THE MIND AND IGNORANCE 
Most people think that the mind is the most valuable tool of our life. We think with the mind and without the mind, we would be doomed. Unfortunately, we are ignorant about the subtle nature of our body.
We are all familiar with the gross body. We have eyes to see, hands to grasp, legs to walk and we also know we have certain vital organs like our heart, lungs, kidney, and brain. But there are some aspects of our body that are subtle. They are not visible or tangible. Philosophers have even divided the body into the gross body and the subtle body. They have identified the subtle body to comprise the mind, the intellect, the memory, and the ego. All of these are not visible, but we experience their presence. The mind thinks, the intellect discriminates, the memory registers and recalls, while the ego creates a distinct identity for us.
While we consider our mind to be king, that it is everything, we don’t realize that this is a myth. The mind is a thought factory. It is like an industrial machine that constantly and uninterruptedly produces thoughts. It produces a thought practically every second and this can be up to a whopping 50,000 thoughts a day. While there are positive thoughts, the majority of thoughts in most people are negative.