The mind is often very mysterious to understand. One way to understand it is by comparing it to a computer. Just as a computer operates based on programming, similarly our mind also operates based on its programming – that programming is often called as conditioning or in Sanskrit the Samskara. Just as a computer automatically without any effort starts acting according to whatever it has been programmed to do, our mind similarly does many default activities based on its conditionings. Getting this mechanical vision of our mind as a computer can help us understand better why it behaves the way it does and how we can change it.

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06.05 One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.