I believe Mother once spoke about developing the consciousness of the hand or something like that. Please illuminate.
Those who work with hands or eye or mouth (speech) or brain develop more consciousness in those organs. It is not just the external instruments that develop by use but even more so, the consciousness in these organs that develops.
Similarly with the will. It develops if we exercise it. When we do not give up something, be it an effort to understand, or to work with the hands or simply make an effort to be regular and punctual builds the will. One has to exercise the will, which means not to succumb to impulses or speak or act unreflectingly. By exercising self-control in speech and mastery, by keeping one’s word and resolve, by practice of self-restraint and self-mastery at every level, by accepting the challenges of life, by refusing to give up, one develops the will. On the other hand, by engaging in certain activities such as painting, dancing, music we develop faculties and capacities in the particular field.
Love
Alok Da
