Sri Satya Saibaba

[Guest guest]

How to purify our mind?

 

The mind can be used as a bridge to lead one from the manifest to the

unmanifest, from the individual to the universal. Cleanse the mind and

mould it into an instrument for loving thoughts and expansive ideas.

Cleanse the tongue and use it for fostering fearlessness and

friendship. Cleanse the hands; let them desist from injury and

violence. Let them help, heal and guide. This is the highest sadhana

(spiritual discipline).

 

We must make an attempt to purify and ennoble the thoughts that come to our

mind. When thoughts come surging to your mind, you should spend at least a few

minutes enquiring whether such thoughts are good or?bad, and whether they are

for the good of your country, and whether they are going to be helpful or not to

the community around you...If they are bad thoughts, you must immediately put

them aside; and if they are good, you must make an attempt to promote them. When

a thorny plant is seen, it is removed the moment it is recognized as a thorny

plant; but when a good fruit tree comes up, we try to take care of it and

promote its growth. In the same manner, in the field of your heart, as soon as

bad ideas sprout, you must pull them out and throw them away. As the seeds grow

into a big tree, man also must try to grow and become Madhava (God) ultimately.

For both these paths, our own qualities have the basic responsibility. Whether

in lifeless matter or in living matter, the promotion of good qualities will

depend on the way in which you promote and nurture those qualities.

 

- Baba