Find where you are on the map of the mind

The scriptures name the states a mind passes through, from worry and envy to steadiness and joy, and they say what feeds each one and what heals it. Start from how you feel and walk to the verses and stories that answer it.

  • 46 inner states
  • 1,702 verses
  • 261 stories
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Krishna

उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् । आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥

uddharedātmanā’’tmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet | ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ ||

Raise yourself by your own self; do not let yourself sink. For the self alone is the friend of the self, and the self alone is the enemy of the self.

Bhagavad Gita 6.5

Every state, and the verses around it

Every light here is a state the mind passes through, with the verses and stories that speak to it gathered close. Open the one you are in and follow it to what eases it.

Drawing the map

  • a state that weighs on the mind
  • a state that heals
  • a verse
  • a story
  • Drag to move, pinch or use + and − to zoom, tap a point to open it.

Start from how you feel

Write a line about today. Your words find their place on the map, with a verse for each.

What you type stays on this page. It is matched word by word to the map, and nothing is sent anywhere.

All the states on the map

Each has its own page: the verses that name it, the steps the texts say lead to it, what heals it and the people who lived it.

What weighs on the mind

What heals it

How the map is drawn

The states are the texts' own words, such as chintā for worry and dhṛti for steadiness. The verses, their translations and the stories come from the Wisdom library, read with the traditional commentaries.

A line marked stated in the text is a link the verse or a named commentator makes. A line marked our reading is Wisdom's own reading of the verse. Read each verse in its place for the whole teaching.