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Self-realisation possible.
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ANNIHILATE SANKALPAS
The ideas of differentiation of this person or that person or I or thou or of this or that
object do pertain to the mind only. Put an end to the mind with the sword of Abhavana
(non-thought). Kill the soldiers one by one when they emerge out of the fort. Eventually you can get
hold of the fortress. Even so, destroy every thought one by one as it arises in the mind. Eventually
you can conquer the mind.
If you can do the extinction of all sorts of Kalpanas (imaginations, thoughts). like thick
clouds that are dispersed through stormy gales, the mind will get absorbed into the Source, Chit
(Absolute Consciousness). Then you will be free from all sorts of tribulations and worries and
miseries. Then only you will have perennial happiness and the wealth of Moksha.
Mind is Maya. If the mind runs towards the sensual objects wildly, Maya takes a stronghold
of the man. Maya havocs through the mind. This lower impulsive mind drags you down in all kinds
of petty sensual enjoyments and deludes you in a variety of ways. Maya, through her power, raises
millions of Sankalpas in the mind. The Jiva becomes a prey to the Sankalpas.
This lower Manas cannot approach those who have a strong Viveka (power of
discrimination) between Sat and Asat (the real and the unreal). Maya is very easy to be detected and
Self to be realised by men who possess discrimination and strong determination. Through these
powers, viz., Viveka and will, it can be controlled.
Slay the lower mind, the enemy of Atman through the higher and Sattvic mind. Use your
Vichara, Viveka and pure reason constantly when objects trouble you, delude you. After reason has
dispersed the darkness of the illusions of sense which cover the mind, it still returns to those things
which are deceitful as the appearance of water on sandy deserts. Again and again, exercise your
reason till you are established in knowledge. The power of Avidya is great, indeed.
Renounce desires; renounce Sankalpas of objects. Cultivate Vairagya. Give up this little
false I. All the Sankalpas encircle and envelop this I. Do not pay much heed to the body. Think
of the body and its wants as little as possible.
Have no Sankalpa. The fluctuating mind will die by itself. It will melt in Brahman (Arupa
Manonasa). Then you will have the Sakshatkara (Beatific vision of Atman). When the mind dies,
I, you, he, this, that, time, space, Jiva, Jagat, all will dwindle into nothing. Idea of inside and
outside will vanish. There will be only one experience of the One, Akhanda (the indivisible)
Chidakasa which is Paripurna (all-full). All the doubts and delusions will disappear through the
Jnana in the heart.
DESTROY THE EGO
You should try to destroy not only the thoughts (Sankalpas), but the mind itself and the
Aham Vritti that identifies with the body and the Vyavaharic Buddhi that creates the Jiva-Bhava
and differences in the world. Then you will be established in Svarupa
(Sahaja-Sat-Chit-Ananda-Nirvikalpa) state. That is the real Mouna state or Advaita
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HOW TO CONTROL THE MIND
Brahmanishtha. Control of mind includes control of Buddhi and the annihilation of the little I, the
false self-arrogating personality.
Lord Jesus says, Empty thyself and I will fill thee. The meaning is: Destroy your egoism.
You will be filled with God. This emptying means Yogas-chittavrittinirodhah restraining all
the mental modifications. This emptying process or making the mind blank is, no doubt, a trying
discipline. But, continued practice of an intense type will bring success. There is no doubt about
this. It is only through the rigorous discipline that you can rise to that height of strenuous
impersonality from which the gifted souls of the world see distant visions and enjoy a higher, divine
life.
If the mind is divested of all the Sankalpas of I, then, through meditation of Atman after
being initiated by a Guru and having known the real significance of the Vedas, the mind can be
turned back from various pains and made to rest on the subjective blissful Atman.
PRACTISE BRAHMA-VICHARA
Do not wrestle or struggle with the mind. It is wastage of energy. It is great strain and drain
on the will-force. Do not fight with the mind. Live in Truth. Live in OM. Live in Atman through
Vichara, Brahma-Bhavana and Nididhyasana. All obstacles, all disturbing factors, all emotions will
vanish of themselves. Try, practise, feel and realise the usefulness of the Vichara method. Perfect
control of mind can be effected only through Brahma-Vichara. Pranayama, Japa and various other
methods are only auxiliaries.
DO NOT LET FAILURES DISCOURAGE YOU
Do not let failures discourage you, but go on doing your best. Do not brood over your faults
and failures. Only look at them to see the reason why you failed and then, try again. So doing, you
will starve out the tendencies which led you into them; whereas, thinking about them only gives
them new strength. Do not make too much fuss about little failures. Do not sit down and brood over
failures.
There are some people who have got the habit of trying to do one thing while thinking of
another. These people always fail in undertakings. The thinking part of the mind should work in
harmony with the acting part of the mind. While attending to any one object, our thoughts ought not
to wander on another. While you are reading, think of reading only. Do not think of cricket match.
While you are playing in a cricket match, do not think of studies. The frequent cause of failure is
striving to think of more than one thing at a time.
Whenever you observe Niyama (religious observances) do it to the letter rigidly. Do not say,
I will do it as far as possible. This term as far as possible will give leniency to the mind. The
mind will be simply waiting for an opportunity and it will yield to the first temptation quite readily,
whenever the first chance arises. Be strict, therefore.
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CHECK THE WANDERING HABIT OF THE MIND
The mind in the vast majority of persons has been allowed to run wild and follow its own
sweet will and desire. It is ever changing and wandering. It jumps from one object to another. It is
fickle. It wants variety. Monotony brings disgust. It is like a spoiled child who is given to much
indulgence by its parents or a badly trained animal. The minds of many of us are like menageries of
wild animals, each pursuing the bent of its own nature and going its own way. Restraint of the mind
is a thing unknown to the vast majority of persons.
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