Small children are introduced to kindergarten as a first step in learning. Similarly, for a man, the mind is
his kindergarten or entrance to know the outer world or enter the inner world of his existence. The moment he
begins to enter the inner world, he finds layer, tier upon tier of the mind and he realises the unfathomable
depth of the mind.

Water is the same everywhere, yet water on the surface of the ocean differs from that of the ocean's
unfathomable depth as far as its appearance and flow is concerned. Similarly, the sky is the same everywhere,
but we only know the sky above our head. The rest of the sky is a vast unknown space beyond our vision. In
the same way, our inner body and inner mind too is as deep as the ocean and as vast as the sky.

Yoga Meditation

The waves of the ocean are perceivable.

Similarly, the mind, being at the surface and close to the body, it is perceivable like the way of the
oceans. On the surface of the mind only we are surfing. The mind fumbles with fugitive thoughts on account of
unsteady and constant waving and wavering. It is as fickle or as shaky as a person trying to balance while
surfing. It is like mercury which cannot be caught easily by hand. But if mercury is to be caught, then
certain processing has to be carried out.

Similarly, the mind, which is nearer to the body or the mind which is within our perceivable limits, has to
be processed like mercury. This leads us to know the depth of the mind which stretches father deep within the
body.

Man has been endowed with the greatest gift-the mind. However, most of the time this gift is not within our
control. Instead of man utilising the mind, the mind utilises man. When the mind utilises us, we are in
bondage and when we utilise the mind, we are liberated.300 hours yoga teacher training in Rishikesh. The mind
alone is the cause of bondage as well as liberation. This means that we have to learn how to user our mind
thoughtfully and for that reason we need to know what the mind is.

As we begin to change the channel of the outer penetrating mind to interpenetrate, we begin to reach the
subtlest and finest part of the mind, the consciousness or the citta. In order words, the mind or manas that
discrimination is the gateway for us to reach the citta. This gives us an idea that the mind is just the
outer layer of the citta functioning peripherally on the inner layer of the skin as a cognisable part of the
citta while the vast part of citta remain unknown, as the space in the sky remains unknown.