Thoughts, Electricity and Philosophy

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Thoughts are giant-powers. They are more powerful than electricity. They control

your life, mould your character, and shape your destiny.

 

Mark how one thought expands into many thoughts, within a short time. Suppose

you get an idea to set up a tea-party for your friends. The one thought of `tea'

invites instantaneously the thoughts of sugar, milk, tea-cups, tables, chairs,

table-cloth, napkins, spoons, cakes, biscuits, etc. So, this world is nothing

but the expansion of thoughts. The expansion of thoughts of the mind towards the

objects is bondage; and, the renunciation of thoughts is liberation.

 

You must be very watchful in nipping the thoughts in the bud. Only then will you

be really happy. Mind tricks and plays. You must understand its nature, ways and

habits. Then only can you control it very easily.

 

The world's most extraordinary book of practical philosophical idealism of India

is Yoga-Vasishtha. The gist of this work is this: " The non-dual Brahman or the

immortal soul alone exists. This universe as universe is not. Knowledge of the

Self alone will free one from this round of births and deaths. Extinction of

thoughts and Vasanas is Moksha. Expansion of mind alone is Sankalpa. Sankalpa or

thought, through its power of differentiation generates this universe. This

world is a play of the mind. This world does not exist in the three periods of

time. Extinction of Sankalpas is Moksha. Annihilate this little `I', Vasanas,

Sankalpas, thoughts. Meditate on the Self and become a Jivanmukta. "