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May 16, 2007

hare Krsna. Question: How do bad influences and impressions fall on us ? Swamiji: If the mind engages in thoughts of enjoying pleasures then new impressions are formed on the mind. When you engage and immerse your mind either while enjoying pleasures or while contemplating on enjoying pleasures, in both these instances, new impressions will be formed on the mind. These impressions will further trouble you; then they will be recollected and remembered. Therefore do not take joy or feel sorrowful in these thoughts. Simply do not cling to any thoughts that come, whether good or bad. Whether pleasurable things come or unpleasurable things come your way, let not your mind become joyful or sorrowful. When the

mind becomes joyful or sorrowful, in either instances,impressions are left on the mind. Mind is like wax. Madhusudanacharya has said that Iron is solid; however when fired hot, it becomes molten like softened wax and it melts. Similarly even though the mind is inert and solid, but on coming in contact with heat it melts. Now who is the one that heats? It has been explained - Kaam krodh bhaya sneha harsh shaukh dayaa dayaha Taapkaaschritt jatanustschaantau kathinam tu tat." There are seven things that heat the mind and make it melt. They are - Passionate Desires (kaam), anger (krodh), fear (bhay), affection (sneh), rejoicing (harsh), grief (shaukh), and compassion (daya). When the desire is very intense, and one enjoy the sense objects, then while indulging in these pleasures, deep impressions are left on the mind. And often even if 30, 40, 50 years go by, even then, it may appear as if the incident has just occured. This is because

impressions have been deeply embedded in the melted mind. Now even when the mind is not feeling this, yet the embedded impressions subtly remain there.The more the mind melts, the deeper the impressions are that will remain in the subconscious mind. Similiarly when one is very angry, the incident that was the cause of the anger, will be remembered for a longer period of time. This is again for the same reason, that the mind melted at that moment and impressions were deeply etched in the mind. Similarly experience of a very fearful incident can cause great fear, then that too will cause deep impressions and for a long time that fear will be invoked. This is how all such influences and impressions get etched in the mind. .

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May 24, 2007

Hare Krsna! Very nice!! So how does one stop these influences and impressions from affecting the mind.Capil Sookdeo <capilsookdeo wrote: hare Krsna. Question: How do bad influences and impressions fall on us ? Swamiji: If the mind engages in thoughts of enjoying pleasures then new impressions are formed on the mind. When you engage and immerse your mind either while enjoying pleasures or while

contemplating on enjoying pleasures, in both these instances, new impressions will be formed on the mind. These impressions will further trouble you; then they will be recollected and remembered. Therefore do not take joy or feel sorrowful in these thoughts. Simply do not cling to any thoughts that come, whether good or bad. Whether pleasurable things come or unpleasurable things come your way, let not your mind become joyful or sorrowful. When the mind becomes joyful or sorrowful, in either instances,impressions are left on the mind. Mind is like wax. Madhusudanacharya has said that Iron is solid; however when fired hot, it becomes molten like softened wax and it melts. Similarly even though the mind is inert and solid, but on coming in contact with heat it melts. Now who is the one that heats? It has been explained - Kaam krodh bhaya sneha harsh shaukh dayaa dayaha Taapkaaschritt jatanustschaantau kathinam tu tat." There are seven

things that heat the mind and make it melt. They are - Passionate Desires (kaam), anger (krodh), fear (bhay), affection (sneh), rejoicing (harsh), grief (shaukh), and compassion (daya). When the desire is very intense, and one enjoy the sense objects, then while indulging in these pleasures, deep impressions are left on the mind. And often even if 30, 40, 50 years go by, even then, it may appear as if the incident has just occured. This is because impressions have been deeply embedded in the melted mind. Now even when the mind is not feeling this, yet the embedded impressions subtly remain there.The more the mind melts, the deeper the impressions are that will remain in the subconscious mind. Similiarly when one is very angry, the incident that was the cause of the anger, will be remembered for a longer period of time. This is again for the same reason, that the mind melted at that moment and impressions were deeply etched in the mind. Similarly experience of a very

fearful incident can cause great fear, then that too will cause deep impressions and for a long time that fear will be invoked. This is how all such influences and impressions get etched in the mind. . Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.

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