Along with the general concept of Indian philosophy, the Gita also believes that man has 5 sense organs and 5 action senses. The sense organs are of form, sound, smell, touch, and taste and the senses of action are the senses of hands, feet, speech, excretion, and reproduction.
The mind is considered to be the 11th sense, which acts as a regulator between the action senses and the sense organs. These senses and mind are not only the means of our knowledge and actions but are also the means of enjoying this world. The mind also helps through thoughts and imagination to enjoy the pleasures of the world.
The human mind is the most disturbed thing in the world. Due to this disturbance, man keeps wandering in the world in search of means of fulfillment of his desires. But as soon as a man finds an object of his desire, his disturbed mind immediately starts running in search of something else.
For the fulfillment of his desires, this race continues till the end of man’s life. One of the main aims of yoga as described in the Gita is to control the disturbed mind. The Gita does not ask us to give up the pleasures of the senses. The teaching of the Gita is that we should enjoy the objects of the senses while keeping the mind under control. One of the main functions of the mind is to produce language and thought.
Mind and language always live together. As long as the mind is active in the human mind, language will surely be born. If we look at the language of contemplation also, we will find that more than 99 percent of our language is unnecessary. This unnecessary language only creates more confusion than brings clarity.
The Gita says that one has to rise above words. These also include words from religious texts. The place of intellect is above the mind. At the stage of intellect, the work of language ends, because in that state man directly realizes the truth without interruption of words.
If we know the limits of the mind and can rise above it, then we can reach the state of intelligence.
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