The Origin of Moksha
Completeness and Expansion of Mind
Author Kedi Ganapati
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What is Moksha?
Kiran: What is Moksha?
Ganesh: Moksha is giving completeness and expansion to the human mind.
What is Completeness of the Mind?
Kiran: What do you mean by completeness of the mind?
Ganesh: The human mind has eight compartments, which are called eight states. Experiencing sufficiently the eight states—void, conscious, semi-conscious, subconscious, emotion, creation, temperament, and restraint—gives completeness to the human mind.
Kiran: I didn't understand anything about conscious and subconscious.
Ganesh: Imagine the mind as a showcase with eight compartments. In one compartment there is a marble of the Void brand. In the second, a marble of the Conscious brand. In the third, a marble of the Semi-conscious brand. In the fourth, a marble of the Subconscious brand. In the fifth, a marble of the Emotion brand. In the sixth, a marble of the Creation brand. In the seventh, a marble of the Temperament brand. In the eighth, a marble of the Restraint brand. When the number of marbles of the respective brand in all compartments reaches 108, all compartments become completely full, and we say the mind has achieved completeness.
The Eight States of the Mind
Kiran: But what is the void state?
Ganesh: When there is no thought or imagination in the mind, when the mind is inactive, that state is the void state of the mind.
Kiran: When does the mind become inactive? Something or other keeps running in my mind.
Ganesh: When you are in deep sleep, or sometimes in a meditative posture, when you are not dreaming of any girl and not talking to me, then your mind is in an inactive state, which is called the void state.
Kiran: What is the conscious state?
Ganesh: When you thoughtfully do some work—deciding what to do, when to do it, and what to say to whom—your mind is in the conscious state.
Kiran: What is the semi-conscious state?
Ganesh: When you are doing a task but also imagining a story related to it, such as imagining a future girlfriend while working, with half your mind on the work and half on imagination, your mind is in the semi-conscious state.
Kiran: What is the subconscious state?
Ganesh: When you regularly perform a task for 21 to 40 days, its pattern gets imprinted in the mind and intellect. Later, the body and intellect perform it automatically without thinking. For example, while riding a bike, you change gears without thinking. This is the subconscious state.
Kiran: What is the emotional state?
Ganesh: When you experience any emotion and are not thinking or working at that time, your mind is in the emotional state.
Kiran: What is the creation state?
Ganesh: When you plan or perform constructive work like cooking, designing a website, writing, preparing a cricket pitch, or planning an event or picnic, your mind is in the creation state.
Kiran: What is the temperament state?
Ganesh: Whenever you react to the words or behaviour of a person or situation, your mind is in the temperament state.
Kiran: What is the restraint state?
Ganesh: When you feel a desire but consciously control it—for example, not staring at someone or averting your eyes—your mind is in the restraint state.
Why Doesn't Everyone Attain Moksha?
Kiran: The mind easily passes through all these states—then why doesn't everyone attain Moksha?
Ganesh: Not everyone fully experiences all eight states. Some people experience only two or three deeply, not all. Therefore, they do not attain Moksha.
Kiran: Is there no grace or exception?
Ganesh: Moksha is not like a college exam. Even if one compartment is incomplete by one experience, the mind cannot achieve completeness.
Kiran: If I accumulate only 105 experiences in one state, what will happen?
Ganesh: You will be reborn, and the journey will continue from those 105 experiences. After gaining three more, Moksha will be attained.
Kiran: In the next life, do I need to accumulate 108 experiences again?
Ganesh: No. Experiences accumulate permanently. If you have 50 experiences at death, you will need only 58 more in the next life.
Does Moksha Mean Liberation?
Kiran: I have heard Moksha means liberation.
Ganesh: Moksha means completeness of the mind. Liberation follows Moksha. After Moksha, the cycle of birth and death on Earth ends, and the next cycle begins in heaven.
What is Expansion of the Mind?
Kiran: What is expansion of the mind?
Ganesh: Sufficiently experiencing the eight desires—sex, purity, love, pleasure, peace, wisdom, bliss, and liberation—leads to the expansion of the human mind.
Kiran: How?
Ganesh: Just as overeating increases body weight, experiencing desires increases the "weight" of the mind, leading to expansion.
Kiran: If I experience happiness, love, and bliss, will my mind expand?
Ganesh: Yes. When the mind expands sufficiently, Moksha is attained.
Love, Desire, and Moksha
Kiran: I am 20 years old, and I haven't loved even a single girl yet. If I don't receive a girl's love my entire life, will I never attain liberation (moksha)?
Ganesh: You love your mother; you are already experiencing love. It is not necessary to receive a girl's love for moksha. Even if you continuously experience just one of the eight divine emotions, moksha can still be attained.
Kiran: So even if I only keep experiencing the pleasure of eating, but never receive a girl's love, I can still attain moksha?
Ganesh: Yes, even by enjoying only the pleasure of eating, moksha can be attained. But if you also receive someone's love, moksha may come faster.
Duty, Sin, and Daily Life
Kiran: If I go on a picnic, will I get Moksha?
Ganesh: Only if it does not violate your duties. Otherwise, it leads to sin.
Kiran: What about eating vada pav?
Ganesh: Eating one at the right time helps. Overeating harms the body and leads to sin.
Heaven and the Gates of Moksha
Kiran: If I experience all eight states of the mind, also experience divine emotions, receive a lot of love from my wife, and attain moksha — will I go to heaven immediately after death?
Ganesh: Can you really dream that big?
Kiran: If someone else's dream comes true, someone else gets married, and someone else attains moksha — will that person go to heaven immediately after death?
Ganesh: Just like someone who passes the 10th-grade exam cannot take admission in college the very next second. Admission is possible only when the college admission date arrives. In the same way, when the planet Saturn transits into a mysterious constellation once every 30 years, a connection between heaven and Earth is established. At that time, the gates of heaven open, and all those who have attained moksha are taken to heaven.
Kiran: If someone attains moksha today, his mind fully expands, and the gate of heaven had opened last year and then closed — what will happen?
Ganesh: Even after attaining moksha, that person will have to spend the next 29 years on Earth. During this period, however much he expands his mind, its value will be received by him in heaven.
Kiran: When Saturn enters which mysterious constellation does the gate of heaven open?
Ganesh: I can't give this knowledge to anyone. Otherwise, as soon as Saturn transits that constellation, people would commit suicide in the desire to go to heaven — and seeing your curiosity, it feels like you'd be the first one to do it.
Conclusion
When the mind of a human is sufficiently expanded but the mind does not attain completeness, then the human does not attain Moksha. When the mind of a human attains completeness but the mind is not sufficiently expanded, then the human does not attain Moksha. For humans to attain Moksha, it is necessary to fulfil both the sufficient expansion of mind and the completeness of mind. On attaining Moksha, humans attain life from the lower living planet to the highest living planet.
There is no one way to attain Moksha. A human being can attain Moksha through 1000 different ways. Once a human attains Moksha, no deeds of that human can spoil their Moksha. After the completion of the period of Moksha, that human definitely gets life in heavenloka. The human who once attains life in heavenloka cannot attain life on earthloka again.
Note: This content represents one half of a chapter from Kedi Purana, a 64-chapter work authored by Kedi Ganapati. Kedi Purana is a modern Purana of the present and final Kaliyuga of the current Kalpa.
