The filtration process in the soul

The mind and its creation, i.e., thoughts, in these times, in most people, are controlled by three main following factors:

Their habits or sanskaras

Their past experiences, and

The information which they are exposed to and which they imbibe.

The intellect is like a filter, which has the function of discriminating, of judging the thoughts and deciding which ones to put into practice and which ones not to, basically filtering them. Presently, the filter of the intellect has become weakened, confused, and unsure; it has become blocked by many incorrect beliefs, due to which this filtration does not take place properly – as a result, many wrong thoughts get converted into actions.

A lot of times during the day, thoughts become actions so fast that the filter of the intellect does not even come into play, i.e., thoughts become actions bypassing the filter. The beliefs that we have, today, are related to our cultural, physical, social, religious, the political identity associated with our age, gender, occupation, wealth, role, etc. of our body.