The words ‘mind’ and ‘mental’ are used to connote especially the part of nature which has to do with cognition intelligence, ideas, mental or thought perceptions, reactions of thought to things, with the truly mental movements and formations, mental vision and will etc.
The true role of the mind is the formation and organisation of action
-The Mother
These are the two uses of the mind: it is a controlling force, an instrument of control, and it is a power of organisation
– The Mother
Mental Education
- • Development of the power of concentration, the capacity of attention
- • Development of the capacities of expansion, widening, complexity and richness.
- • Organisation of one's thoughts around a central idea or higher ideal
- • Thought control
- • Mental silence, calm and receptivity to inspiration coming from the higher regions of the being
- • Motivation, creation of interest or absorption of the mind in a work
- • Cultivation of the left-hand faculties of the intellect: critical thinking, analysis, reasoning, differentiation, comparison, classification, generalisation, deduction, inference and conclusion
- • Cultivation of the right-hand faculties of the intellect: comprehension, synthesis, creativity, command or control, judgement, imagination, memory, observation, grasp and manipulation (controlling or using something in a skillful way)
- • Formative action
- • Studies of various subjects such as languages, Mathematics, Science, History Geography, etc.
- • Playway method of teaching and learning (especially in lower classes) Project work, scrapbook
- • Subject-wise Exhibitions
- • Group discussions
- • Creative writing, literary competitions
- • Publication of annual school. magazine along with periodical wall magazines
- • Debate or eloquence classes
- • Library classes
- • Memorisation and recitation (of poems, Sanskrit verses, etc.)
- • Concentration, meditation, and prayer classes