How the 3 GUNAS Influence Your Mind - Sattva, Rajas, Tamas Explained!

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have you ever thought that why do you get so entangled in your emotions at times you're very happy at times you're very hyp and at times you just want to leave everything let's understand today how the thonas [Music] work you know it's a fact that we are constantly being manipulated by who by our mind we are victim of our minds and I'm sure that everyone has gone through it at times you are very happy at times you are very sad at times you feel very energetic and at times you are very very laric in modern terms we call it mood swings we call it mood pangs but in reality this is the work of Gaz thousands of years ago of rishis have given us detailed understanding of how the monkey mind works and what are the attributes of the mind that makes us so indecisive yet so calm and yet so lataji at times let's understand in sanatan DH what text are effer what are the three gas and how to control this monkey mind the rishis in the v upanishad bhagwat Gita Tantra shastras all have made it very clear that if we have taken a human body we have the mind and constantly the mind has been operated by the three gunas now gunas if you take sankya Kara it is known as qualities few text also call it quantity but these gas are not Material in nature they work at a psychological level and they bind us into duality in order to go beyond Duality we have to work on our gas and try to understand what is our true Behavior at the moment we are constantly dominated by the thonas and we start blaming Mother Nature our parents our family our neighbors but in reality the problem is within you and that is the mind so let's understand what are the trionas if you take the bhagat Gita if you start reading Tantra even if you take vanta the three gas will come up it is the platform to understand the text in sanatan DH the three gunas are satwa Raja and Tama and in every individual or even an object whatever material that we see is binded together by the properties of three gas in reality all the three gas are constantly working on you and that is the reason you operative in this reality at times one Goa is high at times other Goa is high but we as humans have this great possibility that we can go beyond the trionas and that is a state of Enlightenment and knowledge let's start by understanding what satwa is according to modern science satwa means Harmony it is a state of mind where you are in harmony you are happy you are receptive you are ready to face the world and you ready to take challenges that is satwa at the same time they have also mentioned rajas rajas is something where you are in activity when the ego is going high there is constant movement at times have you seen people they constantly move their leg they are in rajas at the same time when you're sitting steady but the mind is constantly running you are in rajas and the third Guna is tamas where you're completely lethargic and lazy you don't want to do anything and you have taken a step back so all these three gunas are working together and that is what we'll understand now let's start by understanding and taking an example of you at times you're very very happy so what is happening satwa is dominant but rajas and tamas is working at the same time at the same time when things don't go your way the rajas goes up and sat and tamas is down you become hyperactive and you get a lot of thoughts and in the evening when you are very very tired at the end of the day the tamas will go up and satwa and rajas will be down if you have realized we are constantly being victim of the trionas and we become unaware at the end of the day sadna is very important to make us aware because our goal is to be in satwa and yes again satwa stands for harmony Raja stands for kenesis that is kinetic energy which is constant movement and tamama stands for energy and now modern scien is talking about it that how a particle is constantly changing and that is rajas at the same time they work at a psychological level even if my eyes are closed but my mind is running I am in rajas even now when I'm talking to you but I'm half asleep inside I'm going in tamas what is awareness awareness for beginners like us is to be aware that we have to be in satwa and be ready to work and move ahead in life how to overcome this state and how to be in satwa in fact our text and rishis have given a Step Beyond satwa Raja and Tama the bhita say is a man with a steady intellect is an enlightened being that means a person who's unaffected by the three gunas because the three gunas it's constantly keeping us binded to the three states of Consciousness but we as human beings have given this opportunity to go beyond the trionas and that is a state of a prna I repeat again a man with a steady intellect in Tantra when this threea unites with shiv that is a space where you have become one with sh Consciousness so these three gunas are constantly binding us and what will help us to overcome is by doing sadana by learning how to respond and not react at the same time being aware all the time that whenever you and Ras and tamas push yourself into satwa Maharishi patanjali has given a very beautiful solution the ashang yog one must follow that and that is a state where you slowly move into satwa if you can't understand what what is happening personally I would recommend do pranayam and Mantra chanting every day and you will realize there's a slight and drastic change with time how you move on the path and you come into satwa in fact to end this video even satwa is bondage because satwa is attachment to happiness rajas is attachment to action and tamas is attachment to eneria and enlightened being is attached to nothing because he is sat chit an har omat