Mental Illness - Brain-Mind-Spirit

Mental Illness - Brain-Mind-Spirit

Kedi: “What is mental illness?”
Ganesh: “When a person is unable to stop their actions and reactions by their own will and starts responding in the wrong way, at the wrong time, and in the wrong place, the intellectual, mental, and physical state they fall into is called mental illness.”

Kedi: “What do you mean by being able to stop a reaction?”
Ganesh: “Anyone can react, but the person who can stop their reaction at the right time, in the right place, and with the right intention is intellectually and mentally healthy. The one who cannot stop their reaction is considered ill.”

Kedi: “I had heard that the one who always gives a reaction without hiding it is healthy and free.”

Ganesh: “You must have heard it completely wrong; maybe you were standing on your head at the time. The truth is that the one who reacts every time is mentally ill and a slave to someone else’s actions. The one who responds after thinking carefully is truly healthy and free.”

Kedi: “Why do people become mentally ill?”
Ganesh: “Deterioration of the brain, loss of control of the mind, and the entry of demons into the body are the three reasons why a person becomes mentally ill.”

Kedi: “What do you mean by disturbance of the brain?”
Ganesh: “The brain has memory and channels that carry messages. When there is a disturbance in these, the brain becomes impaired.”

Kedi: “How does memory get disturbed?”
Ganesh: “Some incidents affect the memory so strongly that ten duplicate ‘frames’ of that incident get copied and pasted into the brain at once. Normally, a single frame of a normal event is stored, but in such cases, many frames get stored. This creates a disturbance in the brain’s memory. Even when it is not necessary, wrong or unwanted memories start appearing, and this badly affects a person’s actions and reactions.”

Kedi: “How do the message channels of the brain get disturbed?”
Ganesh: “The message channels of the brain carry information to the mind and the body. When wrong or illogical information gets stored in the brain, a person starts reacting according to that faulty information, which appears as symptoms of mental illness. Sometimes, due to disturbance or damage in these channels, the right information does not reach the mind and body at the right time. As a result, the person is unable to stop their actions and reactions.”

Kedi: “I don’t understand anything.”
Ganesh: “You like vada pav. Suppose one day something awful happens to you related to vada pav. Many scenes of that incident get copied into your memory. This disturbs your memory. Later, even if someone just slightly mentions vada pav, all those copied memories suddenly come back. This is called intellectual trauma. In that state, if you were doing some work, you would stop doing it and start reacting strangely. Now do you understand?”

Kedi: “Now I understand the memory problem. Explain the message channels again.”
Ganesh: “Suppose you go to a function and see a beautiful girl. Your mouth starts watering, and you keep staring at her. At that moment, the message channels of your brain send a warning to your mind and body: this is not the right time or place; stop staring. Then you stop. But if there is a disturbance or damage in those channels, you won’t get any warning. You will keep staring, and when you cross the limits, the girl may come and punch you in the eye, and society will declare you mentally ill.”

Kedi: “Mental illness sounds very dangerous.”
Ganesh: “This is only the mental illness related to the brain. The illness related to the mind is twice as troublesome, and the illness related to demons is even more severe than that.”

Kedi: “Do I have a problem with my intelligence’s memory?”

Ganesh: “You do not store essential and current information in your external memory. You store everything only in your internal memory, which is why you become forgetful. To retrieve that information, you have to go into self-reflection. A disturbance in memory has made you forgetful, not crazy.”

Kedi: “Do I have a problem with message channels?”

Ganesh: “Your intelligence’s communication system keeps shouting at you to stop and not do it, but you still go ahead and create a new incident. Every time, you make a new mistake. Even though the communication system is working well, you still behave foolishly.”

 

Kedi: “What mental illness is related to the mind?”
Ganesh: “The human mind has elements such as emotions, mood, nature, state, willpower, and perspective. Losing control over these elements causes mental illness.”

Kedi: “What kind of control?”
Ganesh: “Emotions suddenly arise in the mind for a short time. They are only appropriate for that moment. But stopping them or stretching them for a long time is in a person’s control. When a person cannot stop emotions at the right time, then at the wrong time and under the influence of the wrong emotion, they lose their mental balance.”

Kedi: “What is the mood of the mind?”
Ganesh: “When an emotion stays for a long time, that state is called a mood. A person who holds onto a negative emotion for a long time and lives in a negative mood cannot give normal actions and reactions. They become a victim of mental illness. Most mental illnesses of the mind are caused by mood.”

Kedi: “What is the nature of the mind?”
Ganesh: “Every person has a different way of reacting. That way is called their nature. When a person forgets their original nature and starts reacting under the influence of others or reacts wrongly for money or something else, they slowly lose their true nature. When they lose control over their nature, they become mentally ill.”

Kedi: “What is the state of the mind?”
Ganesh: “There are eight states of mind, including the semi-conscious state. When a person does not control the semi-conscious state of the mind at the right time and in the right place, they become mentally ill.”

Kedi: “What is the semi-conscious state?”
Ganesh: “When a person lives at the same time in reality and in imagination, that is called the semi-conscious state. When someone cannot control their imagination or cannot distinguish between reality and imagination, they start treating imagination as truth and give strange reactions. These are symptoms of mental illness.”

Kedi: “What is the willpower of the mind?”
Ganesh: “There are eight types of willpower that arise in the mind to make a person act. Using them at the right time and in the right place is duty, and controlling them at the wrong time and place is responsibility. A person who cannot control their willpower at the wrong time and place becomes aggressive and impulsive in their reactions, which makes them appear mentally ill.”

Kedi: “What are the eight desires?”
Ganesh: “Sex, purity, love, pleasure, peace, knowledge, bliss, and liberation—these eight types of desires motivate a person to act.”

Kedi: “What is the perspective of the mind?”
Ganesh: “There are four types of perspectives: blind, focused, oppositional, and overall. If any of these perspectives changes or becomes weak, it has a negative effect on a person’s reactions, and the person becomes mentally ill.”

Kedi: “I don’t understand anything.”
Ganesh: “The one who sees nothing except their own actions has a blind perspective. The one who sees their actions and related matters has a focused perspective. The one who sees their actions and the actions opposing them has an oppositional perspective. The one who sees both their own actions and the actions of others has an overall perspective. Every person’s mental perspective is different. For an employee, a blind perspective may be suitable. For a scientist, a focused perspective is suitable. For a leader and a soldier, an oppositional perspective is suitable. For a journalist, an overall perspective is suitable. If someone’s perspective gets distorted, they become mentally ill. When they cannot see what they should see, their reactions become flawed.”

Kedi: “Do I have any mental problem related to my mind?”
Ganesh: “For a mental problem related to the mind, a person usually needs to stay in the same mood continuously or remain constantly lost in imagination. But your mood changes every one or two hours. No one can predict what you will do the next moment, and your actions themselves are so imaginative that you don’t even need to imagine separately. You don’t have the ability or tendency to become mentally ill.”

Kedi: “What does it mean for the ganas to enter the body?”
Ganesh: “There are 108 types of ganas on Earth. They enter the human body and carry out good and bad actions. The ganas do not have physical bodies of their own. To fulfil their tasks and desires, they have to enter a human body.”

Kedi: “What is the relationship between ganas and mental illness?”
Ganesh: “Among the 108 species of ganas, there are eight types called Chandal ganas. When these enter a human body, the person becomes mentally ill.”

Kedi: “I've heard that Chandala is a varna, so how can it be a gana?”
Ganesh: “Chandala has two classifications: varna and gana, and both mean devouring one’s own family. A person whose caste is Chandala does not work hard but instead squanders their family’s wealth.”

Kedi: “What are Chandal ganas?”
Ganesh: “Chandal means ‘one who harms their own creator’ or ‘one who attacks their own host.’ There is a total of eight such ganas. When they enter a person’s body, they torment that very person, which is why they are called Chandal ganas.”

Kedi: “Which are these eight Chandal ganas?”
Ganesh: “They are Pishach, Brahmarakshas, Dakini, Shakini, Chetuk, Betal, Chetkin, and Chudail.”

Kedi: “Who are the remaining 100 ganas?”
Ganesh: “Apsaras – 4, Kinnars – 4, Devasena – 4, Yakshas – 4, Dwarpal – 4, Dhanvantari – 4, Gandharvas – 8, Suras – 8, Asuras – 8, Danavas – 8, Nagas – 8, Rishis – 8, Rakshasas – 12, Daityas – 12, Messengers of Demons – 2, Messengers of Gods – 2. These make up the remaining 100 ganas. They can enter the human body, but they do not make a person insane; instead, they make them either a criminal or a social worker.”

Kedi: “What are all their names?”
Ganesh: “When, after knowing everything, you are still going to eat only vada pav in the end, you don’t ask for the full menu.”

Kedi: “I didn’t understand.”
Ganesh: “Even after knowing about all 108 ganas, you will only work on the eight Chandal ganas. So, to understand mental illness, you only need to understand those eight. It’s not necessary to understand the other 100.”

Kedi: “Then who needs to understand the other 100?”
Ganesh: “A psychologist needs to understand all 108 ganas. A mental therapist only needs to understand the Chandal ganas.”

Kedi: “Okay, tell me about the Chandal ganas.”
Ganesh: “When a Chandal gana enters a person’s body, it makes that person its prey and turns them mentally ill.”

Kedi: “What does Pishach do?”
Ganesh: “Pishach is driven by excessive lust. When it enters a person’s body, it increases lust within them, and the person begins to treat even their own family members as objects of desire. For sex, they inflict physical and mental pain on their partner and think about sex day and night.”

Kedi: “When does Pishach enter the body?”
Ganesh: “When a person thinks only about sex continuously for 21 days and nothing else, Pishach enters their body.”

Kedi: “How does this lead to mental illness?”
Ganesh: “As long as Pishach is able to fulfil its desire for sex, the person does not face mental trouble. But when the person cannot fulfil that desire, Pishach makes them behave obscenely in front of society and family and even begin to harm their own sexual organs.”

 

Kedi: “What does Brahmarakshas do?”
Ganesh: “Brahmarakshas is driven by excessive ego. When it enters a person’s body, it increases their arrogance, and the person turns their own family members into victims of domestic violence. To satisfy their ego, they torture, imprison, and inflict physical and mental suffering on their family.”

Kedi: “Does Brahmarakshas also hurt people outside the family?”
Ganesh: “No. Outside, Brahmarakshas pretends to be civilised, but at home it commits domestic violence against the spouse and other family members.”

Kedi: “When does Brahmarakshas enter the body?”
Ganesh: “When a person continuously commits domestic violence for 21 days purely to satisfy their ego, Brahmarakshas enters their body.”

Kedi: “How does this lead to mental illness?”
Ganesh: “As long as Brahmarakshas is able to commit domestic violence, the person does not face mental trouble. But when they cannot, it makes them behave violently in front of society and family and even injure their own body.”

Kedi: “What does Dakini do?”
Ganesh: “Dakini is driven by greed. When it enters a person’s body, it increases greed, and the person tries to seize the property of their own family members.”

Kedi: “Does Dakini seize the property of outsiders too?”
Ganesh: “No. The demon that seizes outsiders’ property is Duryodhan.”

Kedi: “When does Dakini enter the body?”
Ganesh: “When a person continuously plots for 21 days to seize the wealth and property of their own family members, Dakini enters their body.”

Kedi: “How does this lead to mental illness?”
Ganesh: “As long as Dakini is able to plot successfully, the person does not face mental trouble. But when they cannot, Dakini makes them pretend to be a completely different person in front of society and family, forgetting their own character and adopting another one.”

Kedi: “What does Shakini do?”
Ganesh: “Shakini is driven by addiction. When it enters a person’s body, it turns them into an addict, and they trouble their family to satisfy that addiction.”

Kedi: “When does Shakini enter the body?”
Ganesh: “When a person continuously uses intoxicants for 21 days or keeps thinking about them, Shakini enters their body.”

Kedi: “What kind of intoxication?”
Ganesh: “Any addiction that pushes a person to act against their natural character.

Kedi: “How does this lead to mental illness?”
Ganesh: “As long as Shakini can satisfy its addiction, the person does not face mental trouble. But when they cannot, Shakini makes them curse and humiliate themselves in front of society and family, destroying their own self-respect.”

 

Kedi: “What does Chetuk do?”
Ganesh: “Chetuk is driven by suspicion. When it enters a person’s body, it makes them suspicious, and to satisfy that suspicion, they spy on family members or people they know.”

Kedi: “When does Chetuk enter the body?”
Ganesh: “When a person continuously suspects someone for 21 days and spies on them or keeps thinking about spying, Chetuk enters their body.”

Kedi: “How does this lead to mental illness?”
Ganesh: “As long as Chetuk can satisfy its suspicion and spying, the person does not face mental trouble. But when it cannot, Chetuk pushes the person to break all relationships and wander the streets like a mad beggar, forgetting their own character and adopting another.”

Kedi: “Are all street beggar victims of Chetuk?”
Ganesh: “No. Some beggars are mentally ill and therefore beg. In some people, Chetuk has entered, and when they can no longer stalk others, they turn themselves into mad beggars to torment themselves.”

Kedi: “What does Betal do?”
Ganesh: “Betal is driven by fear of loss. When it enters a person’s body, it increases fear and pushes the person toward suicide to escape that fear.”

Kedi: “When does Betal enter the body?”
Ganesh: “When a person lives in constant fear of losing something for 21 days or remains continuously afraid of something, Betal enters their body.”

Kedi: “How does this lead to mental illness?”
Ganesh: “After entering the body, Betal develops a desire to die in different ways and searches for fearful people to fulfil that desire.”

Kedi: “Are all people who commit suicide victims of Betal?”
Ganesh: “Yes. Without Betal, no person can commit suicide on their own.”

Kedi: “What does Chetkin do?”
Ganesh: “Chetkin is driven by jealousy. When it enters a person’s body, it increases jealousy, and the person humiliates family members and betrays loved ones to satisfy that jealousy.”

Kedi: “When does Chetkin enter the body?”
Ganesh: “When a person continuously plots for 21 days to betray someone out of jealousy or constantly looks for excuses to humiliate them, Chetkin enters their body.

Kedi: “How does this lead to mental illness?”
Ganesh: “As long as Chetkin can satisfy its jealousy and betrayal, the person does not face mental trouble. But when it cannot, Chetkin makes the person pull their own hair in front of society and family, become dishevelled, neglect cleanliness, and live in filth.”

Kedi: “Are all people who don’t bathe for a month and live in filth victims of Chetkin?”
Ganesh: “Yes. Anyone who knowingly or out of laziness keeps their body and home dirty has already become a victim of Chetkin.”

Kedi: “What does Chudail do?”
Ganesh: “Chudail is driven by cruelty. When it enters a person’s body, it increases cruelty, and the person tries to kill their spouse or other family members to satisfy that cruelty.”

Kedi: “When does Chudail enter the body?”
Ganesh: “When a person continuously plots for 21 days to kill their spouse or a relative, Chudail enters their body.”

Kedi: “How does this lead to mental illness?”
Ganesh: “As long as Chudail can satisfy its cruelty and commit murder, the person does not face mental trouble. But when it cannot, Chudail makes the person cut their own body parts in front of society and family and deliberately make themselves ill.”

Kedi: “Do all people who kill family members have Chudail in them?”
Ganesh: “Yes. Without Chudail, no one can kill their own family member. The moment a person begins to think about or desire such a killing, Chudail starts following them and enters their body to carry it out.”

After learning about the Chandal ganas, I began to feel afraid. At night, thoughts about them kept running through my mind. Meanwhile, the house cat kept suddenly jumping on my legs, which forced me to stop my self-reflection for a while and calm myself down.

After 20 minutes, I started talking to Ganesh again. I also wanted to know about the treatment of mental illness.

 

Kedi: “How do we identify mental illness related to the brain?”
Ganesh: “When a person wants to react but cannot, understand that their mental illness is caused by a problem in the brain. They need medicine related to the brain. As soon as the brain improves, the mental illness will end, and they will be able to react appropriately.”

Kedi: “How do we identify mental illness related to the mind?”
Ganesh: “When a person cannot distinguish between reality and imagination, understand that their mental illness is caused by a problem in the mind. They need medicine related to the mind and proper physical activity. When they start doing proper physical work and take the medicine, their mental illness will end, and they will again be able to distinguish reality from imagination.”

Kedi: “How do we identify mental illness related to the ganas?”
Ganesh: “When a person is inflicting physical and mental pain on themselves or their family, understand that their mental illness is caused by a gana entering their body. When the gana leaves their body, the illness will end, and they will no longer want to harm anyone.”

Kedi: “How do we remove a gana from the body?”
Ganesh: “Every gana enters the body through a fixed emotion. When a person experiences that emotion continuously for 21 days, the gana enters. When the same person does not experience that emotion for 21 days, the gana leaves the body.”

Kedi: “Which emotions?”
Ganesh: “Pishach – sex, Brahmarakshas – ego, Dakini – greed, Shakini – addiction, Chetuk – suspicion, Betal – fear, Chetkin – jealousy, and Chudail – cruelty. Ganas and emotions are connected. As long as the emotions of the person and the gana do not match, the gana cannot enter the body, and if it is already present, it will leave.”

Kedi: “If, during therapy, the “chandal” inside a client enters me, what should I do?”
Ganesh: “Then, after two hours, it will be desperate to leave your body on its own. Because every two hours, your mood and your desires change. You’re always thinking of doing some new mischief. A chandal gets troubled by someone who keeps coming up with new stunts and has different desires all the time.”
Kedi: “So, does that mean a chandal can never enter my body?”
Ganesh: “If you actually want a chandal to enter your body and drive you crazy, then for 21 days, lock yourself into a single emotion connected to a chandal. But you won’t be able to do it—consistency isn’t part of your character.”

Kedi: “The one who does not have consistency, can they not become mentally ill?”

Ganesh: “Those who do not have consistency, ganas cannot enter inside them and make them mentally ill. But they have a brain and a mind, which can deteriorate in anyone. I have not seen anyone who does not have both a brain and a mind.”

Note: This content represents one half of a chapter from Kedi Purana, a 40-chapter work authored by Kedi Ganapati.

Kedi Purana is a modern Purana of the present and final Kaliyuga of the current Kalpa.

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