Your mind is never empty. Now, at this moment, you are
thinking of something. Or may be you changed your thought process after reading
my first sentence. Like this, there are many triggers which cause your mind to
change the mood or thought process.
Your next thought depends on what you are thinking right now. There are around
52 types of thoughts/states in your mind which are further divided into 121
states. I will be giving more detailed explanation of all these mental states
in my upcoming posts.
Out of 52 mental states, here are the dangerous mental states which cause a
person to suffer a lot. Whatever dangerous things happening around the world
are because of these mental states of people.
1.) Delusion
Meaning: an idiosyncratic
belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or
rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder.
Synonyms: misapprehension, mistaken impression, false
impression, mistaken belief, misconception, misunderstanding, mistake, error,
misinterpretation, misconstruction.
Example:
a. You are
going through a bad phase of your life and you blame someone for doing some
black magic on you.
Believe in
yourself that if you do good things you can always come out of that bad phase.
b. Believing
that you can contact e.g. god, aliens, etc. and live your whole life in such
delusions.
c. In general,
you believe in things you have never seen or experienced yourself.
Shame is a
painful feeling that's a mix of regret, self-hate, and dishonor. A good person
would feel shame if they cheated on a test or did something mean to a friend.
Shamelessness is a state of mind in which a person does not feel anything when he/she
does something wrong (intentionally or unintentionally)
Example:
When being in this mental state,
a. you do not
feel bad when you cheat on your friends, family, etc.
b. you do not
regret of your wrong doing like using bad words, killing someone, etc.
3.) Moral fearlessness
In this mental state, you do
not fear of doing immoral things.
Example:
When being in this mental state,
a. You
know that you are doing something wrong, but you are Ready for the results or
impact of your immoral actions.
b. Sexual
misconduct, killing, etc.
4.) Restlessness
Meaning: unable to
rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom.
Checking
WhatsApp even when there is no notification, is one the examples of
restlessness 😉
Example:
When you do not have
anything to do, this state of mind gets activated.
This state of mind sometimes makes you do unnecessary
things which may cause problems.
E.g.
a. When there
is nothing to talk to your spouse, you think of some topic and start talking
about something in the past or future and you end up quarrelling with each
other.
b. Restlessness
is not only observed through actions, but also in the mind.
You cannot keep your mind blank, you keep on thinking about
past or future.
5.) Greed
Meaning: intense and selfish
desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.
In this
state of mind, you feel unsatisfied with whatever you have.
6.) Wrong view
In this state of mind, you get
a wrong view of a thing, a person, or a situation.
Example:
If you have lost something important
in your life on a day, say on 13th October, 2017, you start feeling the same day
in upcoming years as your unlucky day. You might consider the number “13” as
your bad-luck number.
7.) Conceit
Meaning: excessive
pride in oneself.
Example:
When this mental state is activated,
a. You do
not think of what you are saying, you might hurt people using your words or
pride.
b. Pride
can not only be observed by yourself when you are talking about your wealth, power,
knowledge, etc. but also the same can be observed by yourself when the thought
of pride arises in your mind.
8.) Hatred/Anger
Meaning: intense
dislike; hate.
Different people hate
different things, persons, etc. this state of mind is one of the dangerous
states.
The enlightened one always says:
“Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the
intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned”
You
can experience above quote in your day-to-day life. When a person you hate, or
a similar person comes in front of you, your mood automatically gets changed.
This change will not hurt that person but YOU.
9.) Envy
Meaning: desire to have a quality, possession, or other
desirable thing belonging to (someone else).
When you get into this mental state, you forget that you
can get something better than the one which is belonging to someone else. Your
mind becomes stubborn and crave for that exact thing belonging to that someone
else.
10.)
Stinginess
Meaning: parsimonious,
miserly, mean, close all mean reluctant to part with money or goods
When you are in this mental
state, you unnecessarily fear to give something you already have in excess. By “excess”
here I mean, more than what you need.
11.)
Worry, remorse
I read in one of the posts on WhatsApp/Facebook
that 99% of the times, we worry about things that never actually happen :D.
This state of mind makes you anxious and becomes hurdle for
your good actions.
12.)
Sloth, laziness
Example:
When you are in this mental
state,
a.
You do not feel like getting up from the
bed. May be because you want to run away from reality, or do not want face some
situations, or you want to just run away
from your own thoughts that might disturb you when you are awake.
b. You become
bored, but you still do not want to do any activity.
13.)
Torpor, tiredness
Meaning: a state of physical
or mental inactivity; lethargy
This is the state of mind in
which you get tired of doing even smaller things and do not want to do any kind
of physical work.
14.) Doubt
There is nothing more dreadful
than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that
disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that
irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
Example:
Beware of this mental state, it may make you do things
which are bad for your friendship, married life, etc.
That’s all about BAD mental states!
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May you always be away from Negative thoughts and may every positive
energy surround you!
