Harnessing the True Power of the Mind What is in the brain is intellect, not intelligence.

Intelligence
and memory are right across your body. But people have
Sadhguru speaks about how we can tap into the true never been trained how to use this intelligence.
possibility of the mind, by reaching the Chitta, a dimension
where God becomes your slave! In English language, everything comes under one banner
called “mind.” The idea that intelligence is only in the brain
Questioner: Namaskaram, Sadhguru. I have been doing Chit has produced human beings whose consciousness is
Shakti meditation, and sometimes, I find it difficult to seriously constipated. What is in the brain is intellect, not
visualize, but later on, things have really happened. Can you intelligence. Intelligence and memory are right across your
throw some light on that? body. But people have never been trained how to use this
intelligence. Instead, they use their intellect for everything.
Sadhguru: Chit Shakti meditation is not just visualization. In No wonder they are stressed out whatever job you give
the yogic understanding, there are 16 dimensions to the them. The whole weight is on only one dimension of the
human mind. These 16 dimensions fall into four categories. mind out of sixteen. It is like loading a sixteen-wheeler truck
These four categories are known as buddhi, manas, and trying to drive on only one wheel – you can imagine the
ahankara, and chitta. Buddhi is the intellect – the logical stress! That is what today’s world is going through.
dimension of thought. Unfortunately, the modern education
systems and modern sciences have largely limited People may be using other dimensions of the mind
themselves to buddhi. That is a buddhu (foolish) way of marginally, unconsciously, but they are not trained to use
existence. them. They have only been trained to use their buddhi, or
their intellect. They are very smart. They know everything
The Limitation of the Intellect about everything, but they do not know how to figure their
Buddhi or the intellect cannot function without a certain own life. They do not even know how to sit here peacefully
bank of memory or data. Depending on the data you have, and at total ease within themselves. If there is true
the intellect plays around. Suppose in your memory system, intelligence, the first thing that you need to figure out is how
there are 10 gigabytes of memory. Depending on how sharp to make life happen. You know how to make the world
your buddhi is, one person can produce, let’s say, a trillion happen, but you do not know how to make your life happen.
thoughts with these 10 gigabytes. Someone else can produce You do not know how to conduct your mind, your energies,
10 trillion thoughts with the same 10 gigabytes of memory. your emotions or your body.
In the yogic understanding, there are 16 dimensions to the
human mind. If you ask people to become fit, they become tight. If you
ask them to live in a more natural way, they become fat.
If you can think a little better than someone else, it is Where is the intelligence? There is only intellect. Intellect
considered as intelligence today. If someone says one thing looks good only in comparison. Suppose you are the only
and you can say ten things to that, you may be socially person on the planet, your intellect will not mean anything.
smart, but you are not any more intelligent. Unfortunately, in Only because there are a few idiots around you, you shine.
today’s systems of education and academics, everything is By itself, intellect will not be of any consequence.
determined by this. If you can make more things out of it, The Sense of Identity
you are considered intelligent, which is not true – you only
have a sharper buddhi. The buddhi will not take you beyond The intellect directly connects with the third dimension of
limits in any way, because it can only function based on the your mind, called ahankara. Ahankara is sometimes
data that is already there. It is not capable of accessing translated as ego, but it is much more than that. Ahankara
anything beyond that. gives you a sense of identity. Once your ahankara takes on
an identity, your intellect functions only in that context. It is
The Memory of Your Forefathers important to function beyond the intellect, because the
The next dimension is called manas. Manas has many layers intellect is seriously enslaved to your identity.
to it. But manas is not just the brain – it is right across the There are other ways to know life beyond the identities we
body. Every cell in the body has a phenomenal memory – have taken on for our survival in the world.
not just of this life but of millions of years. Your body
clearly remembers how your forefathers were a million Our identities, such as belonging to a certain nation,
years ago. Top to bottom, there is manas – this is called community, or whatever else, are necessary for our survival
manomaya kosha. In every cell in the body, there is memory in a particular society. But you cannot think beyond this
and intelligence, but no intellect. Intellect is only in the because you are functioning only from your intellect, and
brain. the intellect takes its sustenance from ahankara. Only along
the axis of ahankara, the intellect can function. The intellect
cannot transcend this, because that is its nature. But there
are other ways to know life beyond the identities we have this?” I said, “I do not manifest anything. I am just fooling
taken on for our survival in the world. around. I got a very efficient partner [Shiva]. I simply leave
it to him, and it happens.”
The Cosmic Intelligence
The fourth category of the mind is called chitta. Chitta is Chit Shakti is about touching the dimension of your mind
mind without memory – pure intelligence. This intelligence that is pure intelligence – unsullied by memory, unsullied by
is like the cosmic intelligence – simply there. Everything identification. It is beyond ahankara, beyond buddhi, beyond
happens because of that. It does not function out of memory judgment, beyond divisions – simply there, just like the
– it simply functions. In a way, what you call cosmos is a intelligence of existence that makes everything happen. If
living mind, not in the sense of intellect but in the sense of you access this, you do not have to worry about what
chitta. Chitta is the last point of the mind. It connects to the happens or what does not happen. It will happen in a way
basis of creation within you. It connects you with your that you never imagined possible.
consciousness. Once you have access to your chitta, it is also a multi-
pointed telescope. It makes you see things that no one else
Chitta is always on – whether you are awake or asleep. Your can see – in every direction.
intellect comes on and goes off. Many times it fails, even
when you are awake. If chitta or the intelligence within you Once you have access to your chitta, it is also a multi-
was not always on, you could not stay alive. Try to conduct pointed telescope. It makes you see things that no one else
your breath with your intellect – you will go crazy. Chitta is can see – in every direction. It is your crystal ball. It is a
keeping you alive, keeping you going, making life happen. magnifying glass that brings the very core of life close to
If you touch this dimension of your mind, which is the you. For everyone else, it is far way. Everyone thinks the
linking point to one’s consciousness, you do not even have Divine is somewhere up there. Where exactly, no one
to wish for anything, you do not have to dream of anything – knows. All they know is, it seems far away.
the best possible thing that can happen to you will anyway
happen. The moment you start looking at life through your chitta,
where there is no memory, there is no karmic substance and
The Divine Enslaved no division. Suddenly, the Divine is right there, bang on, in
When people touch this dimension of the mind, it is called your face all the time. You cannot miss it.
ishwara pranidhana in yoga. This means God becomes your
slave – he works for you. You know, yogis say, “Shiva is my The idea of Chit Shakti is not to keep asking for things. The
servant. He does everything for me.” In a way, otherwise, I idea is that if the physical arrangements of life happen
would not be here. Once you know how to consciously easily, you can dedicate more time for your spiritual
access your chitta, everything that is needed will simply wellbeing. It would be stupid if just because it happens
happen in the best possible way. If you go by your intellect easily, first you want to be a millionaire, then you want to be
or your buddhi, today you think “this is it,” tomorrow a billionaire. The main intention is that your physical life
morning you think “that is it” – like this it goes on endlessly. happens more easily, that it does not take your entire time to
Chitta is the last point of the mind. It connects to the basis of handle it, so that you will have time to close your eyes and
creation within you. It connects you with your sit. Please make use of it for this purpose.
consciousness.

Once you know how to consciously keep your chitta on,

once the Divine is your servant, when someone really
efficient is working for you, you do not have to do anything.
Simply sit; the best things will happen – things that you
could not imagine. People always think if their dreams come
true, their life will be great. I think that is a very poor life,
because you cannot dream about anything that is not at all in
your experience. My wish and my blessing for you is things
that you could not dream of, things that you never thought
possible, must happen to you. What you did not dream must
happen to you – that is why you should not dream.

Instead of seeing how to delve deeper into yourself, you go

on projecting stupid ideas into the world. People think that is
a great thing to do. Last time when I was in the US, and
someone said to me, “Sadhguru, how do you manifest all