Guest guest Posted July 20, 2003 Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 Since the stilling of the mind is true Liberation and miraculous powers are unattainable without an act of the mind, how can they whose mind is set on such powers enter the bliss of Liberation which is the ending of all stir of mind? While God sustains the burden of the World, the spurious Ego assumes its burden grimacing like an image on a tower seeming to support it. If the traveller in a carriage which can curry any weight does not lay his luggage down but carries it painfully on his head, whose is the fault? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ transl. by Swaminathan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since peace of mind is permanent in Liberation, how can they who yoke their mind to powers - which are unattainable except through the activity of the mind - become merged in the Bliss of Liberation which subdues the agitation of the mind? The Lord bears the burden of the world. Know that the spurious ego which presumes to bear that burden is like a sculptured figure at the foot of a temple tower which appears to sustain the tower's weight. Whose fault is it if the traveller, instead of putting his luggage in the car which bears the load anyway, carries it on his head, to his own inconvenience? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ transl. by Osborne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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