A Quote from Rajaneesh (OSHO):
The thought-less mind becomes hollow like the bamboo flute. Songs will flow through it but not its own songs, rather those of the divine. Thoughts will emerge out of it but not its own, rather those of the whole.This seems to be the best explanation of the scriptural prayer slokam:
Such a mind will be surrendered to the whole. It will only speak what the whole makes it speak. It will only do what the whole makes it do. The inner core of the “I” will disintegrate – and with its disintegration, there will be no anxiety, no anguish."
असतो मा सत्गमय asato maa sat gamaya and of the luck of the Gopis in Brindavan remaining immersed always in the music of Krishna’s flute -- a Bhakti sentiment referred to in the Tamil song kuzhaloodi manamellam kollai-konda-pinnum kurai-yedum enakkethadi which aptly describes their state of mind –“I do not have any wants after Krishna has robbed me of my mind with his music from the flute”.
Shri Krishna, from infinite space-time, is patiently waiting for us within our own heart (हृद्देश hrd-desha) to follow the example of the Gopis and offer the hollow reed of our mind to him. But amidst the noise of the activity in the external world, we have failed to hear the message even after the many, many life-times that he has granted to us. As Adi Sankara has stated in his Bhaja Govindam, we have to pray to Muraari (Krishna) to save us from this worldly-trap:
This will be our never-changing state unless we seek his grace for sharanaagati through a Guru and live a life dedicated to this goal.पुनरपि जननं पुनरपि मरणंपुनरपि जननी जठरे शयनम्।इह संसारे बहुदुस्तारेकृपयापारे पाहि मुरारे ||
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