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This is the energy of the basic mind (our core belief system, our conscious mind), and it is of denser energy. Our mind is what we think, feel, and express from our thoughts and impressions. The mind is working according to the signals it receives from the outside environment through the five sense organs. As the smell of a perfume that we recognize will give rise to a memory that reminds us of a person or an occasion, this memory will create emotions that get expressed in our gross body, such as happiness or dislike. In this way the mind has a great influence on our lower and denser pranamaya kosha and annamaya kosha, as the emotions that rise affect and change our normal breathing pattern and heart rate.

If such an emotional state continues over a long time, we will see vigorous affects in the annamaya kosha (gross body), initially as pain, and later on as more serious diseases. Here, the interstitial tissue fluid performs the important function of receiving an impulse from the brain and taking it from the cell to the sensory cortex. These strong affects of our mind through thoughts and emotions are the reason that we need to give importance to control and direct the movement of the mind towards the things that keep us balanced and healthy. As described by Patanjali, our identification with the mind and its movements is the cause of our suffering in life, and he describes how to overcome our miseries with the help of yoga. For many people, the claim that we are not the mind and that we can, in fact, manage our mind, is revolutionary.