The mental body of a person. The human mental body - its functions and development. General characteristics of development

The health of the mental body depends on the nature of the thoughts. Each thought and mental aspiration leaves an imprint not only on the matter of the mental body, but also on the cells of the physical body. Thus, with our thoughts, we form and build our future physical body.

The process of healing the mental body is based on the same principle: like attracts like. The darker and more primitive the thinking of a person, the weaker his mental body, which actually drags out a hungry existence.

First of all, you need to realize the importance of your mental body as a conductor of consciousness, and then it will begin its activity. If a person lives only by desires and passions, then the mental body is weakened and can stop in its development, because it does not receive sufficient development, there is no striving to search for the true meaning and purpose of life. On a mental level, this manifests itself in dissatisfaction with life.

The human mental body, like others, is subject to various diseases. The disease, as a form of negative energy, is introduced into the body and, having reached a critical mass, descends down to the astral, ethereal, and then the physical body.

First of all, the nervous system and brain cells of a person are affected, and he begins to suffer from neuropsychiatric diseases. To cure such a disease, one must know what energy has invaded the mental body, analyze one's way of thinking lately and draw a conclusion about the causes of the disease. The manifestation of the disease of the mental body can last for years and even go beyond the limits of one lifetime.

The energies of past sins have grown into the mental body, and if a person does not correct his thinking, in his later life he may again undergo neuropsychiatric diseases, including paralysis, strokes, etc.

The state of the mental body and the receptivity of the brain, its thinking are also interconnected. Each thought is a specific vibration that is associated with mental matter that forms the mental body. Thought images are a complete vibrational form that permeates all bodies, saturating or taking away energy. By the power of thought, you form a mental body, a project of your future state, which is transmitted through communication channels to the astral and etheric bodies, and then to the physical. Beautiful mental images will certainly be reflected in the state of the mental body, and a conscious process of thinking will gradually create a strong will.

Mental concentration on one concept or subject is very useful. For example, on the structure of human subtle bodies, or the comprehension of outer space, or the development of one's mental body, or the improvement of consciousness, or the formation of one's spiritual body. You can think about different things, about the creative power of life, about the sources of life-giving energy. Reflection and mental images should be bright, clear. Imagination can give a finished form to every chain of thought. Streams of mental energies are attracted when a person thinks about the distant worlds, thereby tearing his thoughts away from the earth, at least for a short time. The mental body receives a strong energy impulse, and a conscious connection with the higher planes is manifested. Concentration accustoms to the concentration of mental energy, which gives the power of thought.

An angry person, irritable or burdened with hatred, will not be able to give strength to his energies, because in such a state the waste of forces is very great. But the more spiritual and moral a person is, the more strength for the thought process.

The state of selfless love for people makes mental energy pure and active like nothing else.

Sometimes, in order to restore the strength of the mental body and give an impulse to brain activity for useful and fruitful work, you need to learn how to achieve a state of thoughtlessness. At the same time, one can focus on the inner contemplation of one of the saints or great ascetics of mankind. This state is extremely beneficial for brain cells.

Forces are awakened in people who are in a sleeping state. As a result of such an awakening, all energy systems are updated, which gradually reaches the physical body, and rejuvenation at the cellular level of the whole organism is possible.

But one should not confuse the state of inner silence with ordinary immobility of the mind or dullness. These are completely opposite things. In a state of thoughtlessness, amazing insights are possible.

There is also the concept of mental breathing. The energy of thought is poured into space, and focusing on deep and even breathing for the purpose of healing is very useful. What is mental breathing?

Bring your whole being into a state of balance and inhale not just air or prana, but the essence of mental purified energy. It is better to carry out such an action while being in nature, in a clean place - in the forest, in the mountains, away from cities.

The air molecules contain ethereal energies that are subject to thought, and they can be attracted during inhalation. During a pause, they will enter the bloodstream, and on exhalation they will carry away negative particles. So you can push out of yourself and the disease. You can inhale aromas, or you can inhale the fiery substance, gradually accustoming yourself to higher energies. But first you need to remember which element you belong to. And do not inhale the opposite element.

The physical body belongs to the dense world. Astral to astral, where we go in a dream. The mental - to the mental world, very few can get there and for this you need to have a refined and developed mental body. Spiritual - the dwelling place of saints and very few spiritually developed people.

It is very useful to at least think about the higher worlds - mental and spiritual. Thoughts, like anchors, will be fixed there, and in time you will be able to get to more high plan being. Mental constructions are so beautiful that they are not subject to the usual description.

Communication with the worlds is carried out through the corresponding bodies. But a person himself can raise, raise his own vibrations to any level, thereby giving himself the opportunity to stay in the spiritual world. These are great opportunities, or rather superpowers, because it was thanks to access to the spiritual world, to its highest energies, that saints, ascetics could perform healings and other miracles. Having established sufficient connections with the mental world and its energy, you will feel a powerful influx of strength, inspiration and creative upsurge.

The mental images in which you are trying to present pictures of the higher layers of the mental world may seem fantastic, but this does not mean that they do not exist. There is no evil, everything glows, sounds and smells sweet. The subtle matter of the mental is instantly transformed, it is so mobile that images appear immediately in certain forms. There are no limits and restrictions and you can create anything: palaces, temples, flowering alleys. Everything that your essence is capable of. Such contact with the highest beauty of mental creativity is sometimes more fruitful than the health-improving activity itself. Do not be afraid to think about higher worlds, do not limit yourself and your thinking. It's like limiting the flow of energy. But more often mentally get off the ground. Never deny anything. Any denial is a limitation of the development of energy bodies. It leads to stagnation of energy and saturation of bodies with decay products, energy self-poisoning.

Everything can be! So they say ordinary people. Exclude envy, malevolence and the most destructive for energy bodies - egoism. The more selfish a person is, the weaker his mental body. In the next life, such an egoist is born poor, with weak mental faculties, but the dense side of life manifests itself brightly in him. Rude, selfish, greedy, lustful - how many there are now They have not yet been comprehended by the consequences of an unspiritual and immoral life, but they have already begun to manifest themselves in diseases of a very different nature.

The mental body is also weakened by excessive sexual activity. Mental abilities from this decrease. Therefore, if you need to succeed in mental activity, then restraint in the sexual sphere will help you in this. Outbursts of anger, hatred, even simple irritation will also harm and weaken the energies of the mental body.

The mental body is not fully formed and developed for everyone, therefore, conscious construction of it from subtle mental energy - the energy of thought - just like you would sculpt from clay, will help strengthen and fill it with light radiation. And control over thoughts will teach you to accumulate mental energy, which contributes to longevity, clarity of mind to old age and a full, active life.

By mental development, we mean, first of all, mental development, as well as changes in the way of thinking, the totality of mental skills and spiritual attitudes inherent in an individual or social group 1 . Considering mental development, let us first give a general description of this concept, and then consider mental development in the context of our understanding of abilities.

5.1. General characteristics of development

Definition of concepts

Development is defined as “directed, regular change; as a result of development, a new qualitative state of the object arises” 2 . When people talk about human development, they primarily mean three areas of development: physical, cognitive and psychosocial. general characteristics areas of development are presented in table 8 (according to G. Craig 3)

Table 8

General characteristics of development areas

Development area	Characteristics
Physical	Includes growth and changes in the human body. This includes both external treasonchanges, such as the dynamics of growth and weight, and internal: changes in bones and muscles, glands, brain and sensory organs. This area also includes physicalphysical health and motor skills (e.g. walking, crawling,letters)
cognitive	Includes mental processes related to thinking and decisionproblems. Covers changes in perception, memory,reasoning, creative imagination and speech
Psychosocial	Includes the development of personality and interpersonal relationships. These two areasdevelopment are interconnected and cover, on the one hand, changes in the self-concepttion, emotions and feelings, and on the other hand, the formation of social skills and fashionlei behavior

We will be primarily interested in psychomotor and cognitive development, which is expressed in the development of appropriate abilities. Consideration of developmental processes, we will limit the age to 6 years. At this age period, development is most intensive. No wonder the great Russian writer L.N. Tolstoy noticed that from me to a 5-year-old - one step, from a 5-year-old to a newborn - a huge distance.

When considering questions of development, we will be primarily interested in the determination of this process.

Usually, human development is carried out systematically in all three areas, but the development process is characterized by irregularity And heterochrony.

Development is characterized by three processes: maturation, learning, socialization. When development is determined by the genetic code, one speaks of ripening. "The process of maturation consists of a sequence of pre-programmed (genetically) programmed changes not only in the appearance of an organism, but also in its complexity, integration, organization and function" 1 . The maturation of body organs, mental functions and abilities proceeds at different rates. "Term aging refers to the biological changes that occur after passing the point of optimal maturity” 2 .

learning define a wide range of processes of formation of individual experience. A detailed description of the various types of learning is given by us in work 3. Learning also plays a decisive role in the processes of developing abilities. This determines the process of acquiring intellectual operations and schemes for their use in various situations.

Socialization- there is “the process of assimilation by the human individual of a certain system of knowledge, norms and values ​​that allow him to function as a full member of society; socialization includes both a targeted impact on the personality (education) and spontaneous, spontaneous processes that affect its formation” 4 . Socialization is carried out in the process of interaction between the subject and his social environment. Already in infancy, not only the mother influences the infant, determining the formation of his individual experience, but the infant also influences the mother, determining her behavior. The process of socialization continues throughout a person's life, is a reaction to a change in his living conditions: going to school, professional activity, marriage or divorce, retirement, etc. Socialization is manifested in the formation of spiritual abilities.

In the process of development, the three noted processes (maturation, learning and socialization) closely interact with each other. The maturation of functional systems contributes to learning, learning determines the development of intellectual operations and schemes for their use, socialization forms the moral foundations of the individual, which determine the formation of life goals and the development of certain types of activities, and all this in turn leads to the development of abilities necessary to perform a specific activity.

It is also necessary to dwell on two concepts: the critical period and readiness. The critical period is understood as the only period of time during which a certain environmental factor leads to certain changes in development. Readiness is also understood as a certain period when external influences lead to the best learning. But unlike the critical period, this learning can also occur outside the readiness period, but with less effectiveness.

Obviously, such periods exist for the development of abilities, but this issue has not yet been sufficiently studied.

In the following, we will focus mainly on the cognitive area, while remembering that development in this area is closely related to development in other areas.

cognitive development

prenatal development due to the genetic program and is one of the most striking examples of maturation.

Without dwelling on various aspects of this process, we note that after 24 weeks of intrauterine development, the electrical activity of the brain is recorded, which indicates that the fetal brain begins to function. In the seventh month there is a rapid development of the brain, accompanied by the localization of sensory and motor centers. The fetus responds to loud sounds, speech, and light. Mimic movements, body turns and head movements are observed. In the eighth month, the fetus opens its eyes and is believed to be able to see its hands. “Some scientists believe that from the 32nd week the fetus begins to become aware of what is happening, since many neural circuits of the brain have already formed by this time 1 . There is every reason to believe that development goes “from head to toe”.

“Over the past three months, the fetus continues to grow, its motor and sensory capabilities expand, and it begins to process information from the environment, which contributes to the maturation of its nervous system” 2 .

The newborn is viable, that is capable survive.

The cognitive abilities of the newborn are limited, but develop rapidly. Unfortunately, we have to admit that we are just beginning to learn about the amazing abilities and skills of newborns. Newborns have an amazing ability to learn. In the same period, intensive maturation of the newborn continues. Perceptual, motor, cognitive and emotional development proceeds as a single process taking place in a specific social environment.

In the period up to four months, the baby "discovers himself", discovers that he has hands and fingers. He can look at them for several minutes in a row, follow their movement, bring his hands together, clasp one hand with the other. Some four-month-olds discover their legs by performing similar operations on them.

From 5 to 8 months, visually guided reaching is formed, the ability to use one's own hands (fine motor skills) progresses, movements and actions are mastered in which the large muscles of the body participate (gross motor skills). Children can sit down, more than half can stand still, holding on to something. A small proportion of babies begin to walk by holding on to the edge of the bed. In the same period, most children begin to move in space in a different way.

From 9 to 12 months, the child's walking skills are improved. Motor development acts as part of a dynamic system of perceptual-motor development, in accordance with the conditions. The ability to move and vertical position opens up new possibilities for understanding the world around. One-year-old children have a developed ability to manipulate.

By 18 months, almost all children can walk, carry something in their hands, pull something, push something in front of them, some children can climb ladders, hit the ball with their feet, eat more skillfully themselves, can partially undress. They strive to imitate adults: “read” a magazine, “sweep”, “talk” on a toy phone.

By the age of 24 months, children can "not only walk and run, but also ride a tricycle, hop in place on both feet, balance on one foot for a while, and throw a ball with both hands quite deftly to an adult. They climb stairs, and with outside help they can go down from it. They examine objects and furniture from all sides, trying to pick up, shift, carry, push and pull everything that catches their eye. Put various items in large boxes and put them back. They pour water, sculpt from clay, stretch and bend everything that stretches and bends, transports objects in a wheelchair, on a cart or on their "trucks". They explore, test and try. All this allows them to gain vital experience in relation to the properties and possibilities of the physical world.

If a crayon or pencil falls into the hands of two-year-old children, they can draw scribbles and for some time be fascinated by these “magic signs”. They are already able to build a tower of 6-8 cubes, and build a “bridge” of three. The ease with which they build their buildings from cubes speaks of the ability to select elements that are suitable in shape and to focus on the principle of symmetry in their designs. If desired, two-year-old children are able to take off almost all their clothes, but only very few can put them back on.

Studies by scientists 2 3 4 5 6 (and others) show that already in the period of up to two years, intensive cognitive (cognitive) development of the infant takes place.

The formation of functional physiological systems that ensure the perception of the surrounding world is nearing completion. At the same time, it should be emphasized that this formation is carried out in a certain cultural environment, in interaction with objects and using them in accordance with the desires of the child. Images of objects of the surrounding world in this process intellectualized. “In the process of thinking, S.L. Rubinshtein notes, there is some trimming of its visual content to a more adequate expression of the intellectual function that it performs in the thought process” 7 . Eleanor Gibson 1 notes that almost from birth, babies evaluate almost everything they see and hear in terms of possible use. With motor development, these possibilities increase and this leads to further intellectualization of the image. In an objective action, sensorimotor development is carried out and the sensorimotor intelligence of the child is formed, which includes sensory, motor abilities and figurative knowledge. T. Bauer discovered that even for three-month-old children, the value of the shape and size of an object is available. Babies reach for small objects, and only follow the big ones with their eyes. Babies already distinguish between men and women, at the age of 7-8 months they distinguish living beings from mechanisms, at 9 months they notice similarities and differences in objects. One-year-olds have an idea of ​​a container, such as a cup.

Simultaneously with the development of sensorimotor abilities, various forms of memory develop. The baby remembers sounds and movements, remembers the place where the toy lies. Experiments have shown that already two-month-old children store visual impressions in their memory, and five-month-olds are able to recognize an ornamental image after 48 hours, and photographs of a human face after 2 months. Thus, babies have both short-term and long-term memory.

G. Craig notes, based on the analysis of various kinds of research, that “children are probably born with ready-made neural structures that allow them to perceive certain categories of objects in the same way that older children and adults perceive them” 1 .

A new impetus to the intellectual development of the child is given by language development. Without considering this process in detail, we note only that, starting with the work of Noam Chomsky, many scientists believe that a person from birth has a mental structure designed to master the language. These representations indicate innate language abilities.

A brief overview of the skills, abilities and abilities of the baby (according to G. Craig) is given in table 9.

All our representations, rational thoughts and even some of our intuitive representations are born in the mental body. It contains the models by which we think, our mental representations that affect it. The vibrations of the mental body are higher than those of the etheric and astral bodies, and its structure is less dense. It also has an oval shape and extends to a distance of 40-60 cm from the body. The higher the awareness, intellectual and spiritual development of a person, the more space this body occupies in the general electromagnetic field.

Aura - Mental (conceptual) body

In cases where a person's ideas are relatively weakly developed, the presence of a milky white substance in the mental body of this person can be discerned. In such cases, its colors will be relatively monotonous, dull, faded. The more balanced, creative, original, energetic and kind thoughts of a person are, the more colors in his aura will become alive, saturated, radiant.

Information is transmitted to the astral body through etheric body. The astral body converts information into emotions and in this form transmits them to the mental body.

Various emotional conflicts, unresolved emotional experiences affect the formation of thoughts.

In addition, some situations are believed to cause malfunctions in the astral body (which transmits information to the mental body), due to which the mental body cannot respond properly. In such situations, the thought process becomes "confused" due to the flow of various unconscious emotions. So, for example, sometimes we notice that the emotional reaction of our interlocutor is inadequate to what is being discussed.

Such thoughts that are born in the mental body are usually associated with everyday affairs and various material problems, they affect our general mood and material interests. In this process, the main task of the mental body is to offer rational opinions on various issues. However, this is only a small part of what the mental body is capable of.

The original purpose of this energy body is so that we can ask questions about eternal truths, assimilate them and "attract" information from the spiritual body - the mental body can absorb sublime ideas and information. It is believed that these ideas coming from the spiritual energy body are connected at mental levels with rational thought, providing a person with a deeper, objective and conscious perception of the world. When this unity is achieved, man is able to react mentally and practically in accordance with the laws of the universe. To do this, the nature of the reaction of the mental body must be higher so that it is less susceptible to the influence of unresolved emotional conflicts that enter it from the emotional layer along with sensory information from the etheric layer.

The mental layer contains all the schemes of our thinking. Often we react according to these patterns, and this reaction may be erroneous and inappropriate, rather than rational and objective. The mental layer contains beliefs, opinions, prejudices and those ways of thinking (including erroneous ones) that have accumulated over the course of our lives. These ways of thinking are given outward expression, and, just as it is in the interaction of the universe and the astral body, this circumstance also affects the reality in which we live. The beliefs we hold attract situations and events that fit that way of thinking.

Hard work on the way of thinking, replacing erroneous and useless images can be of great benefit in many situations that develop in a person's life. The work, in order to change the ways of thinking that are rooted in the mental body, is carried out by influencing the subconscious: self-hypnosis, hypnosis, and so on. Such suggestions affect both the mental body and the astral body which created them in the first place.

People build the script of their own life through thoughts. A thought is able to stimulate speech, then words become deeds, which can “correct” karma or, on the contrary, cause its “damage”. However, everything starts in the mind. Even those things that seem to happen without any thought still come from the astral (emotional) and mental (conceptual) layers. This is because, in addition to the thoughts that we think are going consciously and voluntarily in our brains, there is a huge array of thoughts and emotional impulses, internal beliefs, and conscious and unconscious thought patterns that actively guide our actions.

When a person succeeds in discovering wrong patterns of thinking and he begins the work of cleaning his astral body, he may well feel how his mental body begins to work in full force.

The knowledge that comes to us from the spiritual body manifests itself as intuitive sensations, as an inner illumination, as insight, sound or vision. When the mental layer is healthy and balanced, it translates these intangible visions into a conscious thought that can be expressed in words. This allows a person to achieve a higher degree of awareness and understanding of what is happening in his life. He sees a "transition" to a simple, clear thought, sees cause and effect. His perception is getting wider.

To reach this level - the highest layer of the mental body - it is necessary to understand the astral body with all the emotions contained in it, cleanse it, abandon the old way of thinking, stimulate the third eye chakra by connecting it to the crown chakra, which is open to receiving Divine knowledge.

mental body. We develop the energy of thought

In addition to emotional energy, we also have thought energy, and it is also very useful to develop. mental (thinking) body different people can be very different. There are quite a few people who live almost without a mental body. These are mentally retarded, alcoholics, drug addicts. I can imagine how indignant, hearing this, the representatives of the last two categories! After all, they do not want to accept that they have drunk their brains away, and they come up with various theories that drinking alcohol helps to increase mental activity. In the nineties, when newspapers tried to shock us as much as possible, articles on this topic often appeared in the press.

We will not now discuss the peculiarities of the thinking of alcoholics and drug addicts. What is there to talk about if a person does not remember what he did, what he promised yesterday? It is impossible to fully live without a mental body not only here on Earth. Forgetfulness destroys the soul and deprives it of what a person has accumulated over the long centuries of his incarnations, throws him far back. After all, only scraps remained from the whole personality. By the way, drunkenness and drug addiction destroy not only the mental body, but also the etheric and astral ones. You can see that their aura also consists of fragments.

How to develop the mental body? We must strive to constantly study areas of knowledge unknown to you, think more, it is very useful to fantasize and, of course, meditate. It is known that intense mental activity prolongs youth. Doctors have established that those people who continue to read a lot or engage in creativity even in advanced years retain clarity of mind. Senile insanity does not threaten them.

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The world of subtle matters

There are many different theories about the existence of subtle objects. Someone believes that this is all fiction and fantasy, while others are sure that they exist. Thus, a person has seven bodies. The first is physical. No one doubts its existence, because it is visible. The rest of all six are subtle bodies, and in order to see and feel them, you need to have superpowers. Six thin shells:

• ethereal;
• astral;
• mental;
• causal;
• mental;
• spiritual.

Each of them differs from each other in distance from the physical body, color and functions. For example, it has the ability to store the memory of all the lives that a person has lived. The ethereal shell is the matrix of all organs of the physical body. People who have it well developed see the whole body, as if through and through, and feel in which systems a person has problems. The mental body is the thoughts of the individual, what analyzes, what he thinks about. All seven bodies are interconnected, but at the same time, each of them is unique.

Correlation with chakras

Subtle bodies are connected with the energy centers of the human body. Each of them corresponds to a specific chakra. So, the mental body of a person corresponds to Ajna (it is also called the third eye). This is what is responsible for intuition and thought. It is located just above the bridge of the nose. People who have a well-developed Ajna have excellent intuition and the gift of foresight. Since the chakra and the mental body are interconnected, meditation on it will also strengthen the corresponding shell of a person. In order to develop Ajna, there are many different practices. All of them are based on the concentration of attention and sensations at the point of the chakra. So, for example, you can imagine that in this place you have a blue flower blooming. Very slowly, he opens each of his petals. Meditation can be considered successful if warmth or tingling is felt in the area of ​​​​the mental body chakra. Of course, all seven centers should be developed, since the blocks will interfere with the passage of energy.

General information

The mental sheath is subtle body responsible for human thoughts. Everything he thinks about is immediately reflected on his mental body. It helps to find solutions, solve problems. Since all subtle matters are interconnected, initially everything that happens in a person's life is displayed on the etheric plane, then on the astral, and only then on the mental. Each of the shells has its own body located at a distance of 40-50 cm from the physical.

It looks different for different people. It all depends on how developed a person’s thinking is, what he thinks about, what he dreams about. In general, it is a yellowish-white, slightly transparent substance. The more intelligent the person, the more space it takes up. For those who do not train their minds, do not read, rarely turn on logic, the mental body is faded, narrow. Breakouts can be seen in some of its places.

Two Ways to Develop the Mental Body

In order to improve your mental abilities and find a way out of various situations faster, it is recommended to cultivate this subtle body. Interestingly, the mental sheath is related to mental activity in the same ways. That is, if a person begins to read a lot, be interested in news, play logic games (for example, chess), then the subtle body itself will improve. Another direction is to improve the mental shell with the help of meditation. In this case, a person will simply begin to grow wiser before our eyes, and he will have a craving for knowledge.

What gives the development of the mental body

At first glance, it may seem that it is not so important - the subtle body, and if you can read, write and think, then it is 100% developed in you. This line of thinking is far from the truth. In fact, all seven sheaths are equally important. The mental body is connected with everything that happens in a person's life. Have you ever noticed how negative people are constantly unlucky? They blame everyone and everything, go angry and gloomy, and the more they are annoyed by everything bad, the more this comes to life. There is even a proverb about this pattern: "The trouble does not come alone." But in reality, this is not always the case. The mental body is closely connected with the astral, and that, in turn, is responsible for emotions. Very often a person tries to suppress the astral shell in himself so that the mental one prevails. So, in a difficult situation, people try to pull themselves together, turn off emotions and think sensibly. If there is an imbalance between these two bodies, then it can be difficult for a person to control his emotions and actions. If both shells are sufficiently developed, then a person can project his thoughts into life.

How thin shells are connected

The mental body interacts not only with the astral, but also with others. So, for example, interacting with the spiritual, it reveals to a person knowledge about the meaning of life, about destiny. If a person has a well-developed soul and mental body, he will have excellent intuition. The first shell will help him anticipate events, and the second will transform this information into understandable mental images. The mental and etheric bodies provide information about the state of health of certain organs. They are well developed in healers. If the mental shell is poorly developed, then all others will fail, because the whole life of a person is connected precisely with thoughts and knowledge.

Development Meditation

As mentioned earlier, all energy shells need to be improved. So how to develop the mental body? There are special meditations for this. For their implementation, it is necessary to be able to enter an altered state of consciousness. To do this, you can use a countdown from 100 to 1 or complete relaxation of the whole body. So, in an altered state, you should imagine your mental aura, see it in the brightest colors. Imagine that it contains a huge amount of various information in the form of a luminous flux. Feel smart and omniscient.

Meditation on higher knowledge

In this way, you can both cleanse the mental body and gain new and very important knowledge. While in an altered state of consciousness, listen to your thoughts. What are you thinking now? Now try to slow them down, and then stop them altogether. Try not to think about anything for at least a few minutes. At first, it will be extremely difficult, since the human brain is used to constantly thinking about something. Managing your thoughts is an art, and when you master it, many opportunities open up before you. After you manage to not think about anything for at least a few minutes, tell yourself: “I am ready (a) for new knowledge” and listen carefully to what first thought you have. It will be something very, very important to you.

Thought Projection

So, very often people themselves create certain situations without even realizing it. At the same time, a person confuses the projection of his thoughts with intuition. For example, in the morning the girl is going to work. She has Bad mood, she is depressed, and does not want to go there at all. Then an unpleasant situation occurs at work, and her superiors scold her for this. The girl is sure that in the morning her intuition worked, and she correctly felt that something bad would happen. In fact, her negative thoughts drew the situation to her. As a rule, with the manifestation of intuition, a person comes not only with knowledge of what should happen, but also how to avoid it. Such examples are enough in the life of every person. It would seem that this is a very bad property of the mental shell, but it is not. It can be used to your advantage.

To do this, there are a huge number of different techniques. For example, "Reality Transurfing" by Vladimir Zeland or the film "Secret". All these techniques are based on the fact that it is necessary to direct your thoughts in a positive direction. In addition, you need to be able to manage them and stop their endless flow.

Fulfillment of desires

The development of the mental body and soul allows a person to completely change his life for the better. To do this, you need to manage your thoughts and emotions. The more you think about the good, the more it will come into your life. Start with small and unusual desires. For example, imagine that on your way home from work today you find a lucky coin or someone treats you to tea. When such small and funny desires begin to come true, it will be possible to move on to the most cherished ones.