If the Yogi can duplicate his ‘mind’ at different places the question arises: ‘How
are the activities of these “artifical minds” thus created, co-ordinated and controlled?’
According to this Sutra the activities and functions of the ‘artificial minds’—whatever
their number—are directed and controlled by the one ‘natural mind’ of the Yogi. The
‘artificial minds’ are merely the instruments of the one ‘natural mind’ and obey it
automatically. Just as the activities of the hands and other organs working in the
physical body are co-ordinated by the brain and are directly under its control, in the
same way the activities of the ‘artificial minds’ are co-ordinated and controlled by the
Intelligence working in and through the ‘natural mind’. Of course, this Intelligence
working through the ‘natural mind’ is none else but the Purusa whose consciousness
illuminates and energizes all the vehicles. It should also be noted that the ‘artificial
minds’ act not only as instruments of the ‘natural’ mind but also, as it were, the out-
posts of its consciousness. Pravriti includes both kinds of activities, those correspond-
ing to Jnanendriyas and Karmendriyas, the receptive and operative functions of con-
sciousness.
- Of these the mind born of meditation is free from impressions.
To all outer appearances the ‘artificial minds’ are exact replicas of the ‘natural
mind’ but they differ from it in one fundamental respect. They do not carry with them
any impressions, Samskaras or Karmas which are an integral part of the ‘natural
mind’. The ‘natural mind’ is the product of evolutionary growth and is the repository
of the Samskaras of all the experiences which it has passed through during the course
of successive lives. These Samskaras in their totality are referred to as Karmasaya ‘the
vehicle of Karmas’ and have been dealt with in II-12. The ‘artificial minds’ created
by the will-power of the Yogi are free from these impressions and one can easily see
why this should be so. They are merely temporary creations which disappear as soon
as the work for which they are created is finished. A business firm may be obliged to