The meaning of Hanuman

Hanuman when broken down further means: na hanye manaha. (Sanskrit).

Ever wondered what does Hanuman mean? I think you never did. I was reading one of the many spiritual discourses and thats when I found its meaning. Hanuman resembles the almighty deity who technically is not a human but an monkey. What does monkey resemble to? A monkey resembles a hyperactive animal which jumps from one branch to another, similar to our mind which has undulating thoughts, thoughts rise up and falls back and forth; again and again. A monkey in a similar fashion jumps from one branch to another and one day it jumps on a poisonous thorny tree which huts him and eventually kills him in course of time. Try resembling this with our mind, which has the nature of being unstable all the time with innumerous thoughts waving inside. And one day a thought rises in him which forces to do him a bad deed in life. Thats when the good soul within him dies and he keeps doing repetitive mistakes to hide them which leads him to perdition.

Hanuman contrary to that symbolizes "na hanye manaha", someone whose manaha (mann in hindi) or mind in English is never haunted. Because his mind is taken. He has done the samarpan (submission) of his mind to Lord Rama which is why when asked he opened his heart open to show then there is only Rama within his heart. He symbolizes the stability of his mind. He symbolizes that monkey state of our mind which once was a monkey but now is the invincible Hanuman..

Think about it...