Preksha Dhyana: Therapeutic Thinking: [9] Exercise For Acquiring The Virtue Of Mental Equilibrium - Balance Of Mind

The word 'mind' refers to the mental capacities or qualities of a person. It means - a group of conscious attitudes (including the will), the whole psyche—conscious and sub-conscious, power of comprehension, analysis and inquiry—a sum of mental faculties including those which are independent of the physical brain and nervous system. Man is endowed also with a reasoning mind and is thus capable of conscious reasoning and rational judgement. No other animal possesses this faculty. Mental equilibrium or balance of mind, thus, means a strong and healthy mind which is unaffected by traditional impulses, i.e., the innate capacity of the mind to perform mental tasks—to remember, to solve problems and to perceive relationship would remain unimpaired. It would also mean that the capacity for rational judgement is not affected by prejudice or bias. A person with mental equilibrium would tackle a situation with a rational, unemotional and open-minded approach, rather than a biased or a prejudiced one. He would be able to put personal interest aside in order to view a situation without preconception. Mental imbalance, on the other hand, would mean lack of fairnesss in the person's judgement