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Chapter 5

 

MIND AND MAN

 

(i) Root of Illusion

(ii) The Ihgher Mind

(iii) Mind as Ego

(iv) Secret of Supreme Attainment

(v) Blissful Illumination

 

(i) Root of Illusion

 

1. The universe is nothing but a mode of the mind. The mind manifests

itself as the external world. Time is but a mode of the mind.

2. The mischievous mind dances in the theatre of this universe to the

music of the organs.

3. The mind constitutes the root of the tree of Samsara or Ajnana

which ramifies in all directions with branches full of flowers,

tendrils, fruits, etc.

4. All that you are now is the result of what you have thought.

5. You build your own future by the thoughts you think. Entertain

divine thoughts. You will attain God-realisation.

6. Conquest of mind means conquest of the world.

7. You may overcome a thousand men in battle, but he who conquers his

mind is the greatest victor.

8. Mind-contol is the indispensable disci;line for those who seek to

obtain the knowledge of Atman or the Supreme Self.

9. Illusion is the vibration (Vritti) of the mind under an

imagination which makes one thing appear as another thing.

10. Mind is the cause for the appearane of Ahgam (I) and Idam (this).

11. One cannot attain everlasting peace without the extinction of

mind (Manonasa).

12. The seed of Ajnana or ignorance is no other than the sprout of

Sankalpa or thought.

13. With the checking of all thoughts, your mind will perish.

14. Do not for a moment think of the universe.

15. Do not think of walking in the path of Sankalpa or thought.

16. Cut asunder the bond of desires through the destruction of

Sankalpa (thought imagination).

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