concentrate on "Who am I"

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Bhagavan said that the mind was like a monkey,

never still for one second, it was an almost

hopeless task to try and quieten it; the best thing

to do was to give it a productive employment and

not allow it to fritter itself away buidling endless pictures.

Let it concentrate on "Who am I? and then there will be

no room for any other thought. It is like using a thorn

to extract a thorn from the foot. Nevertheless,

Bhagavan would often tell us to "make an effort to

be without effort." This surely presupposes that the

mind has already achieved some succes in turning

back on itself.

 

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Sadhu Arunachala: Reminiscences

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