Guest guest Posted January 5, 2002 Report Share Posted January 5, 2002 Extract from Swami Ashokananda's:- " Practice of interiorness " In other words don't let your attention stop with the surface of things at all. Let your attention go deeper. Try to go deeper and yet deeper in the different ways I have told you. You can practise looking at this universe and saying, " Yes, this is God Himself. " This universe is His form. " An in imagination think of Him as existing behind this infinite form, this universal form. Or look at one person and try to reach this one Being, this one spiritual divine Being that is in this form. Some people say, " Body, mind, soul, then Soul of the soul - God. " Make your mind come face to face with the Soul of the soul. Don't let it stop short. Don't say, " I like to study people. Oh, what a beautiful mind he has! " What has it got to do with you that someone has a beautiful mind? Why are you going after other people's minds? Go to the thing that will enlighten your heart - the thing that will make your own spiritual nature shine. Don't stop short of it! Commentary: In the talks of Ashokananda we see how a God-man views the world... This is 'Advaita'- mental gymnastics are secondary.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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