Guest guest Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Work > > Q: They say that effort will lead to blankness of mind and work will not be > possible. > > M: Go first to that blankness and then tell me. > > Q: How can my mind be still if I have to use it more than other people? I > want to go into solitude and renounce my work as a headmaster. > > M: No. You can stay where you are and go on with work. What is the > undercurrent which gives life to the mind and enables it to do all this > work? It's the Self. So, that is the real source of your activity. > Simply become aware of it during your work and do not forget it. > Contemplate it in the background of your mind even while you are working. > To do that, do NOT hurry! Take your time, keep the remembrance of your > real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to > forget. Be deliberate. Practice meditation to still the mind and cause it > to become aware of its true relationship to the Self, which supports it. > Do not imagine it is you who are doing the work. Think that it is the > underlying current that is doing it. Identify yourself with this current. > If you work unhurriedly, recollectedly, your work or service need not be a > hindrance. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From the book, "Conscious Immortality" by Paul Brunton and Munagala > Venkataramiah. _________ALL-NEW Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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