The complexes like lust, anger, greed, infatuation etc. often cloud our mind. These are like viruses, which corrupt our mind and in their clutches mind loses its balance. It loses its ability to distinguish between good and bad, rational and irrational. Our corrupted mind forces us to take actions which only bring more misery to ourselves. Instead of falling slaves to complexes of mind we must know how to control and regulate these complexes. The key to good living is to control and regulate the mind.
To have control over mind and the complexes we need mantra (holy name). Holy name or Sat-mantra is the primordial vibration, the energy and the creative urge of life which unites our soul with the supreme soul. God, himself, descends on the earth in the form of a Living Ideal or True Master. One gets attached to the True Master or Living Ideal through the process of Diksha (initiation). And through the process of Diksha, man receives the Holy Name.
Sri Sri Thakur says in Satyanusaran:-
Take to the feet of a true Master, go on taking the Holy Name, and remain in the company of the devout. Truly I say, you have no more to worry for your elevation.
He again says in Satyanusaran:-
He whose mind is filled with attachment for One, or the Truth, is honest or chaste.
To adhere the mind thoroughly to the Ideal is called Holiness.
Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra has taught us how to lead a blissful life by following an Ideal-centric life. He has taught us the true meaning of holy-name and meditation and how to practice them. He says in Satyanusaran:-
“Repetition of the Name makes man keen, and Meditation or ‘Dhyan’ makes him calm and receptive.
To remain enganged in any single thought and to feel that which distracts but cannot break our continuity is ‘Dhyan’ or Meditation.”
Through meditation our brain cells become more sensitive and receptive. Our ability to perceive things increases. We achieve better co-ordination between our motor and sensory nerves. The continuous repetition of holy-name acts upon our central nervous system and thereby it increases the sensitivity of nerve cells, Thus the response which was beyond our comprehension, gradually becomes comprehensible. Further, those sensitized cells begin to adjust and so they not only respond better but also retain and become more receptive.
Talking about the practice of the holy name, Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra says in Magnadicta:
Do repeat the holy name
mentally and meaningfully
in all the movements of daily life,
Do materialise the directions
of the guru in due time---
That is Tapas---
The way to achievement.
It is clear that the power of the Holy Name and Meditation is immense and cannot be described in words. One can only experience this through regular practice with true devotion.