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BMI CHART by

H.H. Swami Chinmayananda

OM

BMI

PFT

OET

Interpretation of Symbols :

The Symbol of Truth

Om

viewed through the veil of

Vasanas

Expresses through the instruments of:

the Body (B), Mind (M), Intellect (I)

As the individual entity or ego:

the Perceiver (P), Feeler (F), Thinker (T)

In the world of:

Objects (O), Emotions (E), and Thoughts (T).


Understanding Our Personality

With the aim of discovering the art of personality development, the


sages of the Upanishads examined life and found that an experience
is not possible without three fundamental factors:

1. the experiencer

2. the object of experience

3. the relationship between the two, the experiencing

The Individual

The individual experiencer (PFT) is the subject who gains


experiences of the world (OET) through the instruments of
experiencing (BMI). Through the body, the person experiences the
world of objects; through the mind, one experiences the world of
emotions, and through the intellect, the world of ideas.

When the subject identifies with the intellect, he becomes the


thinker, experiencing the world of thoughts and ideas; when
identified with the mind he becomes the feeler, experiencing the
world of emotions and feelings; and when identified with the body,
he becomes the perceiver, experiencing the world of objects.

Therefore each individual acts out the various roles of a perceiver,


feeler, and thinker as he seeks his happiness in the world of objects,
emotions, and thoughts.

In every experience in life, man contacts the world through the


media of four constituent entities in him. They are his body, mind,
intellect, and the Consciousness, symbolized by the symbolOm,
which is the Life Principle in him.

Body, Mind, Intellect

The physical body, the densest aspect of the human personality,


contains the five organs of perception and the five organs of action.
The size and shape of the body differ from individual to individual,
but the essential material composing it and the functions of the
organs are common to all. Again, the subtlest aspect, the
Consciousness, which is the core of man's composite personality, is
one and same in all human beings. The variable factor in man is the
mind and intellect equipment.

The mind is the seat of impulses and feelings, and it is common to


all living creatures. Animals also possess a mind, but man alone has
the capacity to discriminate and analyze his feelings as and when
they arise. He alone can allow his actions to be guided and directed
by his power of discrimination instead of being driven and carried
away by momentary impulses and feelings. This faculty of
discrimination, this power of judgment, this capacity to discern what
is to be done and what is to be avoided, is the function of the
intellect.

The kaleidoscopic patterns of experience are, therefore, attributed


to the difference in texture and quality of the mind and intellect. In
fact, it is only the mind and intellect equipment which come in
contact with one another whenever there is a meeting or
transaction between two individuals.

Vasanas

The quality and textures of the mind and intellect equipment differ
from one individual to another, depending upon one's inherent and
innate tendencies or inclinations, which are calledvasanas.

Vasanas create desires in the intellect; desires produce thoughts in


the mind, and thoughts manifest in the form of actions at the level
of the physical body. Desires, thoughts and actions are, therefore,
only manifestation of vasanas in the respective individual. Each one
of us thus becomes a helpless statement of our past though this
impulse of vasanas.

Vasanas are generated by our egocentric contacts with the world of


objects, emotions and thoughts. The stronger the vasanas, the more
we are subject to unconscious urges; the more we are controlled by
our urges, the greater are the devastating agitations of the mind.
Even when the desires are gratified, we find no lasting happiness,
for the vasanas only kindle more desires. The conditions of the body,
mind and intellect must be transcended in order for us to regain our
true nature. The vasanas have to be changed if one's desires,
thoughts and actions need correction. These tendencies
or vasanas can be purified with the study of philosophy and the
practice of religion, and thereby human personality can be elevated
to a higher spiritual level.

Om, the Symbol of Truth

At the level of the cosmic totality, Om, the Life Principle, is


called Brahman. The individual, as part of the totality, has this spark
of life. At this individual level, this divine Self, Om, is also known
as Atman. Due to our vasanas and the consequent desires, agitations,
and actions, we are ignorant of this divine Self. Therefore, we
identify with our body, mind, and intellect and their limitations. An
individual is the Self as though contaminated by this ignorance. The
principle by whose mere presence the intellect thinks, the mind
feels, and the body perceives, is Om, the Self.

As the divine Om trickles down to express itself in the various


instruments of the personality, it becomes distorted by the pressure
of vasanas. To achieve spiritual realization, the mind has to be
purified of its desires and agitations, thus relieving it of its
subjective impressions. The fewer the agitations in the mind, the
fewer the vasanas; the fewer the vasanas, the quieter the mind. As
the mind becomes quiet, it remains in a state of meditation. When
the vasanas are completely transcended, the Self manifests of its
own accord. Only then does man know his true birthright.

The only method for regaining one's true nature is to vigilantly and
ceaselessly divert one's mind and intellect away from preoccupation
with objects, emotions, and thoughts and direct it to an awareness
of the divine Self. The four yogas or spiritual paths in Hinduism _ the
paths of Knowledge, Devotion, Action and Mysticism _ are all
directed to the purification of vasanas so as to rehabilitate the mind
and intellect and reconstitute the individual personality.

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