The error of the intellect is a basic principle of Ayur-Veda it is called प्रज्ञापराध prajñāparādha in Sanskrit (or prajnaaparadha, prajnaparadha or pragya-aparadh)
A fundamental concept in Ayurveda is known as "Prajñāparādha" (transliterated in various ways: prajñāparādha, prajnaaparadha, prajnaparadha, or pragya-aparadh); this Sanskrit term literally translates to "mistake of the intellect."
According to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Prajnaparadha represents the root cause of all stress, suffering, and disease.
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras state "Heyam Dukham Anagatam" (sutra 2.16), which literally means "future suffering can be avoided."
But what is this fundamental mistake of the intellect that triggers an imbalance in our physiology and psychology? In the early 1980s, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi rediscovered this forgotten Ayurvedic concept and brought it back to light:
Happiness and satisfaction
The nature of the mind is to ceaselessly seek a source of happiness and satisfaction. The mistake lies not in this quality of the mind, but in the belief that such happiness and satisfaction can be found in external objects.
We are constantly looking outside ourselves for a source of satisfaction. Yet, the mistake is not in believing that happiness and satisfaction exist and are possible. The error of our intellect lies merely in the direction of our search and the means of achieving it. Our thirst for happiness can be quenched only by the direct experience of the Absolute.
« The error of the intellect causes us to mistake the relative for the Absolute; that is to say, because of this error, the intellect and the mind attribute absolute value to what ultimately possesses only relative and limited value—and is, therefore, always partial. Seeking true happiness where it can never be found is the direct result of this error of the intellect.”
The idea underlying this fundamental principle of Ayurveda is that it is impossible to regain a satisfactory state of health if the intellect does not allow the attention to make regular, direct contact with that fundamental state of transcendental consciousness which lies at the source of our thoughts.
This concerns a primordial balance—this experience of the source of our thoughts—which must be restored as a priority in order to once again achieve an increase in well-being and satisfaction.
Transcendence, the realm of pure consciousness
When the intellect loses its power of discrimination and no longer allows the attention to perceive the realm of pure consciousness ("samhita") that underlies all diversity, then "prajnaparadha"—this error of the intellect—comes to dominate the individual's life.
Vedic texts often refer to this Absolute as
This satisfaction is available if we are willing to sit down, turn our attention inward, and allow our mind to explore quieter layers of our consciousness with the help of a suitable technique, in order to reach this calmer, more peaceful level of consciousness—the state of "Yoga" (Union with that Absolute) or "Samadhi" (enstasis).
Thus, in our innermost self—in our intimate nature—we are by nature: infinite peace, joy, love, and happiness. This is the nature of our Being.
Life is happiness in its nature
In order to rediscover the happiness that we are, regularly contact this level of happiness which is located at the most serene level of our consciousness and which is this transcendental consciousness.
We must bring our mind to this level of transcendence and let life spontaneously chase away what obscures it in order to rediscover our true nature. transcendence is this state of consciousness which alone allows us to free ourselves from what prevents us from fully experiencing our blessed nature.
All this is described by Vedic science. The Veda is that complete and supreme knowledge of the entirety of life. The Shastras are the records of natural laws. The Vedas teach us that the human body has this intrinsic possibility of probing the extent of the universe.
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"C'est dans la notion de pragyaparadh, en particulier, que Maharishi a retrouvé dans l'Ayurvéda le lien avec le domaine de la conscience. Pragyaparadh, « l'erreur de l'intellect », est considéré comme la source ultime des déséquilibres et maladies. Cette erreur que fait l'intellect humain, c'est d'oublier sa source unifiée (samhita)"
"Lorsque l'intellect perd sa capacité de discrimination et ne permet plus à l'attention de percevoir le champ unifié de pure conscience ("samhita") qui est sous-jacent à toute création, alors "'pragya-aparadh, प्रज्ञापराध, prajñāparādha, prajnaaparadha, prajnaparadha" en vient à dominer la vie de l'individu. Le flot naturel d'intelligence et son pouvoir de soin et de guérison est obstrué."