The mind of the gyani, of the stithpragya, is the mind unaffected by the world around. It is a mind that is inwardly concentrated upon, absorbed in God even though it is outwardly engaged with the various kinds of works. The intelligence of such a person becomes vast and free, but it is not yet the Divine Intelligence that sees and acts upon the world and its manifold activities freely and divinely. The increasing taking up of buddhi, the intelligence, into the Divine through a turning of it within and upwards prepares the intelligence to become an instrument of the Divine. It becomes a free intelligence, unattached, universal, drawing its inspiration from the Divine. It has to be maintained in that state by a yogic effort, as Sri Krishna himself says. It is a mind absorbed in the Divine and hence universal and free. For action, it yet depends upon Sattwa or Rajo-sattwic elements of nature even though it is not bound by its actions. That is the promise of Sri Krishna.
The Divine Mind, on the other hand, lives in a state of practical omniscience and practical omnipotence. That is a state only transformation can achieve. Sthithpragya is a preparation for that, but not yet that. It is still Arjuna waiting for Sri Krishna’s command and then acting according to its own highest guna. But a Divine Mind is a mind that is automatically and completely governed and moved by the Divine Truth. Sri Krishna hints at it when he bids Arjuna to rise above the three gunas, and of His Prakriti, which is other than the trigunatmika Maya. Sri Krishna also hints at the Divine Mind that sees the complete truth, samagram mama. It is also hinted at towards the end when he bids Arjuna to become ‘My minded, My lover, surrendered entirely to Him’. But the actual process and changeover of the mind from human to the Divine is not described or developed as a yoga, as it was not necessary for the immediate purpose.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
