of it, Ansh.
Why?
Because the death of the mind is the birth of the real 'you'.
Now let me share with you what some of the Indian Philosophers have said on the death of the mind:
Ramana Maharshi
"The mind is destroyed by the mere act of enquiry into its nature. This is the only means for realizing the Self."
This quote speaks directly to the destruction or death of the mind through self-enquiry.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
"It is only in the negation of the false that the true comes into being. And the negation of the false is the death of the mind as we know it."
Krishnamurti explicitly mentions the death of the mind in the process of negating falsehood to realize the truth.
"The mind has to die for the beauty of life to be."
This quote straightforwardly states that the mind must die for one to truly experience the beauty of life.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
"The mind creates the abyss. The heart crosses it. The death of the mind is the birth of wisdom."
This emphasizes that the mind's death is essential for true wisdom to arise.
"All separation, every kind of estrangement and alienation is false. All is one. This is the ultimate truth. But to see it, the mind must die."
Nisargadatta highlights the necessity of the mind's death to perceive ultimate truth and unity.
Sri Aurobindo
"There must be the complete death of the mind's arrogance and its belief in its own truth before the Truth can find its place in us."
Aurobindo speaks about the death of the mind's arrogance and self-belief to make way for a higher truth.
Adi Shankaracharya
"When the mind dies, the soul awakes in the silence of the heart."
Although not a direct quote from Shankaracharya, this conveys the essence of his teachings that the death of the mind leads to the awakening of the soul.
Osho
"The mind will create a thousand and one fears to protect itself. It will resist any attempt to transcend it because that means its own death."
Osho highlights the mind's resistance and fear in the face of potential transcendence or enlightenment.
What do you think about it? Have you experienced any such phenomenon as the death of the mind, even for a moment?