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SIVANANDA - THOUGHT POWER: Master Your Mind - Guide to Mental & Spiritual Transformation - Sri Swami Sivananda · THE SECRET LAW OF ATTRACTION: Manifest Wealth, Success & Abundance

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Speaker 1: Thought Power by Sri Swami Sivanandah, Chapter one, Thought Power,
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its physics and its philosophy. Thought excels light in speed.
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While light travels at the rate of one hundred and
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eighty six thousand miles per second, thoughts virtually travel in
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no time. Thought is finer than ether, the medium of electricity.
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In broadcasting, a singer sings beautiful songs at Calcutta, you
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can hear them nicely through the radio set in your
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own house. At Delhi, all messages are received through the
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wireless Even so your mind is like a wireless machine.
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A saint with peace, poise, harmony, and spiritual waves sends
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out into the world thoughts of harmony and peace. They
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travel with lightning speed in all directions and enter the
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minds of persons and produce in them also similar thoughts
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of harmony and peace. Whereas a worldly man whose mind
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is full of jealousy, revenge, and hatred sends out discordant thoughts,
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which enter the minds of thousands and stir in them
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similar thoughts of hatred and discord the medium through which
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thoughts travel. If we throw a piece of stone in
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a tank or a pool of water, it will produce
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a succession of concentric waves traveling all around from the
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affected place. The light of a candle will similarly give
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rise to waves of ethereal vibrations traveling in all directions
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from the candle. In the same manner, when a thought,
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whether good or evil, crosses the mind of a person,
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it gives rise to vibrations in the monis or mental atmosphere,
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which travel far and wide in all directions. What is
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the possible medium through which thoughts can travel from one
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mind to another? The best possible explanation is that manus
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or mind substance fills all space like ether, and it
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serves as the vehicle for thoughts. As prana is the
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vehicle for feeling, as ether is the vehicle for heat,
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light and electricity, and as air is the vehicle for sound.
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The ether of space regis's thoughts. You can move the
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world through thought force. Thought has great power. It can
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be transmitted from one man to another man. The powerful
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thoughts of great sages and wishies of Europe are still
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recorded in the Acasa ether Acasic records. Yogans who have
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clairvoyant vision can perceive those thought images. They can read them.
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You are surrounded by an ocean of thought. You are
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floating in the ocean of thought. You are absorbing certain
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thoughts and repelling some. In the thought world, everyone has
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his own thought world. Thoughts are living things. Thoughts are
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living things. A thought is as much solid as a
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piece of stone. We may cease to be, but our
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thoughts can never die. Every change in thought is accompanied
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by vibration of its matter. Mental thought, as force, needs
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a special kind of subtle matter in its working. The
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stronger the thing thoughts, the earlier the fructification. Thought is
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focused and given a particular direction. And in the degree
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that thought is thus focused and given direction, it is
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effective in the work it is sent out to accomplish.
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Thoughts are finer forces. Thought is a finer force. This
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is supplied to us by food. If you read Candoggio Upanishad,
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the dialogue between Adulaka and Sperdikito, you will understand this
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point well. If the food is pure, thought also becomes pure.
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He who has pure thoughts speaks very powerfully and produces
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deep impression on the minds of the hearers. By his speech,
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he influences thousands of persons through his pure thoughts. A
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pure thought is sharper than the edge of a razor.
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Entertain always pure, sublime thoughts. Thought culture is an exact science.
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Thoughts as wireless messages. Those who harbor thoughts of hatred, jealousy, revenge,
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and malice are verily very dangerous persons. They cause unrest
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and ill will amongst men. Their thoughts and feelings are
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like wireless messages broadcast in ether and are received by
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those whose minds respond to such vibrations. Thought moves with
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tremendous velocity. Those who entertain sublime and pious thoughts help
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others who are in their vicinity and at a distance. Also,
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thoughts are tremendous powers. Thought has got tremendous power. Thought
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can heal diseases. Thoughts can transform the mentality of persons.
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Thought can do anything. It can work wonders. The velocity
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of thought is unimaginable. Thought is a dynamic force. It
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is caused by the vibrations of psychic energy on the
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mental substance. It is a force like gravitation, cohesion or repulsion.
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Thought travels or moves, thought waves and thought transference. What
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is this world? After all? It is nothing but the
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materialization of the thought forms of golden womb or God.
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You have got waves of heat and light and electricity.
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In science, there are also thought waves. In yoga, thought
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has tremendous power. Everybody is experiencing the power of thought
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unconsciously to a greater or lesser degree. Great Yogans like Shnanidev,
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Bartri Hari and Patanjuli used to send and receive messages
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to and from distant persons through mind telepathy, mental radio
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and thought transference. Telepathy was the first wireless telegraph and
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telephone service ever known to the world. Just as you
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take physical exercises play games such as tennis and cricket,
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in order to maintain physical health, you will have to
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maintain mental health by radiating the right thought waves, by
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taking pure food, mental recreation of an innocent and harmless nature,
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change of mood, relaxation of mind by anything good, ennobling
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in sublime thoughts, and by cultivating the habit of cheerfulness
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marvels of thought vibrations. Every thought that you send out
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is a vibration which never perishes. It goes on vibrating
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every particle of the universe. And if your thoughts are noble,
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wholly and forcible, they set in vibration every sympathetic mind. Unconsciously,
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all people who are like you take the thought you
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have projected, and in accordance with the capacity that they have,
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they send out similar thoughts. The result is that, without
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your knowledge of the consequences of your own work, you
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will be setting in motion great forces which will work
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together and put down the lowly and mean thoughts generated
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by the selfish and the wicked diversity of thought vibrations.
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Every man has his own mental world, his own mode
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of thinking, his own ways of understanding things, and his
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own ways of acting. Just as the face and voice
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of every man differ from those of another man, the
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mode of thinking and understanding also differs. That is the
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reason why misunderstanding easily occurs between friends. One is not
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able to understand rightly the views of another. Hence friction, rupture,
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and quarrel occur within a minute. Even amongst fast friends,
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the friendship does not last long. One should be in
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tune with the mental vibrations or thought vibrations of another.
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Then only can one easily understand another. Lustful thoughts, thoughts
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of hatred, jealousy, and selfishness produce distorted images in the
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mind and cause clouding of understanding, perversion of intellect, loss
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of memory, and confusion in the mind, conservation of thought energy.
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In physics you have the term power of orientation. Though
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the mass of energy is there, the current will not flow.
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It must be connected to the magnet, and then the
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electric current will flow through the power of orientation. Even so,
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the mental energy, which is disated and misdirected in various
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worthless worldly thoughts, should be well directed in proper spiritual channels.
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Do not store in your brain useless information. Learn to
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unmind the mind. Unlearn whatever has been of no use
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to you. Then only can you fill your mind with
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divine thoughts. You will gain new mental strength as the
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dissipated mental rays are collected. Now the cell theory and
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the thoughts. A cell is a mass of protoplasm with
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a nucleus. It is endowed with intelligence. Some cells secrete,
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while some cells excrete. The cells of the testes secrete seamen,
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The cells of the kidneys excrete urine. Some cells act
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the part of a soldier. They defend the body from
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the inroads or attacks of foreign poisonous matter and germs.
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They digest and throw them out. Some cells carry food,
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materials to the tissues and organs. The cells perform their
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works without your conscious volition. Their activities are controlled by
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the sympathetic nervous system. They are in direct communion with
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the mind. In the brain, every impulse of the mind,
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every thought, is conveyed to the cells. They are greatly
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influenced by the varying conditions or states of the mind.
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If there are confusion, depression, and other negative emotions and
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thoughts in the mind, they are telegraphically transmitted through the
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nerves to every cell in the body. The soldier cells
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become panic stricken, They are weakened. They are not able
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to perform their function properly. They become inefficient. Some people
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are extremely body conscious and possess no idea of the self.
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They live irregular in disciplined lives and fill their stomachs
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with sweets, pastries, and so on. There is no rest
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for the digestive and the eliminating organs. They suffer from
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physical weakness and diseases. The the atoms, molecules and cells
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in their bodies produced discordant or inharmonious vibrations. They have
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no hope, confidence, faith, serenity, and cheerfulness. They are unhappy.
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The life force is not operating properly. Their vitality is
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at a low ebb. Their mind is filled with fear, despair, worry,
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and anxiety. Primal thought and modern science, thought is the
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greatest force on earth. Thought is the most powerful weapon
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in the armour of a yogi. Constructive thought transforms, renews,
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and builds. The far reaching possibilities of this force were
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most accurately developed to perfection by the ancients and put
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to the highest possible use. For thought is the primal
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force at the origin and back of all creation. The
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genesis of the entire phenomenal creation is given as a
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single thought that arose in the cosmic mind. The world
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is the primal idea made menant manifest. This first thought
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became manifest as a vibration issuing from the eternal stillness
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of the divine essence. This is the reference in classic
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terminology to the eka desire of the golden womb cosmic
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soul that originates as a spandana, or vibration. This vibration
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is nothing like the rapid oscillation to and fro of
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physical particles, but is something infinitely subtle, so subtle as
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to be even inconceivable to the normal mind. But this
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has made it clear that all forces are ultimately resolvable
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into a state of pure vibration. Modern science also has
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newly arrived at this conclusion after its prolonged researches in
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external physical nature. Radium and the rare yogi radium is
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a rare commodity. Yogans who have controlled their thoughts are
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also very rare in this world. Like radium. Just as
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sweet perfume continuously emanates from an incense stick, so also
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divine perfume and divine effulgence, Magnetic brahmic aura radiate from
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a yogi who has controlled his thoughts and who is
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constantly dwelling on brahmin or the infinite. The effulgence and
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perfume of his face is Brahma arches the divine aura.
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When you hold in your hand a bouquet made of
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jasmine rose and champaka flowers, the sweet perfume pervades the
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whole hall and tickles all alike. Even so, the perfume,
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more fame and reputation of a yogi who has controlled
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his thoughts spreads far and wide. He becomes a cosmic
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force thought its weight, size, and shape. Every thought has
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got weight, shape, size, form, color, quality, and power. A
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yogi can see all these thoughts directly with his inner
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yogic eye. Thoughts are like things. Just as you hand
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over an orange to your friend and take it back,
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so also you can give a useful, powerful thought to
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your friend and also take it back. Thought is a
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great force. It moves a creates. You can work wonders
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with the power of thought. You must know the right
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technique of handling and manipulating a thought, thought, its form,
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its name, and color. Suppose your mind is rendered perfectly, calm,
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entirely without thoughts. Nevertheless, as soon as thought begins to rise,
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it will immediately take name and form. Every thought has
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a certain name and a certain form. Thus you find
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that every idea that man has or can have, must
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be connected with a certain word as its counterpart. Form
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is the grosser and name the finer state of a
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single manifesting power called thought. But these three are one
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wherever there is one, the other two also are there.
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Wherever name is, there are form and thought. A spiritual
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thought has yellow color. A thought charged with anger and
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hatred is of a dark red color. A selfish thought
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has a brown color, and so on. Thought, its power, workings,
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and uses. Thought is a vital, living, dynamic power, the
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most vital, subtle, and irresistible force existing in the universe.
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Through the instrumentality of thought, you acquire creative power. Thought
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passes from one man to another. It influences people. A
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man of powerful thought can influence readily people of weak thoughts.
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There are nowadays numerous books on thought, culture, thought, power,
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thought dynamics. A study of them will give you a
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comprehensive understanding of thought, its power, its workings, and usefulness.
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We live in a boundless world of thoughts. Thought alone
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is the whole world. The great pains, the old age, death,
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and the great sin earth, water, fire, air, ether. Thought
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binds a man. He who has controlled his thoughts is
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a veritable god on this earth. You live in a
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world of thoughts. First is thought. Then there is the
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expression of that thought through the organ of speech. Thought
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and language are intimately connected. Thoughts of anger, bitterness, and
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malice injure others. If the mind, which is the cause
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of all thoughts, vanishes, the external objects will disappear. Thoughts
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are things sound, touch, form, taste, and odor. The five sheaths,
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the waking the dreaming and deep sleep states. All these
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are the products of mind. Intention, thoughts, passion, anger, bondage.
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Time know them to be the result of mind. Mind
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is the king of the senses. Thought is the root
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of all mental process. The thoughts that we perceive all
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round us are only the mind in form or substance.
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Thought creates, thought destroys. Bitterness and sweetness do not lie
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in the objects, but they are in the mind, in
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the subject. In thinking. They are creep by thought through
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the play of the mind. For thought upon objects, proximity
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appears to be a great distance, and vice versa. All
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objects in this world are unconnected. They are connected and
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associated together only by thought, by the imagination of your mind.
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It is the mind that gives color, shape qualities to
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the objects. Mind assumes the shape of any object that
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intensely thinks upon. Friend and enemy, Virtue and vice are
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in the mind. Only. Every man creates a world of
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good and evil, pleasure and pain out of his own imagination.
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Only good and evil, pleasure and pain do not proceed
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from objects. These belong to the attitude of your mind.
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There is nothing good nor pleasant in this world. Your
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imagination makes it so. Thoughts electricity and philosophy. Thoughts are
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giant powers. They are more powerful than electricity. They control
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your life, mold your character, and shape your destiny. Mark
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how one thought expands into many thoughts within a short time.
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Suppose you get an idea to set up a tea
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party for your friends. The one thought of tea invites
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instantaneously the thoughts of sugar, milk, tea cups, tables, chairs, tablecloth, napkins, spoons, cakes, biscuits,
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et cetera. So this world is nothing but the expansion
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of thoughts. The expansion of thoughts of the mind towards
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the objects is bondage, and the renunciation of thoughts is liberation.
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You must be very watchful in nipping the thoughts in
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the bud. Only then will you be really happy. Mind
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tricks and plays. You must understand its nature, ways and habits.
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Then only can you control it very easily. The world's
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most extraordinary book of practical philosophical idealism of India is Yogovasishta.
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The gist of this work is this, the nondual Brahman
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or the immortal soul alone exists. This universe as universe
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is not knowledge of the self alone. Will free one
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from this round of births and deaths. Extinction of thoughts
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and mental impressions is mokshall liberation. Expansion of mind alone
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is intention, intention or thought, through its power of differentiation,
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generates this universe. This world is a play of the mind.
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This world does not exist in the three periods of time.
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Extinction of intentions and thoughts is liberation. Annihilate this little
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high mental impressions, intentions, thoughts, meditate on the self and
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become a liberated javan makta. Outer world pre exists in
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the thoughts. Every thought has an image. A table is
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a mental image plus some external thing. Whatever you see
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outside has its counterpart in the mind. The pupil is
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a small round thing in the eye. Retina is a
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small structure. How is it that the image of a
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big mountain seen through a small aperture or structure cast
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on the mind. This is a marvel of marvels. The
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image of a mountain already exists in the mind. The
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mind is like a vast sheet of canvas that contains
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all the pictures of the objects seen outside world. A
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projection of thought, careful reflection will show that the entire
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universe is in reality, the projection of the human mind
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Manometram Jugget. Purification and control of the mind is the
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central aim of all yogas. Mind in itself is but
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a record of impressions that keep expressing ceaselessly as impulses
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and thoughts. The mind is what it does. Thought impels
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you to action. Activity creates fresh impressions in the mind. Stuff.
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Yoga strikes at the very root of this vicious circle
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by a method of a efectively inhibiting the functions of
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the mind. Yoga checks, controls, and stops the root function
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of the mind, i e. Thought. When thought is transcended, intuition,
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functions and self knowledge supervenes. Thought has the potency of
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creating or undoing the world. In the twinkling of an eye,
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mind creates the world according to its own intention or thought.
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It is the mind that creates this universe through the
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play of the mind. An aon is reckoned by it
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as a moment, and vice versa, like a dream, generating
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another dream in it. The mind, having no visible form,
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generates existent visibles, thoughts, world and the timeless reality. It
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is the mind that is the root cause of the
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tree of some Sara cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
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with its thousands of shoots, branches, tender leaves, and fruits.
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If you annihilate thoughts, you can destroy the tree of
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some sara cycle at once. Destroy the thoughts as soon
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as they arrive. The root will dry up through the
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annihilation of thoughts, and the tree of some sorrow cycle
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will wither soon. This demands considerable patience and perseverance. You
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will be bathed in the ocean of bliss when all
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thoughts are extirpated. This state is indescribable. You will have
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to feel it yourself. Just as the fire is absorbed
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into its source when the fuel is burnt out, so
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also the mind is absorbed into its source, the yatman.
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When all intentions or thoughts are annihilated, then one attains
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absolute liberation, the experience of the timeless reality, the state
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of absolute independence. Chapter two. Thought power, its laws, and
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its dynamics. Thought the architect of destiny. If the mind
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dwells continually upon one train of thought, a groove is
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formed into which the thought force runs automatically. And such
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a habit of thought survives death, and, since it belongs
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to the ego, is carried over to the subsequent earth
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life as a thought, tendency, and capacity. Every thought, it
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must be remembered, has got its own mental image. The
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essence of the various mental images formed in one particular
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physical life is being worked out in the mental plane.
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It constitutes the basis for the next physical life. Just
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as a new physical body is formed in every berth,
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so also a new mind and a new body are
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formed in every birth. Not easy is the act of
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explaining the detailed workings of thought and destiny. Every karma
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produces twofold effect, one on the individual mind and the
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other on the world. Man makes the circumstances of his
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future life by the effect of his actions upon others.
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Every action has a past which leads up to it.
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Every action has a future which proceeds from it. An
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action implies a desire which prompted it, and a thought
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which shaped it. Each thought is a link in an
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endless chain of causes and effects, each effect becoming a cause,
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and each cause having been an effect. And each link
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in the endless chain is welded out of three components, desire, thought,
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and activity. A desire stimulates a thought. A thought embodies
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itself as an act. Act constitutes the web of destiny.
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Selfish coveting of the possessions of others, though never carried
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out into active cheating in the present, makes one a
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thief in a later earth life. While hatred and revenge
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secretly cherished are the seeds from which the murderer springs.
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So again, unselfish loving yields as harvests the philanthropist and
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the saint, and every thought of compassion helps to build
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the tender and pitiful nature which belongs to one who
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is a friend to all creatures. Sage Vasishtat asks Rama
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to do puroshartha the four goals of a human life, wealth, pleasure, righteousness, liberation,
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or show the prowess of self exertion. Do not yield
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to fatalism. It will induce inertia and laziness. Recognize the
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great powers of thought. Exert by right thinking, make for
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yourself a great destiny. Parabda is Purushartha of last birth.
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You sow an action and reap a habit. A habit's
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sown results in character. You sow a character and reap
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a destiny. Man is the master of his own destiny.
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You yourself make, by the power of your thought, your destiny.
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You can undo it if you like. All faculties, energies,
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and powers are latent in you, unfold them and become
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free and great. Thoughts chisel your countenance. Your face is
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like a gramophone record or plait. Whatever you think is
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at once written on your face. Every vicious thought serves
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as a chisel or needle to write down the thoughts
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on your countenance. Your faces are covered with the scars
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and wounds which are made by the vicious thoughts of hatred, anger, lust,
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jealous revenge, et cetera. From the nature of the scar
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on your face, we can at once read your state
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of mind. We can at once diagnose the disease of
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your mind. He who thinks that he can hide his
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thoughts is a dunce of the first water. His position
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is like that of the ostrich, which, when chased by
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the hunters, hides its head underneath the sand and imagines
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that it cannot be seen by anyone. Face is the
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index of the mind. Face is the mold of the mind.
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Every thought cuts a groove in the face. A divine
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thought brightens the face, an evil thought darkens the face.
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Continued divine thoughts increase the aura or halo. Continued evil
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thoughts increase the depth of dark impressions, just as the
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continued striking of a vessel against the edge of a
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well while drawing water makes deeper and deeper hollow on
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the vessel. The facial expression truly advertises the inner state
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of the mind or the true contents of them. The
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face is like an advertisement board, wherein is advertised what
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is going inside the mind. Your thoughts, sentiments, modes, and
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emotions produce their strong impressions on the face. In your face,
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you can hardly hide your thoughts. You may wrongly think
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that you have kept up your thoughts in secret. The
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thoughts of lust, greed, jealousy, anger, revenge, hatred, et cetera,
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at once produce their deep impressions on your face. The
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face is a faithful recorder and a sensitive registering apparatus
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to register and record all the thoughts that are in
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your mind. The face is a polished mirror to indicate
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the nature of the mind and its contents at a
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particular time. Thoughts feature the physical expressions. Mind is the
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subtle form of this physical body. The physical body is
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the outward manifestation of the thoughts. So when the mind
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is wrought, the body is wrought too. As a man
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of rough appearance generally cannot invoke love and mercy of others,
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so a rough minded man cannot invoke love and mercy
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of anybody. Mind very conspicuously reflects on the face its
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various states which a man of intelligence can very easily read.
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The body follows the mind. If the mind thinks of
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falling from a height, the body prepares itself immediately and
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shows external signs fear, anxiety, grief, cheerfulness, hilarity, anger, all
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produce their various impressions on the face. Your eyes betray
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your thoughts. The eyes, which represent the windows of the soul,
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bespeak of the condition and state of the mind. There
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is a telegraphic instrument in the eyes to transmit the
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messages or thoughts of treachery, depression, gloom, hatred, cheerfulness, peace, harmony, health, power, strength,
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and beauty. If you have the faculty to read the
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eyes of others, you can read the mind at once.
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You can read the uppermost thought where dominant thought of
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a man, if you are careful to mark the signs
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in his face, conversation, and behavior. It needs a little pluck, acumen, training, intelligence,
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and experience. Negative thoughts poison life. Thoughts of worry and
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thoughts of fear are fearful forces within us. They poison
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the very sources of life and destroy the harmony, the
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running efficiency, the vitality, and vigor, while the opposite thoughts
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of cheerfulness, joy and courage heal, soothe instead of irritating,
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and immensely augment efficiency. In multiply, the mental powers be
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always cheerful, smile, laugh. Psychophysical imbalances. Thought exerts its influence
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over the body. Grief in the mind weakens the body.
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Body influences the mind. Also in its turn, a healthy
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body makes the mind healthy. If the body is sick,
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the mind also becomes sick. If the body is strong
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and healthy, the mind also becomes healthy and strong. Violent
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fits of hot temper do serious damage to the brain.
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Cells throw poisonous chemical products into the blood, produce general
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shock and depression, and suppress the secretion of gastric juice.
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Bile and other digestive juices in the alimentary canal drain
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away your energy vitality, induce premature old age, and shorten life.
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When you are angry, the mind becomes disturbed. Similarly, when
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the mind is disturbed, the body also becomes disturbed. The
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whole nervous system is agitated. You become enervated. Control anger
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by love. Anger is a powerful energy that is uncontrollable
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by practical via a haaric boody, but controllable by pure
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reason or vivicavicra. The discrimination between real and unreal the
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creative powers of thought. Thought creates the world. Thought brings
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things into existence. Thoughts develop the desires and excite the passions.
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So the contrary thoughts of killing the desires and passions
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will counteract the former idea of satisfying the desires. So
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when a person is impressed with this, a contrary thought
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will help him to destroy his desires and passions. Think
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of a person as a good friend of yours, and
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there the thing is created as a reality. Think of
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him as your foe. Then, also the mind perfects the
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thought into an actuality. He who knows the workings of
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the mind and has controlled it by practice is really happy.
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Similar thoughts attract each other in the thought world. Also,
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the great law like attracts like operates. People of similar
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thoughts are attracted towards each other. That is the reason
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why the maxims run as follows, birds of the same
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feather flock together. A man is known by the color
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company he keeps. A doctor is drawn towards a doctor.
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A poet has attraction for another poet. A songster loves
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another songster. A philosopher likes another philosopher. A vagabond likes
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a vagabond. The mind has got a drawing power. You
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are continually attracting towards you from both the scene and
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the unseen sides of life forces thoughts, influences, and conditions
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most akin to those of your own thoughts, and lines.
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In the realm of thought, people of similar thoughts are
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attracted to one another. This universal law is continually operating,
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whether we are conscious of it or not. Carry any
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kind of thought you please about with you, and so
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long as you retain it, no matter how you roam
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over the land or see, you will unceasingly attract to yourself,
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knowingly or inadvertently, exactly and only what corresponds to your
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own dominant quality of thought. Thoughts are your private property,
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and you can regulate them to suit your taste entirely
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by steadily recognizing your ability to do so. You have
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entirely in your own hands to determine the order of
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thought you entertain, and consequently the order of influence you attract.
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And are not mere willowy creatures of circumstances, unless indeed,
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you choose to be Spanish flu and the contagion of thoughts.
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Mental actions are real actions. Thought is the real action.
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It is a dynamic force. It may be remembered. Thought
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is very contagious, nay more contagious than the Spanish flu.
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A sympathetic thought in you raises a sympathetic thought in
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others with whom you come in contact. A thought of
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anger produces a similar vibration in those who surround an
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angry man. It leaves the brain of one man and
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enters the brains of others who live at a long distance,
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and excites them. A cheerful thought in you produces cheerful
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thoughts in others. You are filled with joy and intense
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delight when you see a batch of hilarious children playing
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mirthfully and dancing in joy. A thought of joy in
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us creates, sympathetically a thought of joy in others. So
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do sublime elevating thoughts. Keep a good and honest man
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in the company of a thief he will begin to steal.
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Keep a sober man in the company of a drunkard,
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he will begin to drink. Thought is very contagious the
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application of a psychological law. Keep the heart young. Do
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not think I have become old. To think I have
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become old is a bad habit. Do not entertain this
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thought at sixty. Think I am sixteen. As you think,
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so you become. This is a great psychological law. As
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a man thinks, so he becometh This is a great
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truth or truism. Think I am strong strong, you become
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think I am weak. Weak. You bed come. Think I
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am a fool. Fool you become. Think I am a
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sage or God. Sage or God. You become. Thought alone
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shapes and molds a man. Man lives always in a
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world of thoughts. Every man has his own thought world,
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imagination works wonders. Thought has tremendous force. Thought, as already said,
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is a solid thing. Your present is the result of
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your past thoughts, and your future will be according to
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your present thoughts. If you think rightly, you will speak
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rightly and act rightly. Speech and action simply follow the thoughts.
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Understand the laws of thought. Every man should have a
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comprehensive understanding of the laws of thought and their operations.
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Then alone can one live in this world smoothly and happily.
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He can utilize the helping forces to serve his ends
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in the best possible manner. He can neutralize the hostile
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forces or antagonistic currents. Just as the fish swims against
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the current, so also he will be able to go
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against the hostile currents by adjusting himself properly and safeguarding
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through suitable precautionary methods. Otherwise he becomes a slave. He
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is tossed about hither and thither helplessly by various currents.
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He is drifted like a wooden plank in a river.
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He is very miserable and unhappy always, although he is
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wealthy and possesses everything. The captain of a steamer who
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has mariner's compass, who has knowledge of the sea, the routes,
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and the oceanic currents, can sail smoothly. Otherwise his steamer
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will be drifted here and there helplessly and wrecked by
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dashing against some icebergs or rocks. Likewise, a wise sailor
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in the ocean of this life, who has a detailed
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knowledge of the laws of thought and nature can sail
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smoothly and reach the goal of his life positively. Understanding
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the laws of thought, you can mold or shape your
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character in any way you like. The common saying, as
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a man thinks, so he becometh is one of the
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great laws of thought. Think you are pure, pure, you
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will become. Think you are noble. Noble you will become
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become an embodiment of good nature. Think good of all,
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do always good actions, serve love, give, make others happy.
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Live to serve others. Then you will reap happiness. You
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will get favorable circumstances or opportunities and environments. If you
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hurt others, if you do scandal mongering, mischief mongering, backbiting,
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tail bearing, if you exploit others, if you acquire the
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property of others by foul means, if you do any
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action that can give pain to others, you will reap pain.
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You will get unfavorable circumstances or opportunities and environments. This
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is the law of thought and nature. Just as you
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can build your good or bad character by sol BlimE,
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or base thinking, so also you can shape your favorable
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or unfavorable circumstances by doing good or bad actions. A
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man of discrimination is always careful, vigilant, and circumspect. He
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always watches carefully his thoughts. He introspects. He knows what
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is going on in his mental factory, what mental fluctuation
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or thought wave is prevailing at a particular time. He
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never allows any evil thought to enter the gates of
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his mental factory. He at once nips them in the
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bud by his good thinking. By watching the nature of
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his thoughts, by introspection, by active noble thinking, the man
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of discrimination builds his noble character, forms his high destiny.
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He is careful in his speeches. He speaks little. He
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speaks sweet, loving words. He never utters any kind of
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harsh words that can affect the feelings of others. He
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develops patience, mercy, and universal love. He tries to speak truth.
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Thus he puts a check on the vacandreya and the
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impulses of speech. He uses measured words, he writes measured lines.
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This produces deeply profound and favorable impression on the minds
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of the people. He practices non violence and brahmacharias celibacy
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in thought, word and deed. He practices purity and straightforwardness.
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He tries to keep up balance of mind and to
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be always cheerful. He keeps up sidababah, the pure state.
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He tries these three kinds of tapas physical, verbal, and mental,
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and controls his actions. He cannot think any evil, he
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cannot do any evil action. He prepares himself to get
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always favorable circumstances. He who spreads happiness will always get
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such favorable circumstances as can bring him happiness. He who
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spreads pain to others will doubtless get ours. According to
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the law of thought, such unfavorable circumstances as can bring
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him misery in pain. Therefore, man creates his own character
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and circumstances by the manner of his own thinking. Bad
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character can be transmuted into good one by good thoughts,
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and unfavorable circumstances can be changed into favorable circumstances by
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doing good actions. The laws implied in higher thoughts. As
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you think, so you become. As are your thoughts, so
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must be your life. Improve your thinking. Better thoughts bring
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better actions. Mere thinking of the objects of this world
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is pain. Bondage is caused by the very act of thought.
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Pure thought is a mightier force than electricity. The mind
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which is attracted by objects of sense tends to bondage,
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while that which is not so attracted tends to emancipation.
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Mind is a dacoit. Slay this mind, dacoit, you will
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be hap and free forever. Manifest all your strength in
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the task of conquering your mind. This is true manliness.
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Self denial is a means to the purification and refinement
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of mind. Purify and still the thoughts. The layers of
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ignorance covering knowledge will not be removed without a calm mind.
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The subtle part of food forms the mind. Mind is
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manufactured out of food. The subtle part of food is
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transformed into mind. Food does not mean merely what we eat,
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but what we gather through all our senses. Learn to
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see God everywhere. This is real food for the eye.
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Purity of thought depends upon purity of food. You can
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see better, hear better, taste better, think better when you
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entertain sublime divine thoughts. Look at an object through a
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green or red glass. The object appears green or red.
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Even so, the objects are color by the desires through
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the mirror mind. All mental states are transitory. They produce
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pain and sorrow, have freedom of thought. Free yourself from
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the slavery of prejudice that blunts intellect and dulls thoughts.
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Think of the immortal oughtman real self. This is the
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right method of direct original thinking. The Otman reveals itself
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after the purification of thoughts. When the mind is serene,
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without any want, without any motive, without any craving or desire,
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or thought, without any compulsion, without hope, then the supreme
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Ottman shines. There is the experience of bliss lie, the
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way in which saints live. This is the only way
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to victory over thoughts, mind and the lower self. And
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until you have conquered mind, there can be no sure
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and permanent victory. Thought a boomerang. Be careful of your thoughts.
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Whatever you send out of your mind comes back to you.
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Every thought you think is a boomerang. If you hate another,
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hate will come back to you. If you love others,
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love will come back to you. An evil thought is
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thrice cursed. First, it harms the thinker by doing injury
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to his mental body. Secondly, it harms the person who
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is its object. Lastly, it harms all mankind by vitiating
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the whole mental atmosphere. Every evil thought is as a
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sword drawn on the person to whom it is directed.
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If you entertain thoughts of hatred, you are really a
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murderer of that man against whom you foster thoughts of hatred.
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You are your own suicide, because these thoughts were bound
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upon you. Only. A mind tenanted by evil thoughts acts
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as a magnet to attract like thoughts from others, and
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thus intensifies the original evil. Evil thoughts thrown into the
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mental atmosphere poison receptive minds. To dwell on an evil
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thought gradually deprives it of its repulsiveness and in compels
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the thinker to perform an action which embodies it. Thoughts
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and the waves of the sea thoughts are like the
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waves of an ocean. They are countless. You may become
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desperate in the beginning of your attempt to conquer them.
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Some thoughts will subside, while some other thoughts will gush
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out like a stream. The same old thoughts that were
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once suppressed may again show their faces after some time.
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Never become despondent. At any stage of practice. You will
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surely get inner spiritual strength. You are bound to succeed
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in the end. All the yogins of your hat to
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encounter the same difficulties that you are experiencing now. The
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process of destruction of mental modifications is difficult and long.
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All thoughts cannot be destroyed in a day or two.
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You should not give up the practice of destroying the
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thoughts in the middle. When you come across some difficulties
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or stumbling blocks, your first attempt should be to reduce
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your wants desires. Reduce your wants and desires, then the
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thoughts will decrease by themselves. Gradually, all thoughts will be
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extirpated color and influence of saintly thoughts. The Buddha declared
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all that we are is made up of our thoughts.
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It is our thoughts that cause the round of births,
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so we should always strive to purify our thoughts. When
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we go and sit near a sage, we feel a
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unique calmness. But if we are in the company of
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a bad and selfish person we feel uneasy. It is
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because the vibrations of peace and calmness emanate from the
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aura of the sage, whereas from the aura of the
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selfish person emanate vibrations of evil and selfish thoughts. The
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second effect of thought is the creation of a definite form.
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The quality and the nature of a thought determine the
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color and the clearness of that thought form. A thought
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form is a living entity, and it has a strong
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tendency to carry out the intention of the thinker. Blue
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thought forms denote devotion. The thought form of self renunciation
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is of the loveliest pale azure, with a white light
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shining through it. Thought forms of selfishness, pride, and anger
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are of gray, brown, orange, and red color, respectively. We
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are always surrounded by these thought forms, and our minds
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are seriously affected by them. Not one fourth of our
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thoughts are our own, but are simply picked up from
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the atmosphere. Mostly they are of evil nature, so we
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should always utter God's name mentally. It will always protect
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us from their evil influence. Aura and dynamics of a
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developed mind, particularly around minds of highly developed thought power,
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we sense the manifest phenomenon of a powerful aura. The
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palpable influence of a highly developed mind over a less
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developed mind needs to be specially marked. It is not
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possible to provide a description of what it is like
45:58
to be in the presence of a master or a
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developed adept, to sit in his presence, though he hardly
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speaks a word, is to feel a thrilling sensation and
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discover the impacts of new inspirations that it wields on
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our minds. Mind carries aura, mental aura, or psychic aura.
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The Sanskrit term for aura is tageous. It is brilliance
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or halo that emanates from the phenomenon of mind. In
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those who have sought the full development of their minds,
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we find it extremely effulgent. It is capacitated to travel
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long distances and effect in the most beneficial manner a
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large number of persons who are privileged to come under
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its influence. It must be noted that the spiritual aura
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is far more powerful than either psychic or pranic or
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mental aura. Dynamics of thoughts and moods. People of gloomy
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moods attract to themselves gloomy things and gloomy thoughts from
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others and from the acacic records in the physical ether.
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Persons with hope, confidence, and cheerful spirits attract thoughts of
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similar nature from others. They are always successful in their attempts.
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People with negative moods of depression, anger, and hatred do
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positive injury to others. They infect others and raise these
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destructive mental fluctuations in others. They are culpable. They do
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great damage. In the thought world. People with happy and
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cheerful moods are a blessing to society. They bring happiness
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to others. Just as a young beautiful lady covers her
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face and does not like to come out to mix
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with others in society when she has a nasty, festering
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sore on her cheeks or nose. Also, you should not
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come in public and mix with your friends and other
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people when you have a mood of depression, a mood
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of hatred or jealousy, for you will infect others with
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these moods. You will be a menace to the society.
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Thought dynamics In universal environs, thought actually leaves the brain
47:58
and hovers about. When a thought, whether good or evil,
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leaves the mind of a person, it gives rise to
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vibrations in the monas or mental atmosphere, which travel far
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and wide in all directions. It enters the brains of others. Also,
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a sage living in a Himalayan cave transmits a powerful
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thought to a corner of America. He who tries to
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purify himself in a cave, really purifies the world, helps
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the world at large. Nobody can prevent his pure thoughts
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coming out and passing on to those others that really
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want them. Just as the sun goes on continuously converting
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into vapor every drop of water that is on the
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surface of the earth, and just as all the vapor
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thus rising up gathers together in the form of clouds,
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all the thoughts that you project from your own lonely
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corner will mount up and be wafted across space, join
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similar thoughts projected by those who are like you, and
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in the end, all these holy thoughts will come down
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with tremendous force to subjugate undesirable forces. Chapter three. Value
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and uses of thought power serve others by thought vibrations.
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A true monk or sinyasin can do everything through his
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thought vibrations. A sinyasin or yogi need not become the
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president of an association or the leader of a social
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or political movement. It is a foolish and puerile idea.
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Indians have now imbibed the missionary spirit of the West
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and cry out that sinyasin should come out and take
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part in social and political activities. It is a sad mistake.
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It is not necessary that a sinyasin, a saint should
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appear on the platform to help the world, to preach
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and elevate the minds of people. Some saints preach by example.
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Their very lives are an embodiment of teaching. Their very
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sight elevates the minds of thousands. A saint is a
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living assurance for others. For God realization. Many draw inspiration
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from the site of holy saints. No one can check
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the thing thought vibrations from the saints. They are pure,
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strong thought vibrations travel a very long distance, purify the
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world and enter the minds of many thousands of persons.
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There is no doubt in this. Doctors can heal by suggestion.
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Doctors should have a thorough knowledge of the science of suggestion,
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sincere sympathetic doctors are very rare. Doctors who have no
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knowledge of suggestion do more harm than good. They kill patients,
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sometimes by unnecessarily frightening them. If there is a little
50:34
cough of an ordinary nature, the doctor says, now, my friend,
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you have got t b. You must go to Bowali
50:42
or Switzerland or Vienna. You must go in for a
50:45
course of tuberculin injection. Poor patient is frightened. There is
50:51
not at all any sign of consumption. The case is
50:54
an ordinary one. It is simple catarrh of the chest
50:58
from exposure to chills. The patient actually develops thysis by
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fright and worry, owing to the wrong destructive suggestion of
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the doctor. The doctor ought to have told him, Oh,
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it is nothing, It is simple cold. You will be
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all right by tomorrow. Take a purgative and inhale a
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little oil of eucalyptus. Adjust your diet. It is better
51:22
you fast to day. Such doctor is God himself. He
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must be adored. A doctor may say, now, well sir.
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If I say so, I will lose my practice. I
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cannot pull on in this world. This is a mistake.
51:39
Truth always gains victory. People will run to you. As
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you are sympathetic and kind. You will have a roaring practice.
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There is healing by suggestion. This is a drugless treatment.
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This is suggestive therapeutics. By good and powerful suggestion, you
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can cure any disease. You will have to learn this
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science and practice it. All doctors of homeopathic, allopathic, Aervetican
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and Nani systems should know this science. They can combine
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this system along with their own systems, they will have
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a roaring practice by this happy combination. Yogans preach by
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thought transference through their spiritual vibrations and magnetic aura. The
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unknown real yogans help the world more than the Yogans
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of the platform. Preaching from the pulpits and platforms belongs
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to men of second grade spirituality who have no knowledge
52:35
and never put to use the supernormal faculties and powers
52:38
latent in them. Great adepts and mahatmas transmit their message
52:43
through telepathy to deserving aspirants in different corners of the world.
52:47
Means of communication that are supernormal to us are quite
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normal to a Yogi. Influence others by thought. You can
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influence another man without any audible language. What is wanted
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is concentration of thought that is directed by the will.
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This is telepathy. Here is an exercise for your practice
53:08
in telepathy. Think of your friend or cousin who is
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living in a distant land. Bring a clear cut image
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of his face to your mind. If you have his photo,
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look at it and speak to it audibly. When you
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retire to bed, think of the picture with intense concentration.
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He will write to you the desired letter the following
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day or so. Try this yourself. Do not doubt you
53:33
will be quite surprised. You will get success and firm conviction.
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In the science of telepathy, Sometimes when you are writing
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something or reading a newspaper, suddenly you get a message
53:45
from some one near and dear to you. You think
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of him. Suddenly he has sent a message to you.
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He has thought of you seriously. Thought vibrations travel faster
53:57
than light or electricity. In such instances, the subconscious mind
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receives the messages or impressions and transmits the same to
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the conscious mind. Varied utility of thought power. The science
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of thought power is very interesting and subtle. This thought
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world is more real relatively than this physical universe. The
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power of thought is very great. Every thought of yours
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has a literal value to you in every possible way.
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The strength of your body, the strength of your mind,
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your success in life, and the pleasures you give to
54:31
others by your company all depend on the nature and
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quality of your thoughts. You must know thought culture and
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develop thought power. Powers of thought their value. If you
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have a comprehensive understanding of the workings of the thought
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vibrations if you know the technique of controlling the thoughts,
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If you know the method of transmitting beneficial thoughts to
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others at a distance. By forming clear cut, well defined,
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powerful thought waves, you can use this thought power a
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thousandfold more effectively. Thought works wonders. A wrong thought, binds
55:05
a right thought liberates. Therefore, think rightly and attain freedom.
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Unfold the occult powers hidden within you. By understanding and
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realizing the powers of the mind. Close your eyes, slowly concentrate.
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You can see distant objects here, distant sounds, send messages
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to any part not only of this world, but of
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the other planets as well. He'll persons thousands of miles
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off from you and move about to distant places in
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no time. Believe in the powers of the mind. Interest, attention, will, faith,
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and concentration will bring the desired fruit. Remember that mind
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is born of the otman. Through his maya or illusory power,
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thoughts accomplish many a mission. You can aid a friend
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in trouble by transmitting to him thoughts of comfort right
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from the place where you are. You can help a
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friend in search of truth by thought clear and definite
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of the truths you know, you can send into the
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mental atmosphere thoughts which will raise, purify, and inspire all
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who are sensible to them. If you send out a loving,
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helpful thought to another man, it leads your brain, goes
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directly to that man, raises a similar thought of love
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in his mind, and returns back to you with redoubled force.
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If you send out a thought of hatred to another man,
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it hurts that man and hurts you also by turning
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back to you with redoubled force. Therefore, understand the laws
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of thought. Raise only thoughts of mercy, love, and kindness
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from your mind, and be happy always. When you send
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out a useful thought to help others, it must have
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a definite positive purpose and aim. Then only it will
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bring out the desired effect. Then only that thought will
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accomplish a definite work power of thoughts that prompt. Gain
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a clear understanding of suggestions and their effects upon the mind.
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You should be careful in the use of suggestions. Never
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give wrong suggestion which will have destructive results to anybody.
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You will be doing a great harm and a disservice
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to him. Think well before you speak. Teachers and professors
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should have a thorough knowledge of the science of suggestion
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and auto suggestion. They can educate and elevate students in
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an efficient manner. In southern India, when children cry out
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in house's, parents frighten them by saying, look here, Balu,
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I render cannon. The two eyed man has come. Keep quiet,
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or I will hand you over to this man. Puchandy
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or ghost has come. And suggestions of this sort are
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very destructive. The child becomes timid. The minds of children
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are elastic, tender, and pliable. Sam Scare's mental impressions are
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indelibly impressed at this age. Changing or obliterating the mental
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impressions becomes impossible when they grow. When the child grows
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into a man, he manifests timidity. Parents should infuse courage
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into the minds of their children. They should say, here
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is a lion. See the lion in this picture, roar
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like a lion. Be courageous, see the picture of Shivaji
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ar Juna or Clive. Become chivalrous. In the West, teachers
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show the pictures of battle fields to children and say,
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look here, James, see this picture of Napoleon. Look at
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his chivalry. Won't you like to become a commander in
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chief of the army or a brigadier general. They infuse
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courage into the minds of children from their very childhood.
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When they grow, these mental impressions get strengthened by additional
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external stimuli. Practice thought transference, practice telepathy in the beginning
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from a short distance. It is better to practice at night.
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To start with, ask your friend to have the receptive
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attitude and concentration at ten o'clock. Ask him to sit
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on vachressanna or padmesana with closed eyes in a dark room.
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Try to send your message exactly at the appointed time.
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Concentrate on the thoughts that you want to send. Will strongly.
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Now the thoughts will leave your brain and enter the
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brain of your friend. There may be some mistakes in
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the beginning here and there. When you advance and practice
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and know the technique well, you will always be correct
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in sending and receiving messages. Later on you will be
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able to forward messages to different corners of the world.
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Thought waves vary in intensity and force. The sender and
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receiver should practice great and intense concentration. Then there will
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be force in sending the messages, clarity and accuracy in
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receiving the messages. Practice in the beginning telepathy from one
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room to the next room in the same house. This
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science is very pleasant and interesting. It needs patient practice.
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Brahmacharias celibacy is very essential parapsychology and subconscious thoughts. Even
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as the sacred Goangda takes its origin in Gangotri Himalayas
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and runs perennially towards Gongda Sagar, the thought currents take
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their origin from the bed of sam Scarra's mental impressions
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in the inner layers of the mind, wherein are embedded
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the visaunas or latent subtle desires and flow incessantly towards
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the objects, both in waking state and in dreaming state.
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Even a railway engine is sent to the engine shed
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for rest when its wheels become over hot, But this
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mysterious engine of mind goes on thinking without a moment's rest.
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Practice of telepathy, thought reading, hypnotism, mesmerism, and psychic healing
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clearly proves that the mind exists and that a higher
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mind can influence and subjugate the lower mind. From the
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automatic writing and the experiences of a hypnotized person, we
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can clearly infer the existence of the subconscious mind, which
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operates throughout the twenty four hours through spiritual practice, change
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the subconscious thoughts and mind and become a new being.
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Power of vigorous divine thoughts. Thought is life what you
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think that you are. Your thought creates your environment. Your
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thoughts constitute your world. If you entertain healthy thoughts, you
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can keep good health. If you hold on to sickly
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thoughts in the mind, thoughts of diseased tissues, thoughts of
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weak nerves, thoughts of improper functioning of organs of viscera,
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you can never expect good health, beauty, and harmony. Remember
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that body is a product of the mind and is
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under the control of mind. If you hold on to
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vigorous thoughts, your body too will be vigorous. Thoughts of love, peace, contentment, purity, perfection,
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divinity will make you and also others around you perfect
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and divine. Cultivate divine thoughts. Chapter four, The functions of
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thought power thoughts promote radiant health. The body is internally
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associated with the mind. Rather, the body is a counterpart
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of the mind. It is a gross, visible form of
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the subtle, invisible mind. If there is pain in the tooth,
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or in the stomach, or in the ear, the mind
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is at once affected, it ceases to think properly. It
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is agitated, disturbed, and perturbed. If there is depression in
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the mind, the body also cannot function properly. The pains
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which afflict the body are called the secondary diseases viety,
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while the mental impressions or desires that afflict the mind
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are termed mental or primary diseases Addie. Mental health is
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more important than physical health. If the mind is healthy,
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the body will necessarily be healthy. If the mind is pure,
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if your thoughts are pure, you will be free from
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all Disease is primary and secondary. Men sanat incorporisano a
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sound mind in a sound body, Thoughts develop personality. A
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sublime thought elevates the mind and expands the heart. A
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base thought excites the mind and renders the feelings morbid
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and dark. Those who have even a little control over
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their thoughts and speech will have a calm, serene, beautiful,
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charming face, a sweet voice, and their eyes will turn
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brilliant and lustrous. Thoughts affect the body. Every thought or
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emotion or word produces a strong vibration in every cell
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of the body and leaves a strong impression there. If
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you know the method of raising an opposite thought, then
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you can lead a happy, harmonious life of peace and power.
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Thought of love will at once neutralize a thought of hatred.
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A thought of courage will immediately serve as a powerful
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antidote against a thought of fear. Thought power changes destiny.
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Man shows a thought and re deeps an action. He
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sows an action and reaps a habit. He sows a
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habit and reaps a character. He sows a character and
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reaps a destiny. Man has made his own destiny. By
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his own thinking and acting, he can change his destiny.
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He is the master of his own destiny. There is
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no doubt of this. By right thinking and strong exertion,
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he can become the master of his destiny. Some ignorant
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people say karma does everything. It is all destiny. If
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I am destined by my karma to be like this
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or that, why then should I exert It is my
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destiny only. This is fatalism. This will bring inertia, stagnation,
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and misery. This is perfect misunderstanding of the laws of karma.
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This is a fallacious argument. An intelligent man will certainly
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not put such a question. You have made your own
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destiny from within, by your thoughts and actions. You have
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a free will to choose. Now you have got independence
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in action. A rogue is not an eternal rogue for
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all times. Put him in the company of a saint.
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He will change in no time. He will think and
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act now in a different way, and will change his destiny.
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He will become saintly in character. The koit Rutknaker was
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changed into sage. Vaumiki, Jagai and Madai were transformed. They
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were rogues of the first waters. You can become a
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yogi or itch nanny. Wise. You can make your destiny.
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You can make your karma in any way you like.
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Use the power of thought. Think rightly, think nobly. You
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will have only to think and to act. By right thinking,
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by right desiring, by right acting, you can become a
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sage a millionaire. You can attain the position of Indra
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or Brahma by good thought and act by good karma.
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Man is not a helpless being. He has a free
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will of his own. Thoughts cause physiological disorders. Every change
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in thought makes a vibration in your mental body, and this,
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when transmitted to the physical body, causes activity in the
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nervous matter of your brain. This activity in the nervous
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cells causes many electrical and chemical changes in them. It
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is thought activity which causes these changes. Intense passion, hatred,
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long standing, bitter jealousy, corroding anxiety, fits of hot temper
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actually destroy the cells of the body in induced diseases
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of the heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, and stomach. It is
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a point worthy to note with care that every cell
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in the body suffers or grows receives a life impulse
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or a death impulse from every thought that enters the mind.
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For you tend to grow into the image of that
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which you think about most. When the mind is turned
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to a particular thought and dwells on it, a definite
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vibration of matter is set up, and often more of
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this vibration is caused. The more does it tend to
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repeat itself, to become a habit, to become automatic. The
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body follows the mind and imitates its changes. If you
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concentrate your thought, the eyes become fixed. Thought power creates environments.
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It is often said that man is the result of
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his environmental forces. This is not true. We cannot believe
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this because the facts always prove the contrary. Many of
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the world's greatest men have been born in poverty and
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in adverse circumstances. Many who have been born in the
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slums and filthy surroundings have risen to the highest status
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in the world. They have won laurels of fame and
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distinguished themselves in politics, literature and poetry. They have become
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brilliant geniuses and beacon lights of the world. How do
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you account for this? Sree T Mutthaswamyayr, the first Indian
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High Court judge in Madras, was born in absolute poverty.
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He had to study at night under municipal lanterns. He
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had not sufficient food, He was clad in rags. He
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struggled hard and achieved greatness. He rose above the environmental
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forces by his strong will power and iron determination. In
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the West, sons of cobblers and fishermen have risen to
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very high position. Boys who did polishing of boots in
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the streets, and who were selling beer in bars and
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were cooking in hotels have become famous poets and able journalists.
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Johnson was placed in quite adverse environments. Goldsmith was passing
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rich with forty pounds a year. Sir Walter Scott was
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very poor. He had no place to live in The
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life of James Ramsay mac donald is worth mentioning. He
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was a man of great right exertion. He rose from
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poverty to power, from the field of labor to the
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status of Prime Minister of Britain. His first job was
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addressing envelopes for ten shillings a week. He was too
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poor to buy tea, so he drank water instead. His
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main meal every day for months was a threepenny beefsteak pudding.
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He was a pupil teacher. He took great interest in
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politics and science. He was a journalist. He gradually, through
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right exertion, rose to the position of a prime minister.
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Sri Sanchoricaria, the exponent of Advita philosophy, a spiritual giant
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and a brilliant genius, was born in poor, unfavorable environments
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and circumstances. There are thousand and one instances like these.
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It is quite obvious therefore, that unfavorable environments cannot annihilate
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the potential greatness and excellence of the future geniuses, and
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that one can outgrow environments by diligent application, patience, perseverance, truthfulness, honesty, integrity,
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sincerity of purpose, iron will and strong determination. Every man
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is born with his Samscerra's mental impressions. The mind is
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not a tabula rasa or a blank sheet of paper.
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It contains the impressions of thoughts and actions of the
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previous births. Sam Scerra's mental impressions are the latent potentialities.
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These good mental impressions are valuable assets for man, even
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though he is placed in unfavorable environments. These mental impressions
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give him protection from extraneous, undesirable, hostile influences. They help
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his growth and evolution. Miss not any opportunity. Avail yourself
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of all opportunities. Every opportunity is meant for your uplift
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and development. If you see a sick man lying down
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on the roadside in a helpless condition, take him on
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your shoulders or vehicle to the nearest hospital. Nurse him,
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give him hot milk or tea or coffee. Shampoo his
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legs with divine bova. Feel the all pervading, all permeating,
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interpenetrating and dwelling God in him. See Divinity in the
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glow in his eyes, in his cry, in his breath,
1:11:10
in his pulsation and motion of his lungs. God has
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given this opportunity for you to develop mercy and love,
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to purify your heart, and to remove gryna, hatred, and jealousy. Sometimes,
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if you are very timid, God will place you in
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such circumstances wherein you will be forced to exhibit courage
1:11:28
and presence of mind by risking your life. These world
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figures who have risen to eminence have utilized all opportunities
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to the best advantage. God shapes the minds of human
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beings by giving them opportunities. Remember that in your weakness
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lies the strength, because you will be always on your
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alert to safeguard yourself. Poverty has got its own virtues.
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Poverty infuses humility, strength, power of endurance, and luxury begets laziness, pride, weakness, inertia,
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and all sorts of evil habits. Do not grumble. Therefore,
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of bad environments, create your own mental world and environments.
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That man who tries to evolve or grow in adverse
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environments will be a very strong man. Indeed, nothing can
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shake him. He will be of a sterner stuff. He
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will have strong nerves. Man is certainly not a creature
1:12:24
of environments or circumstances. He can control and modify them
1:12:28
by his capacities. Character, thoughts, good actions, and right exertion.
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An intense right exertion can change the destiny. That is
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the reason why Vasishta and Bhishma have placed the right
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exertion above destiny. Therefore, dear brothers, exert conquer nature, and
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rejoice in the eternal Satchidanata Atman or the true divine Self.
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Thoughts form the physical body. The body, with its organs
1:12:57
is no other than the thought. The mind contemplating upon
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the body becomes the body itself, and then enmeshed in it,
1:13:05
is afflicted by it. This physical body is the mold,
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as it were, made by the mind for its own enjoyment,
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for its outpouring of energy, and thereby gaining different experiences
1:13:15
of this world through the five avenues or channels of knowledge,
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the five jnana andreas organs of knowledge or perception. The
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body is really our thoughts, moods, convictions, and emotions objectified
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made visible to the naked eyes. All the bodies have
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their seat in the mind. Only without water can a
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garden exist. It is the mind which transacts all business
1:13:40
and is the highest of bodies. Should this gross body
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be dissolved, the mind will assume fresh bodies to its
1:13:47
liking very quickly. Should the mind be paralyzed, then the
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body will not evince our intelligence. With the majority of mankind,
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the thought is greatly under the control of the body,
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being very little developed. They live in the physical body
1:14:03
mostly develop the the wisdom sheath, and through the wisdom
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sheath control the mind. The erroneous thought that you are
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the body is the root of all evils. Through wrong thinking,
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you identify yourself with the body. The false identification with
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the body arises, you are attached to the body. This
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is the ego. Then mind ness arises. You identify yourself
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with your wife, children, house, et cetera. It is identification
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or attachment that brings about bondage, misery, and pain. Chapter five.
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The development of thought power acquisition of thought power by
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moral purity. A man who speaks the truth and has
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moral purity has always powerful thoughts. One who has controlled
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anger by long practice has tremendous thought power. If a
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yogi whose thought is very powerful speaks one word, it
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will produce use tremendous impression on the minds of others.
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Virtues like truthfulness, earnestness, and industry are the best sources
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of mental power. Purity leads to wisdom and immortality. Purity
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is of two kinds, internal or mental and external or physical.
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Mental purity is more important. Physical purity is also needed
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with the establishment of internal mental purity. Cheerfulness of mind
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one pointed mind, conquest of the senses, and fitness for
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the realization of the self are obtained thought power by concentration.
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There is no limit to the power of human thought.
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The more concentrated the human mind is, the more power
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is brought to bear on one point. The rays of
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the mind are scattered. In the case of the worldly
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minded persons, there is dissipation of mental energy in various directions.
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For purposes of concentration, these scattered rays have to be
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gathered by the practice of concentration, and then the mind
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must be made to turn towards God. Cultivate attention. You
1:16:06
will have good concentration. A serene mind is fit for concentration.
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Keep the mind serene, be cheerful always. Then alone can
1:16:17
you concentrate. Be regular in your concentration, Sit in the
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same place at the same time. Four A m celibacy,
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prinime of breathing, reduction of wants and activities, dispassion, silence, seclusion,
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discipline of the senses, repetition of sacred mantras, control of anger,
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giving up reading novels, newspapers, and visiting cinemas are all
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aids to concentration. Too much physical exertion, too much, talking,
1:16:46
too much, eating too much, mixing with worldly persons too much, walking,
1:16:51
too much sexual indulgence are obstacles to concentration. Thought power
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by organized thinking, destroy random thinking. Take a subject and
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think of its different aspects and bearing. When you think
1:17:05
so on one subject, never allow any other thought to
1:17:08
enter the conscious mind. Withdraw the mind again to the
1:17:12
subject on hand. Take, for instance, you begin to think
1:17:16
on the life and teachings of Jagatguru Addi Sanchoricaria. Think
1:17:20
of his birthplace, his early life, his character, his personality,
1:17:25
his virtues, his teachings, his writings, his philosophy, some of
1:17:29
the important utterings of his works or slocus, the city's
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supernatural powers that he exhibited from time to time, his victory,
1:17:36
his four disciples, his four mutts, his commentary on the Gidah,
1:17:41
the Upanishads, and the Brahma Sutras. Think of these items
1:17:45
one by one in order exhaust them again and again.
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Bring the mind to the point, then take up another subject.
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By this practice, you will develop organized thinking. The mental
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image will gain intense strength and force. They will become
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clear cut and well defined. In ordinary persons, the mental
1:18:08
images are distorted and undefined. Thought power by will power,
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every sensual thought rejected, every temptation resisted, every harsh word withheld,
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every noble aspiration encouraged, helps you to develop will power
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or soul force, and takes you nearer and nearer to
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the goal with strong feeling. Repeat mentally. My will is powerful,
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pure and irresistible. I can do everything through my will.
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I have an invincible will. Will is the dynamic soul force.
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When it operates all the mental powers such as the
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power of judgment, power of memory, power of grasping, power
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of conversation, reasoning power, power of discrimination, power of reflection
1:18:51
and inference, All these come into instant play. Will is
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the king of mental powers. When rendered pure and irresistible,
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thought and will can work wonders. Will becomes impure and
1:19:03
weak through vulgar passions, love of pleasures and desires. The
1:19:08
lesser the number of desires, the stronger is the thought
1:19:11
power and the will. When sexual energy the muscular energy anger,
1:19:17
et cetera, are transmuted into the will force they are controlled.
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There is nothing impossible on earth for a man of
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strong will power. When you give up an old habit
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of drinking coffee, you have controlled to a certain extent
1:19:30
the sense of taste, destroyed one viscana desire, and have
1:19:33
eliminated the craving for it. As there is freedom from
1:19:37
the efforts to procure coffee, and also from the habit
1:19:40
of taking it, you will gain some peace. The energy
1:19:43
involved in a hankering for coffee, and which was agitating you,
1:19:47
will now be converted into the power of will. By
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this conquest over one desire, you gain will power. And
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if you conquer some fifteen such desires, your will power
1:19:57
will be fifteen times stronger and more power powerful. And
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this conquest, by imparting strength to the will, will help
1:20:05
you conquer other desires too. Unruffled state of the mind, poise, cheerfulness,
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inner strength, capacity to turn out difficult works, success in
1:20:15
all undertakings, power to influence people. A magnetic and dynamic personality,
1:20:20
magnetic aura on the face, sparkling eyes, steady gaze, powerful voice,
1:20:25
magnanimous gait, unyielding nature, fearlessness, et cetera are some of
1:20:30
the signs or symptoms that indicate that one's will is growing.
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Simple prescriptions for clear thinking. The mental images of the
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common man are generally very distorted. He does not know
1:20:42
what deep thinking is. His thoughts run riot. There is
1:20:47
a great deal of confusion in his mind. Sometimes it
1:20:51
is only thinkers, philosophers, and yogans who have well defined,
1:20:55
clear cut mental images. They can be seen through clairvoyance
1:21:00
very vividly. Those who practice concentration meditation develop strong, well
1:21:06
formed mental images. Most of your thoughts are not well grounded.
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They come and slip away. They are therefore vague and indefinite.
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The images are not clear, strong and well defined. You
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will have to reinforce them by clear, continuous and deep thinking,
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through vicorous discrimination between real and unreal rasciacination, deep reflection, meditation.
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You will have to make the thoughts settle down and
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crystallize into a definite shape. Then the philosophical idea will
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become firm. Through right thinking, reasoning, introspection, and meditation, you
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will have to clarify your ideas. Then confusion will vanish,
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The thoughts will get settled and well grounded. Think clearly,
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clarify your ideas again and again. Introspect in solitude, purify
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your thoughts to a considerable degree silence. The thoughts don't
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allow the mind to bubble. Let one thought wave rise
1:22:10
and settle down calmly, then allow another thought to enter.
1:22:15
Drive off all extraneous thoughts that have no connection with
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the subject matter you are handling at the present moment.
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Sodana's spiritual practice for deep and original thinking. Most of
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us do not know what right thinking is. Thinking is
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shallow in the vast majority of persons. Deep thinking is
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given to few. Thinkers are very few in this world.
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Deep thinking needs intense Sodna spiritual practice. It takes innumerable
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berths for the proper evolution of the mind. Then only
1:22:48
can it think deeply and properly. Independent and original thinking
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is resorted to buy the vedantins. The Dantic spiritual practice
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reflection demands a sharp intellect, hard thinking, persistent thinking, clear thinking,
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thinking to the roots of problems, to the very fundamentals
1:23:07
of the situation, to the very presuppositions of all thoughts
1:23:10
and being is the very essence of the Dantic spiritual practice.
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You will have to abandon an old idea, however strong
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and ingrained, it may be when you get a new
1:23:20
elevating idea in its stead. If you have no courage
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to face the results of your thinking, to swallow the
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conclusions of your thinking, whatever they may mean to you personally,
1:23:30
you should never take the trouble to philosophize. Take up
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to devotion meditation for applied and sustain thinking. Being a
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great force, thought carries tremendous power. It becomes a matter
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of great moment to know how to use this power
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in the highest possible way and to the greatest possible effect.
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This can best be done by the practice of meditation.
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Applied thinking applies the mind to the object, and sustain
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thinking keeps it continually engaged. Rapture brings about the expanding
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and bliss of the developing mind, whose motives for non
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distraction have been accomplished by those two kinds of thinking.
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Meditation can arise when applied and sustained thinking, rapture, bliss
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and collectedness of mind arise acquire creative thought power. Thought
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is a vital living force, the most vital, subtle, and
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irresistible force that exists in the universe. Thoughts are living things.
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They move they possess form, shape, color, quality, substance, power,
1:24:33
and weight. Thought is the real action. It reveals itself
1:24:37
as a dynamic force. A thought of joy creates sympathetically
1:24:42
a thought of joy in others. The birth of a
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noble thought is a potent antidote to counteract an evil thought.
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Through the instrumentality of exercised positive thought, we come to
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acquire creative power, develop individuality, Resist suggestions, not be easily
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influenced by the suggestions of others. Have your own sense
1:25:04
of individuality. A strong suggestion, though it does not influence
1:25:09
the subject, immediately, will operate in due course. It will
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never go in vain. We all live in a world
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of suggestions. Our character is daily modified unconsciously by association
1:25:22
with others. We unconsciously imitate the actions of those whom
1:25:26
we admire. We daily absorb the suggestions of those with
1:25:30
whom we come in daily contact. We are acted upon
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by these suggestions. A man of weak mind yields to
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the suggestions of a man of strong mind. The servant
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is always under the influence of the suggestions of his master.
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The wife is under the influence of the suggestions of
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her husband. The patient is under the influence of the
1:25:52
suggestions of the doctor. The student is under the influence
1:25:56
of the teacher. Custom is nothing but the product of suggestion.
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The dress that you put on, the manners, the behavior,
1:26:04
and even the food that you eat are all the
1:26:06
outcome of suggestions. Only nature suggests in various ways. The
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running rivers, the shining sun, fragrant flowers, the growing trees
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are all incessantly sending you suggestions. Supernormal powers by thought discipline.
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A powerful occultist hypnotizes the whole audience collectively through his
1:26:28
power of concentration and will, and performs the rope trick.
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He throws a red rope in the air, gives suggestion
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to the onlookers that he will climb in the air
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through this rope, and disappears from the platform in the
1:26:39
twinkling of an eye. But nothing is recorded, and a
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photograph is taken. Understand and realize the powers of thought,
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unfold the hidden powers or occult faculties. Close the eyes, concentrate,
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explore the higher regions of the mind. You can see
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distant eye objects, hear distant voices, send messages to distant places.
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Heal persons who are at a distance, and move about
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to a distant place in the twinkling of an eye.
1:27:09
Chapter six, Thoughts, their varieties, and their conquest. Get over
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gloomy thoughts very carefully watch all your thoughts. Suppose you
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are assailed by gloomy thoughts you experience depression. Take a
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small cup of milk or tea, sit calmly, close your eyes.
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Find out the cause for the depression, and try to
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remove the cause. The best method to overcome the gloomy
1:27:38
thoughts and the consequent depression is to think of inspiring
1:27:41
thoughts and inspiring things. Remember again, positive overcomes negative. This
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is a grand, effective law of nature. Now think strongly
1:27:52
of the opposite thoughts, the opposite of gloom. Think of
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those things that elevate your mind. Think of cheerfulness. Imagine
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the advantage of cheerfulness. Feel that you are in actual
1:28:04
possession of this quality. Again and again, repeat the formula,
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Ohm cheerfuones. Mentally, feel I am very cheerful. Begin to
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smile and laugh several times. Sing sometimes this can elevate
1:28:20
you quickly. Singing is very beneficial to drive off gloom.
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Chant home loudly several times, run in the open air.
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The depression will vanish soon. This is the Pratapaccha Bavana
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method of Roger Yogin's This is the easiest method. The
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method of driving gloom by force, by willing, by assertions,
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by command taxes the will very much. Although it is
1:28:46
the most efficient, it demands great strength of will. Ordinary
1:28:52
people will not succeed. The method of displacing or dislocating
1:28:56
the negative feeling by substituting the opposite positive feeling is
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very easy. Within a very short time, the undesirable feeling vanishes.
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Practice this and feel even if you fail several times,
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continue you will be successful. After some sittings and some practice.
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You can treat in the same manner other negative thoughts
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and feelings as well. If there is the feeling of anger,
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think of love. If there are thoughts of jealousy, think
1:29:26
of the advantages of charitableness and magnanimity. If there are
1:29:31
thoughts of gloom, then think of some inspiring scenery that
1:29:34
you saw some time ago, or recall to mind some
1:29:37
inspiring passage. If there is harshness of heart, think of mercy.
1:29:42
If there is lust, think of the advantage of celibacy.
1:29:46
If there is dishonesty, think of honesty. Integrity. If there
1:29:51
is miserliness, think of generosity and generous persons. If there
1:29:55
is infatuation or moha delusion causing attachment, think of discrimin
1:30:00
between real and unreal and atmic vicarous self realization. If
1:30:04
there is pride, think of humility. If there is hypocrisy,
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think of frankness and its invaluable advantages. If there is jealousy,
1:30:13
think of nobility and magnanimity. If there is timidity, think
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of courage, and so on. You will drive off the
1:30:21
negative thoughts and feelings and will be established in a
1:30:24
positive state. Practice of a continued type is essential. Be
1:30:29
careful in the selection of your companions. Talk very little,
1:30:33
and that too on useful matters, victory over intrusive thoughts.
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In the beginning of your practice of thought control, you
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will experience great difficulty. You will have to wage war
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with them. They will struggle their level best for their
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own existence. They will say, we have every right to
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remain in this palace of mind. We have a sole
1:30:56
monopoly from time immemorial to occupy this area. Why should
1:31:01
we vacate our dominion now? We will fight for our
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birthright till the end. They will pounce upon you with
1:31:08
great ferocity. When you sit for meditation only, all sorts
1:31:12
of evil thoughts will crop up as you attempt to
1:31:15
suppress them. They want to attack you with redoubled force
1:31:18
and vigor. But positive always overcomes the negative. Just as
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darkness cannot stand before the sun, just as the leopard
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cannot stand before the lion, so also all these dark,
1:31:30
negative thoughts, these invisible intruders, enemies of peace, cannot stand
1:31:34
before the sublime divine thoughts. They must die by themselves.
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Drive away obnoxious thoughts. Drive away from your mind all unnecessary,
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useless and obnoxious thoughts. Useless thoughts impede your spiritual growth.
1:31:50
Obnoxious thoughts are stumbling blocks to spiritual advancement. You are
1:31:55
away from God. When you entertain useless thoughts. Substitute thought
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thought of God. Entertain only thoughts that are helpful and useful.
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Useful thoughts are the stepping stones to spiritual growth and progress.
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Do not allow the mind to run into the old
1:32:12
grooves and to have its own ways and habits. Be
1:32:16
on the careful watch. If a pebble in our boot
1:32:19
torments us, we expel it. We take off the boot
1:32:23
and shake it out. Once the matter is fairly understood.
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It is just as easy to expel an intruding an
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obnoxious thought from the mind. About this. There ought to
1:32:33
be no doubt, no two opinions. The thing is obvious, clear,
1:32:38
and unmistakable. It should be as easy to expel an
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obnoxious thought from your mind as it is to shake
1:32:44
a stone out of your shoe. And till a man
1:32:47
can do that, it is just nonsense to talk about
1:32:49
his ascendancy in conquest over nature. He is a mere
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slave and prey to the bat winged phantoms that flit
1:32:56
through the corridor of his brain. Master worldly thought. Though
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Worldly thoughts will trouble you a lot in the beginning
1:33:04
of your new life of thought culture. They trouble you
1:33:07
also when you take to the practice of meditation in
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spiritual life. But if you are regular in your cultivation
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of spiritual thoughts and in your meditation, these worldly thoughts
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will gradually die by themselves. Meditation is a fire to
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burn these thoughts. Do not try to drive all worldly thoughts.
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Entertain positive thoughts concerning the object of your meditation positively,
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think of the lofty things. Watch your mind always very carefully,
1:33:38
be vigilant, be on the alert. Do not allow waves
1:33:43
of irritability, jealousy, anger, hatred, lust to rise from the mind.
1:33:48
These dark waves and worldly thoughts are enemies of meditation, peace,
1:33:53
and wisdom. Conquer them immediately by entertaining sublime divine thoughts.
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Worldly thoughts that have arisen may be destroyed by originating
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good thoughts and maintaining them, by repeating any mantra or
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the name of the Lord, by thinking on any form
1:34:07
of the Lord, by practice of priniama, breathing by singing
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the name of the Lord, by doing good actions, by
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thinking on the misery that arises from the worldly thoughts.
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When you attain a state of purity, no worldly thoughts
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will take their rise in your mind. Just as it
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is easy to check the intruder or enemy at the gate,
1:34:26
so also it is easy to overcome a worldly thought
1:34:29
as soon as it rises. Nip it in the bud,
1:34:33
do not allow it to strike a deep route. Conquer
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impure thoughts. When you are very busy in your daily work,
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you may not harbor any impure thought. But when you
1:34:44
take rest and leave the mind blank, the impure thoughts
1:34:47
will try to enter insidiously. You must be careful when
1:34:51
the mind is relaxed. Thoughts gain strength by repetition. If
1:34:56
you entertain an impure thought or good thought, once this
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impure thing, thought or good thought has a tendency to
1:35:02
recur again. Thoughts crowd together, just as the birds of
1:35:06
the same feather flock together. So also, if you entertain
1:35:10
one impure thought, all sorts of impure thoughts join together
1:35:13
and attack you. If you entertain any good thought, all
1:35:17
good thoughts join together to help you subdue negative thoughts.
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Learn to subdue, to purify, to order all your thoughts.
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Fight against all negative thoughts and doubts. Let sublime, divine
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thoughts come to you from every side. Thoughts of depression, failure, weakness, darkness, doubts, fear,
1:35:39
et cetera. Are negative thoughts. Cultivate positive thoughts of strength, confidence, courage, cheerfulness.
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The negative thoughts will disappear. Fill the mind with divine
1:35:52
thoughts by repetition of sacred mantra, prayer, diana, meditation, and
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study of holy books. Be indifferent to all negative and
1:36:01
undivine thoughts. They will pass away. Do not struggle with them.
1:36:07
Pray to God for strength, Read the lives of saints,
1:36:12
study the Bagavada, and the Ramayana. All devotees have passed
1:36:16
through similar ordeals. So take heart, overcome habitual thoughts. All
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sorts of habitual thoughts concerning the body, the dress, the food,
1:36:28
and so on, must be overcome through the atmaginana, or
1:36:31
reflection on the nature of the divine self within one's
1:36:34
own heart. This is an uphill work. It demands patient,
1:36:39
incessant practice and inner spiritual strength. Stritties emphatically declare this
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Ottman's self cannot be obtained by weak persons. Sincere aspirants
1:36:50
dedicate their whole being to contemplation of the eternal, having
1:36:53
withdrawn their affection from the world of sense objects, those
1:36:58
who have destroyed the mental impressions the host of habitual
1:37:01
thoughts will enjoy their final beatitude in the brahmic seat,
1:37:04
replete with trust, quiescence, and equality. They will have equal vision.
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Over All, this mischievous and powerful mind generates all pains
1:37:13
and all fears, all sorts of diversities, heterogeneity, distinctions and dualities,
1:37:19
and destroys all noble spiritual wealth. Slay this troublesome mind.
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When the scene and the sight merge into one another
1:37:27
in the seer, then is the experience of Ananda bliss.
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This is to re estate. Then one sees the illimitable
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Jnana moleedge ottman's self only everywhere. All sorts of distinctions
1:37:41
and dualities vanish now entirely, thoughts of attraction and thoughts
1:37:46
of repulsion, likes and dislikes, ragged vesha are annihilated. In Toto.
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Then the sage will not be conscious of the existence
1:37:54
of the body, though working in it. He will never
1:37:57
lose his control, even amidst the many alu usions of
1:38:00
the world. Like a woman who performs her household duties
1:38:03
whilst her mind is engrossed in her paramour at a distance,
1:38:07
the sage will always center his mind on brahmin. May
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you always be performing only those virtuous actions that will
1:38:14
help you in the attainment of Janana knowledge, without any
1:38:17
thought of worldly prosperity. In the future. May you live
1:38:21
drowned in the ocean of Brahmic divine delight, in a
1:38:24
state of full illumination, having destroyed all dualities, distinctions and
1:38:28
differences triumph over unimportant thoughts. Do not try to drive
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away the unimportant and irrelevant thoughts. The more you try,
1:38:38
the more they will return. The more they will gain strength.
1:38:42
You will tax your energy and will become indifferent. Fill
1:38:47
the mind with divine thoughts. They will gradually vanish. Get
1:38:52
yourself established in nervian samadhi, the nondual, thoughtless state of consciousness.
1:38:57
Through constant meditation, removal of tension in the muscles of
1:39:02
the body brings repose and calmness to the mind. By relaxation,
1:39:06
you give rest to the mind, tired nerves, and the
1:39:09
overworked muscles. You will get immense peace of mind, strength,
1:39:14
and vigor when you practice relaxation of either body or mind.
1:39:18
The brain should not be occupied with various sorts of
1:39:21
loose extraneous thoughts, anger, disappointment, failure, indisposition, misery, sorrow, quarrels
1:39:29
cause internal mental strain. Expel them transform instinctive thoughts. Thinking
1:39:37
is of four kinds viz. Symbolic thinking, instinctive thinking, impulsive thinking,
1:39:42
and habitual thinking. Thinking through words is symbolic thinking. Instincts
1:39:48
are more powerful than impulses. Thoughts of body, food, drink, bath,
1:39:54
et cetera. Are habitual thinking. You can stop easily symbolic thinking.
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It is difficult to stop instinctive and impulsive thinking. Mental
1:40:04
poise and calmness may be brought about by the eradication
1:40:07
of worry and anger. Fear really underlies both worry and anger.
1:40:13
Be careful and thoughtful. All unnecessary worries should be avoided.
1:40:19
Think of courage, joy, bliss, peace, and cheerfulness. Sit for
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fifteen minutes in a relaxed state, in an easy, comfortable position.
1:40:29
You can lie on an easy chair, close your eyes,
1:40:33
withdraw the mind from outside objects, still the mind, Silence,
1:40:39
the bubbling thoughts lessen the number of habitual thoughts, generally
1:40:45
in untrained persons. For of five kinds of thoughts occupy
1:40:49
the mind at a time. Household thoughts, business thoughts, thoughts
1:40:53
of office, thoughts of body, thoughts of food and drink,
1:40:57
hope and anticipation, some kind of planning to get money,
1:41:00
some kind of thoughts of revenge, some habitual thoughts of answering,
1:41:04
calls of nature, bathing, et cetera. Occupy the mind at
1:41:07
a time. When you are studying a book with interest
1:41:11
at three thirty p m. The idea of pleasure of
1:41:13
witnessing a cricket match at four p m disturbs your study.
1:41:17
Every now and then, it is only a yogi with
1:41:20
one pointed mind, who can have only one thought at
1:41:22
a time and can keep it as long as he likes.
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If you watch the mind carefully, you will find that
1:41:28
many thoughts are inconsistent. The mind wanders at random, aimlessly.
1:41:34
There will be some thoughts of the body and its wants,
1:41:37
some thoughts of friends, some thoughts of acquiring money, some
1:41:40
thoughts of eating and drinking, some thoughts of your boyhood,
1:41:43
et cetera. If you can study the mind, and if
1:41:46
you have consistent thoughts of one subject or one kind
1:41:49
only to the exclusion of all other thoughts, this itself
1:41:52
is a very great achievement, is a great step in
1:41:55
advancement in thought control. Do not be discouraged. Gather inspirational thoughts.
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The goal of life is the attainment of divine consciousness.
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This goal is the realization that you are neither this
1:42:09
perishable body nor that changing and finite mind, but you
1:42:13
are all pure, ever free oughtman. Remember always, this inspiring thought, unborn, eternal, permanent,
1:42:20
is this ancient one. This is your real nature. You
1:42:24
are not this little passing personality hooked on to a
1:42:27
name and form. You are not Ramaswami or Mukherji or
1:42:31
Metta or Matthew, or Guard or Opta. You have only
1:42:35
fallen into this little delusion by an accident through some
1:42:38
passing cloud of ignorance. Awake and realize that you are
1:42:42
pure otman. There is another wonderful or panishatic inspirational thought.
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It is ice of asiamidem servam. Every content of the
1:42:51
universe is throbbing with the life of the Lord. Smile
1:42:54
with the flowers and the green grass. Smile with the shrubs, ferns,
1:42:59
and twigs. Develop friendship with all neighbors, dogs, cats, cows,
1:43:05
human beings, trees. In fact, with all nature's creations, you
1:43:11
will have a perfect and rich life. Reflect over illuminating thoughts.
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If you want to develop your thought power, if you
1:43:19
want to build up your personality and become great, always
1:43:22
keep with you some books of inspiring and illuminating thoughts.
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Read them over and over again until they become part
1:43:29
of your daily action and living. Here is a list
1:43:32
of some illuminating thoughts for reflection. One but clean conscience
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makes a stout heart and a strong mind. Two poverty
1:43:41
is the elder brother of laziness. Three knowledge of the
1:43:45
self is the greatest treasure. Meditation is the key to knowledge,
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right thoughts for wrong thoughts. Thoughts of passion and lust
1:43:55
should be conquered by an earnest practice of brahmacarias celibacy,
1:43:59
by intent men's aspiration to realize the truth, to know God,
1:44:03
by meditating on the great advantages of purity. Thoughts of
1:44:07
hatred and anger should be controlled by generating thoughts of love, forgiveness, mercy, friendliness, peace, patience,
1:44:14
and nonviolence. Pride and thoughts connected with pride must be
1:44:19
controlled by a systematic mental examination of the value of
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cultivating humility. Thoughts of greed, grabbing, and possessiveness should be
1:44:27
dispelled by pursuit of honesty, disinterestedness, generosity, contentment and non covetousness.
1:44:34
Nobility and magnanimity. Complacency and greatness of heart will help
1:44:39
you get over all. Thoughts of narrowness, jealousy, meanness, delusion,
1:44:43
and infatuation are best conquered by the development of discrimination.
1:44:48
Vanity is overcome by a many sided simplicity, arrogance by politeness.
1:44:54
The gamut of thoughts, there are various kinds of thoughts.
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There are instinct thoughts, there are visual thoughts, There are
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auditory thoughts. Thinking in terms of hearing. There are symbolic thoughts,
1:45:09
thinking in terms of symbols. Some thoughts are habitual. There
1:45:14
are kinesthetic thoughts, thinking in terms of movement, as in
1:45:18
playing a game. There are emotional thoughts. Thoughts change from
1:45:23
the visual stage to auditory stage, and from auditory to kinesthetic.
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There is intimate connection between thinking and respiration, as there
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is close relation between mind and prana life force. When
1:45:35
the mind is concentrated, breathing becomes slow. If one thinks fast,
1:45:40
the respiration also becomes fast. There is a thought reading
1:45:44
machine known as psychograph, which registers correctly the type of thoughts.
1:45:49
Mean thoughts and moral development. Uncontrolled thoughts are the roots
1:45:54
of all evils. Each thought by itself is extremely weak
1:45:58
because the mind is general distracted by countless and ever
1:46:01
varying thoughts. The more the thoughts are restrained, the more
1:46:06
is the mind concentrated, and consequently, the more does it
1:46:09
gain in strength and power. It demands patient work to
1:46:13
destroy mean and base thoughts, but the entertainment of sublime
1:46:16
thoughts is the easiest and rapid method of destroying base thoughts.
1:46:21
Ignorant of the laws of thoughts, the worldly minded individual
1:46:24
falls a prey to all sorts of thoughts, thoughts of hatred, anger, revenge, lust,
1:46:29
and grows weak willed, deficient in powers of discernment, and
1:46:33
slave of the adverse subtle workings of the mind. The
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best method of gaining mental power is by entertaining sublime, noble,
1:46:40
and good thoughts, and through their aid controlling the dissipative, distractive, diversifying, worldly,
1:46:46
in base thoughts. When all evil thought harasses the mind,
1:46:50
the best method of conquering it is by ignoring it.
1:46:54
How can we ignore an evil thought by forgetting it?
1:46:58
How can we forget by not indulging in it again?
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And also by not brooding over it? How can we
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prevent the mind from indulging in it again or brooding
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over it by thinking of something very interesting, something sublime
1:47:12
and inspiring. Ignore, forget, think of something inspiring. These three
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constitute the Great Sodnow's spiritual practice for establishing mastery over
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evil thoughts. Chapter seven Positive Methods for thought control. Thought
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control by practice of concentration, silence the bubbling thoughts, calm
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the surging emotions. Concentrate on a concrete form. In the beginning,
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concentrate on a flower, on the form of Lord Buddha,
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on any dream picture, on the effulgent light of the heart,
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on the picture of any saint or your personal deity.
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Have three or four sittings burly morning, eight a m,
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four p M and eight p m. Devotees concentrate on
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the heart. Raja Yogen's concentrate onto the space between the eyebrows,
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the seed of the mind. The dantins concentrate on the absolute.
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You can also concentrate on the tip of the nose,
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the navel, or the malatera below the last vertebra of
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the spinal column. When irrelevant thoughts enter the mind, be indifferent,
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they will pass away. Do not drive them forcibly. They
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will persist and resist. It will tax your will. They
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will enter with redoubled force, but substitute divine thoughts. Irrelevant
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thoughts will gradually fade out. Be slow and steady. In
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the practice of concentration, concentration is practiced for stopping the
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modification of the mind. Concentration is holding the mind to
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one form or object for a long time to remove
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the tossing of the mind and various other obstacles which
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stand in the way of one pointedness. The practice of
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concentration on one thing alone should be made. Concentration is
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opposed to sensuous thoughts and desires, bliss to flurry and worry.
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Sustain thinking to perplexity, applied thinking to sloth, and torpor
1:49:10
rapture to ill will. It is easy to concentrate the
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mind on external objects. The mind has a natural tendency
1:49:18
to go outwards. Keep the picture of Sri Krishna, Rama,
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Narayana Devi, or Lord Jesus, or any picture in front
1:49:26
of you, Look at it steadily without winking. Gaze at
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the head, then at the body, then at the legs.
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Repeat the same process again and again. When your mind
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calms down, look at a particular spot only. Then close
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the eyes and mentally visualize the picture. You should be
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able to visualize the picture very clearly, even in its absence.
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You will have to call up the mental picture at
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a moment's notice, keep it there steadily for some time.
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This is concentration. You will have to p I practice
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this daily. If you want to increase your power of concentration,
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you will have to reduce your worldly desires and activities.
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You will have to observe silence every day for some hours.
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Then only can the mind concentrate very easily and without difficulty.
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In concentration, you will have only one thought or wave
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in the mind lake the mind assumes the form of
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only one object. All other operations of the mind are
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suspended thought control by a positive attitude. Try to acquire
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the power of closing yourself against detrimental or undesirable thoughts
1:50:37
and influences by making yourself positive by a particular attitude
1:50:40
of the mind. By so doing, you may be receptive
1:50:44
to all higher impulses of the soul within and to
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all higher forces and influences from without. Make a suggestion
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to yourself, I close myself. I make myself positive to
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all things below, and open and receptive to all higher
1:50:58
influences to all things above. By taking this attitude of
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the mind consciously now and then it soon becomes a habit.
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All the lower and undesirable influences from both the scene
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and the unseen sides of life are closed out, while
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all higher influences are invited, and in the degree that
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they are invited, they will enter. In the mind there
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is doubt, there is reality. Also, a doubt arises whether
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there is a God or not. This is term Samsayabavana.
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Another doubt crops up whether I can realize Brahman or not.
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Then another voice tells God or Brahmin is real. He
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is a solid, concrete reality, as an amuluka fruit in
1:51:42
my hand. He is a mass of knowledge and supreme bliss,
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consciousness and the essence of ultimate reality. I can realize.
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We have clearly understood something, and these ideas are well
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grounded and ingrained. Some ideas are hazy and not firm.
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They come and go. We will have to cultivate ideas
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and ground them till they are firmly fixed and implanted.
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Clarification of ideas will remove perplexity and confusion in the mind.
1:52:12
When a doubt arises, whether there is God or not,
1:52:15
whether I will succeed in self realization or not, it
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must be dispelled by well directed suggestions and affirmations, such
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as it is true I will succeed. There is no
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doubt of this in my dictionary. In my vocabulary, there
1:52:30
are no such words as can't, impossible, difficult, et cetera.
1:52:36
Everything is possible under the sun. Nothing is difficult. When
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you strongly make up your mind, strong determination and firm
1:52:44
resolution will bring sanguine success in every affair or undertaking,
1:52:49
and particularly so in the conquest of mind thought control.
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By non co operation, non co operate with the mind
1:52:57
in its evil wanderings. Gradually the mind will come under
1:53:01
your control. Here is the practical method to non cooperate
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with the mind. If the mind says I must eat
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today's sweetmeats, say unto the mind, I will not cooperate
1:53:12
with you today. I will not eat sweetmeats. I will
1:53:16
eat only bread and dal. If the mind says I
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must go to cinema, say unto the mind, I will
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attend the Sittsanga of Swami Rananda and hear his discourses
1:53:26
on the Upanishads. If the mind says I must wear
1:53:30
a silk shirt, say unto the mind, I will not
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wear in future any silk clothing. I will wear only catter.
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This is the method to non cooperate with the mind.
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Non cooperation with the mind is swimming against the sensual currents.
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The mind will be thinned out, and gradually it will
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become your obedient servant. You will gain mastery over the mind.
1:53:53
The self controlled man moving among the objects, with senses
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under restraint and free from attraction and repulsion attains to peace.
1:54:02
The mind and the senses are naturally endowed with the
1:54:04
two currents of attraction and repulsion. Therefore, the mind and
1:54:09
the senses like certain objects and dislike certain other objects.
1:54:13
But the disciplined man moves among the sense objects with
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a mind and senses free from attraction and repulsion, mastered
1:54:20
by self, and attains the peace of the eternal. The
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disciplined self has a very strong will. Therefore the senses
1:54:28
and mind obey his will. The disciplined self takes only
1:54:32
those objects which are quite necessary for the maintenance of
1:54:35
the body, without any love or hatred. He never takes
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those objects which are forbidden by the sostres art of
1:54:43
thinning out thoughts In the rubber plantations, planters take recourse
1:54:48
to the method of thinning out the rubber trees by
1:54:50
cutting the small surplus trees which stand in the vicinity
1:54:53
of big trees. By so doing they can tap more
1:54:57
milk rubber juice from the big trees. Even so, you
1:55:01
must thin out the thoughts by destroying them one by
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one in order to drink the ambrosio milk or nectar
1:55:06
of immortality. Just as you retain only the good fruits
1:55:10
from the basket and discard the bad ones. So also
1:55:13
keep good thoughts in your mind and reject evil ones.
1:55:17
Just as the warrior chops off the heads of enemies
1:55:20
one by one when they come out of a fortress
1:55:22
through a trap door, so also chop off the thoughts
1:55:26
one by one when they emerge out through the trap
1:55:29
door to the surface of the mind. When the tail
1:55:32
of a lizard is cut, the cut end will flutter
1:55:34
about for some time as there is still a little
1:55:37
residual prana life force in the tail. After one or
1:55:40
two minutes, all motion will cease. Even so, even after
1:55:45
thinning and reducing the thoughts, some thoughts will move about
1:55:48
like the tail of the lizard. But they are powerless.
1:55:52
They cannot do any serious harm. There is no vitality
1:55:56
in them. Just as the drowning man tries to catch
1:55:59
any to save himself, so also these lifeless thoughts try
1:56:03
their level best to come back to their previous state
1:56:06
of life and vigor. If you go on regularly with
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your daily practice of concentration and meditation, they will die
1:56:13
by themselves like a gearless lamp. Passion, egoism, jealousy, pride,
1:56:18
and hatred are very deep rooted. If you cut the
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branches of a tree, they grow again after some time.
1:56:26
Even so, these thoughts that are suppressed or thinned out
1:56:29
for some time manifest again after some time. They should
1:56:33
be completely rooted out by strenuous efforts vicarous self realization, meditation,
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et cetera. Thought control by Napoleon's method. When you think
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on one subject, do not allow other thoughts to enter.
1:56:47
When you think of a rose, think of the different
1:56:50
kinds of roses only. Do not allow other thoughts to enter.
1:56:55
When you think of mercy, think of mercy and mercy only.
1:56:59
Do not think of forgiveness and tolerance. When you study
1:57:03
the Gida, do not think of tea or a cricket match.
1:57:06
Be wholly occupied with the subject on hand. Napoleon controlled
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his thoughts in this manner. When I want to think
1:57:13
of things more pleasant, I close the cupboards of my
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mind revealing the more unpleasant things of life, and open
1:57:19
up the cupboards containing the more pleasant thoughts. If I
1:57:23
want to sleep, I close up all the cupboards of mind.
1:57:26
Arrest the recurrence of evil thoughts. Suppose the evil thoughts
1:57:31
stay in your mind for twelve hours and recur every
1:57:34
third day. If you can make them stay for ten
1:57:37
hours and recur once in a week by daily practice
1:57:40
of concentration and meditation, that is a decided improvement. If
1:57:44
you continue your practice, the period of stay and recurrences
1:57:48
will be gradually lessened. Eventually they will disappear altogether. Compare
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your present state of mind with that of last year
1:57:56
or year before last. You will be able to find
1:57:59
out progress. The progress will be very slow in the beginning.
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It will be difficult for you to gauge your growth
1:58:07
and progress. Give the wrong thought no concession. At first,
1:58:12
a wrong thought enters the mind. Then you entertain a
1:58:16
strong imagination. You take delight in dwelling on that wrong thought.
1:58:21
You give consent to its stay in the mind, and
1:58:24
gradually the wrong thought, when it is not resisted, takes
1:58:27
a strong hold in your mind. Then it becomes very
1:58:30
difficult to drive it off. The proverb goes, give a
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rogue an inch, and he will take an l This
1:58:37
is true of wrong thoughts. Also nip the bad thought
1:58:41
in its bud. Just as you close your door or
1:58:44
gate when a dog or an ass tries to come in,
1:58:47
so also close your mind before any evil thought can enter,
1:58:51
and produce an impression on your physical brain. You will
1:58:54
become wise soon and attain eternal, infinite peace and bliss.
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Wipe out let us greed and egoism. Entertain only pure
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holy thoughts. This is an uphill task, a difficult task.
1:59:09
You will have to practice it. You will succeed in
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your attempt after some time. Destruction of one bad thought
1:59:16
will give you strength to annihilate other thoughts and will
1:59:19
develop your soul force or will power. Never despair. Though
1:59:23
you may fail in crushing a bad thought, no pains,
1:59:27
no gains. Inner spiritual strength will gradually manifest in you.
1:59:33
You can feel this spiritual practice for elimination of evil thoughts.
1:59:39
Your mind will sometimes shudder when evil thoughts enter your mind.
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This is a sign of your spiritual progress. You are
1:59:47
growing spiritually. You will be much tormented when you think
1:59:51
of your evil actions committed in the past. This is
1:59:54
also a sign of your spiritual upheaval. You will not
1:59:58
repeat now the same actions. Your mind will tremble, your
2:00:03
body will quiver whenever a wrong thought of some evil
2:00:06
action urges you to do the same act. Through force
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of habit, continue your meditation with full vigor and earnestness.
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All memories of evil actions, all evil thoughts, all evil
2:00:17
promptings of Satan will die by themselves. You will be
2:00:21
established in perfect purity and peace. In the beginning, all
2:00:25
sorts of evil thoughts will arise in your mind as
2:00:28
soon as you sit for meditation. Why does this happen
2:00:31
during meditation when you attempt to entertain pure thoughts? Aspirants
2:00:36
leave their spiritual practice of meditation on account of this.
2:00:40
If you try to drive a monkey, it attempts to
2:00:43
pounce upon you in vengeance. Even so, the old evil
2:00:47
thoughts try to attack you revengefully and with redoubled force.
2:00:50
At the time when you try to raise good divine thoughts,
2:00:54
your enemy endeavors to resist you vehemently when you try
2:00:57
to eject him out of your house. There there is
2:01:00
a law of resistance in nature. The old evil thoughts
2:01:03
assert and say, oh man, do not be cruel. You
2:01:08
have allowed us to stay in your mental factory from
2:01:11
time immemorial. We have every right to abide here. We
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have helped you up to this time in all your
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evil actions. Why do you want to oust us from
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our dwelling place. We will not vacate our abode. Do
2:01:25
not be discouraged. Go on with your practice of meditation regularly.
2:01:31
These evil thoughts will be thinned out. Eventually they will
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all perish. Positive always overcomes negative. This is the law
2:01:40
of nature. Negative evil thoughts cannot stand before positive good thoughts.
2:01:46
Courage overcomes fear, Patience overcomes anger and irritability, Love overcomes hatred,
2:01:54
Purity overcomes lust. The very fact that you feel uneasy
2:01:59
now when an evil thought comes to the surface of
2:02:01
the mind during meditation indicates that you are growing in spirituality.
2:02:06
In the past, you consciously harbored all sorts of evil thoughts.
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You welcomed and nourished them. Persist in your spiritual practices.
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Be tenacious and diligent. You are bound to succeed. Even
2:02:21
a dull type of aspirant will notice a marvelous change
2:02:24
in him if he keeps up the practice of repetition
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of sacred mantra and meditation for two or three years
2:02:30
in a continuous stream. Now he cannot leave the practice.
2:02:34
Even if he stops his practice of meditation for a day,
2:02:38
he will actually feel that he has lost something. On
2:02:40
that day, his mind will be quite uneasy. Best remedies
2:02:45
for evil thoughts. When the mind is vacant, evil thoughts
2:02:49
try to enter. Evil thinking is the beginning or starting
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point of adultery through a lustful look. Only you have
2:02:57
already committed adultery in the heart. Mental actions are the
2:03:01
real actions. Remember this, God judges a man by his motives.
2:03:07
Worldly people judge a man by his external physical actions.
2:03:11
You will have to look to the motive of the man.
2:03:14
Then you will not be mistaken. Keep the mind fully occupied,
2:03:19
then evil thoughts will not enter. An idle brain is
2:03:23
the devil's workshop. Watch the mind every minute. Always engage
2:03:29
yourself in some work, stitching, cleaning vessels, sweeping, drawing water, reading, meditating,
2:03:35
counting the beads, singing divine songs, praying, serving the elders,
2:03:39
or nursing the sick. Avoid loose talk and gossip. Fill
2:03:44
the mind with sublime thoughts, such as those contained in
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the Gidah, the Upanishads, the Yoga, Assisha, et cetera. Daily
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discipline of thoughts. The mind is a mischievous imp. It
2:03:57
is like a jumping monkey. It must be disciplined daily.
2:04:02
Only then will it gradually come under your control. It
2:04:06
is only by the practical training of your mind that
2:04:08
you can prevent bad thoughts and actions from arising, and
2:04:11
can ward off bad thoughts and actions that have arisen
2:04:14
from recurrence. It is only by practical training of your
2:04:17
mind that you can encourage good thoughts and actions to arise,
2:04:21
and can sustain good thoughts and actions when they have arisen.
2:04:25
Here is a beautiful daily exercise for mental relaxation. It
2:04:29
will pour into you great inspiration and strength. Close the eyes.
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Think of anything that is pleasant. This will relax the
2:04:38
mind in a wonderful manner. Think of the mighty Himalayas,
2:04:42
the sacred Ganga, the striking scenery in Kashmir, the taj Mahal,
2:04:47
the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta, a lovely sunset, the vast
2:04:51
expanse of ocean, or the infinite blue sky. Imagine that
2:04:55
the whole world and your body are floating like a
2:04:58
straw in this vast ocean of spirit. Feel that you
2:05:01
are in touch with the supreme Being. Feel that the
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life of the whole world is pulsating, vibrating and throbbing
2:05:08
through you. Feel that Lord Golden Womb, the ocean of life,
2:05:12
is gently rocking you on his vast bosom. Then open
2:05:16
your eyes you will experience immense mental peace, vigor, and strength.
2:05:22
Practice this and feel thoughts and the snake analogy. Just
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as fruit is born of the seed, so also deeds
2:05:30
are born of thoughts. Good thoughts generate good actions, Evil
2:05:35
thoughts produce evil actions. Harbor good thoughts repel evil thoughts.
2:05:42
If you cultivate good thoughts by association with truth and
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enlightened beings, study of religious books, prayer, et cetera, evil
2:05:50
thoughts will die by themselves. Just as you remove at
2:05:54
once the pebble in your shoe that troubles you, so
2:05:57
also you must be able to remove at once any
2:06:00
tormenting thought from your mind. Only then have you gained
2:06:03
sufficient strength in the control of thought. Only then have
2:06:07
you attained some real progress in the spiritual path. When
2:06:11
you give a blow on the head of a snake
2:06:13
with a stick and crush its head, it remains absolutely
2:06:16
motionless for some time you think it is dead. All
2:06:21
of a sudden it raises its head and runs away.
2:06:24
Even so, the thoughts that were once crushed and suppressed
2:06:27
by you regain strength and raise their heads. They must
2:06:31
be destroyed totally beyond resurrection. World conquest by thought, conquest
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control the thoughts or intentions. Avoid imagination or daydreaming, the
2:06:43
mind will be annihilated. Extinction of thoughts alone is mokshall
2:06:48
liberation or release. The mind is destroyed when there is
2:06:52
no imagination. The experience of the world illusion is due
2:06:56
to your imagination. It vanishes away when imagining is completely stopped.
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Victory over thoughts is really a victory over all limitations, weakness, ignorance,
2:07:07
and death. The inner war with the mind is more
2:07:11
terrible than the outer war with the machine guns. Conquest
2:07:15
of thoughts is more difficult than the conquest of the
2:07:17
world by the force of arms. Conquer your thoughts and
2:07:21
you would conquer the world. Form a divine channel for
2:07:25
thought force. Thoughts generally flow with ease towards external objects.
2:07:31
The mind can very easily think of worldly objects. It
2:07:35
is its slabhava. Mental force can easily flow in the
2:07:39
old grooves and avenues of mundane thoughts. It finds it
2:07:43
extremely difficult to think of God. It is an uphill
2:07:47
work for a syseric worldly mind of worldly transactions. The
2:07:52
difficulty in weaning the mind from worldly thoughts, from external
2:07:55
objects and fixing it on God is the same as
2:07:58
in making the Gandha flow towards Gangotri instead of its
2:08:01
natural flow towards gong Sagar. It is like rowing against
2:08:06
the current of the Yemenah. Still, through strenuous efforts and renunciations,
2:08:11
it must be trained to flow towards God, much against
2:08:13
its will. If you want to free yourself from birth
2:08:16
and death, there is no other go. If you want
2:08:19
to escape from worldly miseries and tribulations, roll of vigilance.
2:08:23
In thought control, it is very difficult to fix the
2:08:27
mind on one thought. In the beginning. Diminish the number
2:08:31
of thoughts. Try to think of only one subject. If
2:08:35
you think of rose, you can have all sorts of
2:08:37
thoughts connected with rose only. You can think of different
2:08:41
kinds of roses that are grown in different parts of
2:08:43
the world. You can think of the various preparations that
2:08:47
are made out of roses and their uses. You can
2:08:50
allow even thoughts of other kinds of flowers to enter,
2:08:53
but do not entertain thoughts of fruits and vegetables. Check
2:08:57
the aimless, wandering state of the mind. Do not have
2:09:01
thoughts at random. When you think of rose. Gradually you
2:09:05
can fix the mind on one thought only. You will
2:09:08
have to discipline the mind daily. Eternal vigilance is needed
2:09:12
in thought control. Watch and spiritualize your thoughts. Watch the thoughts,
2:09:19
control the thoughts, Be a witness of your thoughts. Rise
2:09:24
above thoughts and dwell in that pure consciousness where there
2:09:27
is no thought. The subtle impressions, tendencies, desires, and passions
2:09:32
lying in the depths of the subconscious have a tremendous
2:09:35
effect on your conscious life. They should be purified and sublimated.
2:09:40
They must be given a spiritual turn. Hear what is auspicious?
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Behold what is auspicious? Think what is auspicious? Talk what
2:09:51
is auspicious? Meditate what is auspicious? Understand what is auspicious?
2:09:58
Know what is auspicious? Fear strong, dislike, buried, hatred, prejudice, intolerance, anger, lust,
2:10:06
disturb the action of the subconscious mind. Cultivate virtues, purify
2:10:12
and strengthen the subconscious mind. Desire, greed, et cetera enslave
2:10:18
and obscure the mind, which must be freed and restored
2:10:21
to its pristine purity to reflect truth and practice meditation.
2:10:25
The lower impulses belong to the physical body and the
2:10:28
mental plane. When the mind does not function owing to
2:10:32
the absence of the saunas, mental impressions and subtle desires
2:10:36
then arises the state of manonassa or annihilation of the mind.
2:10:40
Chapter eight The patterns of thought culture, discrimination, and inner
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mental culture. Whenever desires crop in your mind, do not
2:10:49
try to fulfill them. Reject them through discrimination, rite, inquiry,
2:10:54
and dispassion. You will get tranquility of mind and mental strength.
2:10:59
By constant practice this, the mind is thinned out. The
2:11:03
mind is checked directly from wandering. Its outgoing tendencies are curbed.
2:11:09
If the desires are eradicated, the thoughts also will die
2:11:13
by themselves. The mind is detached from the manifold sense
2:11:17
objects by continually observing their defects, and is fixed on brahmin.
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In the practice of Sama, the five jennana andreas or
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organs of knowledge viz. Ear, skin, eye, tongue, and nose
2:11:30
are also controlled. Sama is serenity of mind produced by
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the constant eradication of mental impressions or desires, unwholesome thoughts,
2:11:40
and self watchfulness. Fully realize for yourself the grave and
2:11:44
ruinous consequences of evil thoughts. This will set you on
2:11:48
your guard when the evil thoughts would come the moment
2:11:52
they come. Exert yourself or divert the mind to some
2:11:55
other object of divine thoughts, prayer or repetition of sacred mantra.
2:12:00
A real earnestness to drive away the evil thoughts will
2:12:03
keep you on the alert, so much so that even
2:12:05
if they appear in dream, you will at once wake up.
2:12:08
Should the enemy appear when you are awake, it will
2:12:10
not be very difficult for you to cope with him.
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If only you are sufficiently watchful, you must be saved
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from the malformation and the miscarriage of your mind. Mind
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is like a playful child. The clement energies of the
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mind must be bent to become the passive channels for
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the transmission of truth. The mind must be filled with
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sappha purity. It should be trained to think of truth
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or God constantly. If you want rapid progress in the
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spiritual path, watch every thought. A vacant mind is ever distressed.
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It is the devil's workshop. Be thoughtful, keep guard over
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your mind, watch every impulse and thought. Spiritualize or sublimate
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your instincts. Evil thought is the most dangerous thief. Slay
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this thief with the sword of wisdom. Generate daily new
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divine vibrations or thought waves in your mind. Make your
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thought pure, strong, sublime, and definite. You will gain immense
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spiritual strength and peace. Every thought must be constructive and noble.
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Thoughts are only refractions. Slay all thoughts. Go thou within
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to the light of lights. If you wish to attain
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self realization, imagination and speculation must stop. Purify and control
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the emotions beneath your conscious life. There is a very
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wide region of subconscious life. All habits originate from the
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subconscious plane. Subconscious life is more powerful than your ordinary
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life of objective consciousness. Through the practice of yoga, you
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can modify, control, and influence the subconscious depths. Take one
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evil trait, meditate on its opposite verse every morning, practice
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it during the day. The evil quality will vanish soon.
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Meditate on mercy in the morning and practice it during
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the day. You will soon develop mercy. If evil thoughts
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enter your mind once in a month instead of thrice weekly,
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remember that evil thinking is the beginning of adultery. If
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you become angry once in a month instead of once weekly,
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that is a sign of progress. That is a sign
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of your increased will power. That is a sign of
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growing spiritual strength, be of good cheer, keep a diary
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of spiritual progress self development by yogic thought culture, the
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superphysical phenomena occurring in the practice of yoga and the
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practitioner's experience on subtler planes are viewed with suspicion and
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regarded as mere oriental magic. Yoga is neither fanciful nor
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does it contain anything abnormal. It aims at the integral
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development of all faculties in man. It is the time
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and tested, rational way to a fuller and more blessed
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life that will naturally be followed by one and all
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in the world of tomorrow. All methods of yoga have
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ethical training in moral perfection as their basis. The eradication
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of vices and the development of certain virtues form the
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first step in the latter of yoga. The disciplining of
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your nature in the formation of a steady and pure
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character through a set of right habits and regular daily
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observances is the next step. Upon this firm foundation of
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a well established and virtuous moral character is built the
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further structure of yoga thought culture by the method of substitution.
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The substitution method is very easy and effective in the
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destruction of evil thoughts. Cultivate positive, virtuous thoughts of mercy, love, purity, forgiveness, integrity, generosity,
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and humility in the garden of your mind. The negative,
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vicious thoughts of hatred, lust, anger, greed, pride will die
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by themselves. It is difficult to destroy the evil thoughts
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by attacking them directly. You will have to tax your
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will and waste your energy. Spiritual methods for thought culture.
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If you think again and again of an impure thing,
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it gains new strength, It gets the force of momentum.
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You must drive it immediately. If you find it difficult
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to do so, entertain counterthoughts of God. Cultivate sublime and
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elevating thoughts. Evil thoughts will die by themselves. A noble
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thought is a potent antidote to counteract an evil thought.
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This is easier than the former method. By repetition of
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God's name thousands of times daily. Good thoughts gain new
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strength By repeating I Am Brahmin Ultimate Reality thousand times daily.
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The idea that you are the spirit Ottman becomes stronger.
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The idea that you are the body becomes weaker and weaker.
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If evil thoughts enter your mind, don't use your will
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force in driving them, you will lose your energy. Only
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you will tax your will. Only you will fatigue yourself.
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The greater the efforts you make, the more the evil
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thoughts will return with redoubled force. They will return more quickly. Also,
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the thoughts will become more powerful. Be indifferent, keep quiet,
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They will pass off soon. Or substitute good counter thoughts.
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Prat a Patschap Bivona method, or think of the picture
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of God and the mantra again and again forcibly, or pray.
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The importance of thought culture. Thought culture is a vital subject.
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Very few people know this art or science. Even the
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so called educated people are unaware of this fundamental education.
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All are victims of random thinking. All sorts of loose
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thoughts of diverse kinds come and go. In the mental factory.
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There is neither rhythm nor reasoning. There is neither concord
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nor discipline. All is in a state of utter chaos
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and confusion. There is no clarification of ideas. You cannot
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think of one subject even for two minutes in an
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orderly and systematic manner. You have no understanding of the
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laws of thoughts and the laws of the mental plane.
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There is a perfect menagerie inside All sorts of sensual
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thoughts fight amongst themselves to enter the mind of a
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sensualist and gain the upper hand. The eye sense struggles
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to bring its own thoughts. It wants to have sight seeing.
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The ear sense wants to bring only base thoughts, lustful thoughts,
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thoughts of hatred, jealousy, and fear. Many cannot entertain a
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single sublime, divine thought even for a second. Their minds
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are so framed that the mental energy runs in sensual grooves.
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The battle of thoughts. In the beginning of thought culture,
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there is internal fight between pure and impure thoughts. The
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impure thought tries to enter the mental factory again and again.
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It asserts, O, little man, you gave me shelter in
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the beginning. You welcomed me before you gave me a
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cordial reception. I have every right to remain in the
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lowlands of your mind, in your instinctive, passionate mind. Why
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are you cruel towards me? I only gave you a
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push or stimulus in taking you to restaurants and hotels,
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cinemas and theaters, ball rooms and bars. You had a
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variety of enjoyments through me alone. Why are you ungrateful
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to me? Now? I will resist, persist and recur again
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and again, do whatever you like. You are weak through
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old habits. You have no strength to resist. Eventually, pure
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thoughts only will gain victory. Sad vapurity is a greater
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power than restlessness and darkness. Positive overcomes negative. Good thought
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the first perfection. Thought is a good servant. It is
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an instrument. You will have to utilize it tactfully and properly.
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The prime requisite for happiness is control over the thoughts.
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Your thought is imprinted over your face. Thought is a
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bridge that connects the human with the divine. Your body,
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your business, your home. They are only ideas within your mind.
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Thought is a dynamic force. Good thought is the first perfection.
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Thought is real wealth. Culture the thoughts and become a Buddha.
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Drive away from your mind all unnecessary, useless and obnoxious thoughts.
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Useless thoughts impede your spiritual growth. Obnoxious thoughts are stumbling
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blocks to spiritual advancement. You are away from God when
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you entertain useless thoughts. Substitute thoughts of God enter pain.
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Only thoughts that are helpful and useful. Useful thoughts are
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stepping stones. To spiritual growth and progress. Do not allow
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the mind to run into the old grooves and to
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have its own ways and habits. Be on the careful watch.
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You must eradicate through introspection all sorts of mean thoughts,
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useless thoughts, unworthy thoughts, impure thoughts, all sexual thoughts, thoughts
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of jealousy, hatred, and selfishness. You must annihilate all destructive
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thoughts of disharmony and discord. You must always develop pure, good, loving, sublime,
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and divine thoughts. Every thought must be of a constructive nature.
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It must be strong, positive and definite. The mental image
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must be of a clear cut and well defined thought.
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It must bring peace and solace to others. It should
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not bring even the least pain and unhappiness to anyone.
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Then you are a blessed soul on the earth. You
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are a mighty power on the earth. You can help many,
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heal thousands, spiritualize, and elevate a large number of persons,
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as did Jesus or Buddha. Just as you grow jasmine, rose, lily,
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Honolulu flowers in a garden, so also you should cultivate
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the flowers of peaceful thoughts, of love, mercy, kindness, purity
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in the vast garden of anti karana through introspection. You
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will have to water this garden of mind with meditation
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and sublime thinking. Remove the weeds of vain, useless, discordant thoughts.
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Avoid thoughts of another man's defects. The nature of the
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mind is such that it becomes at which it intensely
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thinks of. Thus, if you think of the vices and
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defects of another man, your mind will be charged with
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these vices and defects, at least for the time being.
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He who knows this psychological law will never indulge in
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censuring others or in finding fault in the conduct of others,
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will see only the good in others, and will always
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praise others. This practice enables one to grow in concentration, yoga,
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and spirituality. Last thought determines next birth. The last thought
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of a man governs his future destiny. The last thought
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of a man determines his future birth. Lord Krishna says
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in the Bag of Adgidah, whosoever, at the end abandoneth
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the body thinking upon any being, to that being, only
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he goeth o conti because of his constant thought of
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that being. Ajamela lost his pious conduct and led a
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detestable living. He fell into evil depth of sinful habits
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and resorted to theft and robbery. He became a slave
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of a public woman. He became the father of ten children,
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the last of whom was called Narayana. When he was
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about to die, he was absorbed in the thoughts of
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his last son. Three fearful messengers of death advanced towards
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a Jamela. A Jamela cried aloud in great distress, the
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last son's name Narayana. On a mere mention of the
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name of Narayana. The attendants of Lord Hari came speedily
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along and obstructed the messengers of death. They took him
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to Vikanta, or the world of Vishnu. The soul of
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Sisuppula entered the Supreme Lord with an effulgent spark of
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ineffable glory and magnificence. This vile Sisuppula spent his lifetime
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in reviling Lord Krishna, and then he entered the Lord.
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The worm on the wall, when stung by the wasp,
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changes into the form of the latter. Similarly, the man
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who focuses his hate on Lord Krishna gets rid of
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his sins and reaches that Lord by regular devotion, as
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the Gopies did by kama, passion, Campsa by fear, Sisuppula
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by hatred, and Narada by love. Lord Krishna says in
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the Gidah, whoever constantly thinks of me intensely and with
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one pointed mind to such steadfast jogin I am easily attainable.
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And having thus reached me and merged in me, he
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is not born again in the fleeting world of woe
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and misery o ur Juna. While all the worlds created
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by Brahma are limited by time and have their moment
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of dissolution on reaching me, there is no rebirth. Therefore,
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at all times, meditate on me, the Supreme Vasadeva, and
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with mind and intellect fixed on me, doubtless you will
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attain me Chapter eight Dash fourteen fifteen sixteen. The constant
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practice of fixing the mind on the Lord, although a
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man is engaged in worldly pursuits, will enable him to
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intuitively and automatically think of the Lord even at the
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time of his departure, the Lord says, with the mind
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thus engaged in the yoga of constant practice, not deflected
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by any other obstacles, one attains the supreme consciousness of
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resplendent glory. The Lord further says, at the time of death,
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he who thinks of my real being as the supreme
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Lord Sri Krishna or Narayana, leaves the body and verily
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reaches my being. Doubt this, not in whatever form a
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man thinks of me at the time of death, that
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form he attains, that form again being the result of
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nourishing that thought in a particular groove and by constant
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meditation of the same. The Lord further says, he who
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further establishes his mind on me even at the time
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of forthgoing, and who is in that divine state of
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renouncing everything and of dwelling in Brahmin or Brahmic state,
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is free from delusion. B g. Two, Dash seventy two.
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He who has a strong habit of using snuff in
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his life imitates the act of snuffing with his fingers
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when he is in an unconscious state just before his death.
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So strong is the habit of snuffing in this man.
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The last thought of a licentious man will be the
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thought of his woman. The last thought of an inveterate
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drunkard will be that of his peg of liquor. The
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last thought of a greedy money lender will be that
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of his money. The last thought of a fighting soldier
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will be that of shooting his enemy. The last thought
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of a mother who is intensely attached to her only
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son will be that of her son only. Raja Barrata
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nursed a deer out of mercy and became attached to it.
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His last thought was the thought of that deer. Hence
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he had to take the birth of a deer. But
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he had memory of his last birth as he was
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an advanced soul. The last thought of a person will
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be the thought of God only if that person has
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disciplined his mind all throughout his life and has tried
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to fix it on the Lord through constant practice. It
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cannot come by a practice in a day or two,
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in a week or a month. It is a life
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long endeavor and struggle. The last thought determines the next birth.
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The last prominent thought of one's life occupies the mind
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at the time of death. The predominant idea at the
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time of death is what in normal life has occupied
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his attention most. The last thought determines the nature of
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character of the body to be attained. Next, as a
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man thinks, so shall he become the background of savig
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pure thought. The vast majority of people will always want
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something concrete to hold on, something around which, as it were,
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to place their ideas, sometimes which will be the center
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of all thought forms in their minds. That is mind's
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very nature. A background of thought is needed for fixing
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the mind. Have a satvig pure background of thought of
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mental image. The mind assumes the shape of any object
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it intensely thinks upon. If it thinks of an orange,
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it assumes the shape of an orange. If it thinks
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of Lord Krishna with flute in hand, it assumes the
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shape of Lord Krishna. You must train the mind properly
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and give it proper pure food for assimilation. You must
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have pure background of thought to take you to the
2:28:43
goal salvation. If you are a devotee of Lord Krishna,
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have a background of thought of his picture and the
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repetition of his famous mantra O m Nammo bagaate vaced
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of Aa and his qualities form formless qualities. A worshiper
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of formless, a tribuli us god should have a background
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of thought of oem and its meaning, infinite ocean of light, truth, consciousness, bliss,
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all pervading, complete, infinite, self realized soul work in the world.
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End the moment the mind is free, begin to think
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of the background of thought, background according to taste, temperament,
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and capacity for spiritual practice. By constant thinking, a habit
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in the mind will be formed, and without effort, the
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mind will run towards the background of thought. It is
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a pity that the vast majority of persons have no ideal,
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no program of life at all, and no pure background
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of thought. They are doomed to failure. The background of
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thought of a young married lady is usually lustful. The
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background of thought of an old mother is the affection
2:29:47
towards her sons and grandsons. The background of thought of
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the vast majority of persons is hatred and jealousy. Even
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the so called educated persons with many university qualifications and
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actos pandemic knowledge, which is only husk when compared with
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spiritual knowledge, have no ideal, no program of life, and
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no background of thought. A deputy collector, after getting pension,
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marries a third wife and goes on as a dewan
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of a state. A worldly minded person is a prey
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to sexual thoughts and thoughts of hatred, anger, and revenge.
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These two types of thoughts actually take possession of his mind.
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He is a slave to these two sets of thoughts.
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He does not know how to divert his mind and
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fix it on some other good, noble thought. He does
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not know the laws of thought. He is quite unaware
2:30:38
of the nature and suitable workings of the mind. His
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position is extremely deplorable, despite his earthly possessions and bookish
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knowledge obtained in universities Vivika, discrimination between real and unreal
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has not awakened in him. He has no faith in saints,
2:30:55
sacred texts in God. He is unable to resist an
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evil desire, craving or temptation on account of his weak will.
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The only potent remedy to remove his world intoxication, world charm,
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world delusion is constant association with truth and enlightened beings
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or association with Sadu's sinyasins and mahatmas. After retirement, everybody
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should have a background of thought and should spend his
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time in philosophical studies and divine contemplation. Old habits of
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loose thinking must be replaced by cultivating fresh habits of
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good thoughts. At first, a tendency to think of good
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thoughts will be formed. By continued practice, a positive, definite
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habit of thinking of virtuous, helping thoughts will be developed.
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You will have to struggle very hard. The old habits
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will try to recur again and again till you are
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firmly established in the habit of thinking of good thoughts.
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Only you will have to fill the mind again and
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again with pure thoughts, divine thoughts, thoughts of the Gidah,
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Lord Krishna, lord Rama, who Panish, et cetera. New grooves
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and avenues will be formed. Now, just as a gramophone
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needle cuts a small groove in the plate, pure thinking
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will cut new, healthy grooves in the mind and brain.
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New sam scerre's mental impressions will be formed. You will
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have concentration without much effort. He who has subdued his
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mind beholds in his own self by the help of
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his own pure intellect, the immortal eternal Brahmin, which is
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subtler than the subtlest, which is an embodiment of bliss,
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peace and wisdom. It is the contact of the sense
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with the sense object that gives rise to a mental perception.
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But if the senses are withdrawn and the mind is stilled,
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there comes a stage where there is no touch with
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any sense object. It is the state of bliss and
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pure consciousness which burns all sam Scare's mental impressions that
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give rise to birth and death. Attachment is death. You
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are attached to body, action, wife, children, property, house, place,
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and articles that give you pleasure. Wherever there is attachment,
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there are anger, fear, and mental impressions. Attachment leads to bondage.
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If you want to attain God realization, you must get
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rid of all sorts of attachment. The first step in
2:33:16
detachment is to be detached from the body with which
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you feel so much identified. The Sanskrit word for the
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self is atman. Otman is derived from the root at
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which means to go always Oughtman thus means that which
2:33:30
evolves itself always into names and forms of the universe.
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In order to realize is real essential nature, which is existence, consciousness, bliss, absolute,
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the pure consciousness, and freedom of thoughts. Through constant and
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intense practice of yoga and Jnana Sodana's spiritual practice for
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acquiring knowledge, you can become waveless thought free. The waveless
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Yogi helps the world more than the man on the platform.
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Ordinary people can hardly grasp this point. When you are waveless,
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you actually permeate and pervade every atom of the universe,
2:34:04
purify and elevate the whole world. The names of waveless
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nannis wise such as Jada, Barata and Vamadeva, are even
2:34:12
now remembered. They never published books, they never made disciples.
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Yet what a tremendous influence these waveless nannis had produced
2:34:22
on the minds of the people. You can attain Nana
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knowledge only if you are free from sensuous desires and
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immoral mental states. Aloofness of body from sensuous objects and
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aloofness of mind from a moral states of mind are
2:34:35
needed for the attainment of Jana knowledge. Then only will
2:34:39
divine light descend. Just as a bundalow is cleaned of
2:34:43
cobwebs and the garden of all its weeds for the
2:34:46
reception of the Viceroy, the mental palace should be cleansed
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of all vices, desires, and immoral states for the reception
2:34:53
of the Holy Brahmin, the viceroy of viceroys. When a
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desire arises in the mind. A worldling wellth comes it
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and tries to fulfill it, but an aspirt renounces it
2:35:03
immediately through vivika discrimination between real and unreal. Wise people
2:35:08
consider even spark of desire as a very great evil.
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Therefore they will not entertain any kind of desire. They
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will be ever delightful. In Ottman only, thinking starts the
2:35:20
process of creation. Thinking means externalization or objectification. Thinking means differentiation, quality,
2:35:29
and multiplicity. Thinking is some sorrow cycle of birth, death
2:35:33
and rebirth. Thinking causes identification with the body. Thinking causes
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inss and mindness. Thinking causes time space, et cetera. Stop
2:35:46
this thinking through verajaia, detachment and abhiahs a practice and
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merge yourself in the pure consciousness where there is no thinking,
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there is absolution or Javanmukti. Chapter nine, From thoughts to thought, Transcendence,
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thoughts and life. Man thinks of sensual objects and gets
2:36:06
attached to them. He thinks that fruits are very good
2:36:09
for the body. He exerts to possess them. Then he
2:36:14
actually possesses and enjoys them. He now clings to the fruits.
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He develops a habit of taking fruits now, and when
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he fails to obtain them any day, he gets pain.
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From thinking comes attachment from attachment. Desire is born from desire,
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precedes anger. Anger arises when desire is frustrated by some
2:36:34
cause or the other. From anger arises delusion from delusion,
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failure of memory from failure of memory, loss of intellect.
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From loss of intellect, man is totally ruined. If you
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want to attain everlasting peace, do not think of objects,
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but think always of the immortal, blissful ottman alone. Desires,
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by themselves are harmless. They are galvanized by the power
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of thought. Then only they do much havoc. Man muses
2:37:03
or thinks on the objects of the senses, he imagines
2:37:07
that he will get a great deal of pleasure from them.
2:37:10
This imagination excites the desires. This power of imagination cooperates
2:37:16
with the desires. Then the desires are invigorated or vitalized.
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They attack the deluded jeeva individual's soul vehemently. Thoughts and character.
2:37:28
Man is not a creature of circumstances. His thoughts are
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the architects of his circumstances. A man of character builds
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a life out of circumstances. He steadily perseveres and plots.
2:37:42
He does not look back. He marches forward bravely. He
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is not afraid of obstacles. He never frets and fumes.
2:37:52
He never gets discouraged and disappointed. He is full of vigor, energy,
2:37:57
vim and vitality. He is ever zealous and enthusiastic. Thoughts
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are the bricks with which character is built. Character is
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not born, it is formed. Determination to build definite character
2:38:13
in life is needed. This must be followed up with
2:38:16
persistent striving. Build your character. You can shape your life.
2:38:21
Character is power. It is influence. It makes friends, It
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draws patronage and support. It creates friends and funds. It
2:38:32
opens a sure and easy way to wealth, honour, success,
2:38:35
and happiness. Character is the determining factor in victory and defeat,
2:38:40
success and failure, and in all the issues of life.
2:38:44
A man of good character enjoys life here in and hereafter.
2:38:49
Small kind acts, small courtesies, small consideration, small benevolence, habitually
2:38:55
practiced in your social intercourse give a great charm to
2:38:58
your character than great platform lecture, discourses, oration, exhibition of talents,
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et CETERA strong character is formed by strong and noble thinking.
2:39:09
A good Character is the fruition of personal exertion. It
2:39:13
is the result of one's own endeavors. It is not
2:39:16
wealth or power, nor is it mere intellect that governs
2:39:19
the world. It is moral character associated with moral excellence,
2:39:24
that really rules the entire universe. Nothing in this world, wealth, name, fame,
2:39:30
victory is worth a fig or a straw. Without character.
2:39:34
Character must stand behind and back up everything. And character
2:39:39
is built by your thoughts, thoughts and words. There is
2:39:44
power in every word that is spoken. There are two
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kinds of ritties or thoughts viz. Sactivritty and lectionovrity. In words.
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In the Upanishads, the electionovrity is taken vitis verapohem does
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not mean embodiment vedas the election avrity does denote Brahman,
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who can be reached by the study of the Upanishads alone,
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by the Sabdapramana alone. Mark here the power in the words.
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If anyone calls another Salah or badmash or fool, he
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is thrown into a state of fury. Immediately fight ensues.
2:40:21
If you address anyone as bug Vaughan or Prabu or Maharaj,
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he is immensely pleased. Thoughts and actions thoughts are dormant
2:40:31
seeds of action. The mind's acts, and not the bodily acts,
2:40:35
are alone true acts. It is the actions of the
2:40:39
mind that are truly termed Karmas thought and act are interdependent.
2:40:44
There is no such thing as mind. Apart from thought.
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Thoughts constitute the mind. Words are nothing but the outward
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expressions of thoughts, which are imperceptible. Actions are caused by
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feelings of desire and aversion, likes and dislike. These feelings
2:41:01
are caused by the fact that you attribute a pleasurable
2:41:04
or painful nature to objects. Thought is finite. It is
2:41:09
inadequate to express even temporal processes, not to speak of
2:41:13
the absolute, which is inexpressible. The body, with its organs,
2:41:17
is no other than the mind. Thoughts peace and strength, Fewer,
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the desires lesser, the thoughts become absolutely desireless. The weal
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of mind will stop entirely if you reduce your wants.
2:41:33
If you do not try to fulfill your desires, if
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you try to eradicate your desires one by one, your
2:41:39
thoughts will diminish in frequency and length. The number of thoughts,
2:41:43
also permitted, will diminish. Fewer, the thoughts greater, the peace.
2:41:49
Remember this always, a wealthy man who is engaged in
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speculation in a big city and who has a large
2:41:56
number of thoughts, has a restless mind in spite of
2:41:58
his comforts, whereas a sot who lives in the cave
2:42:01
of the Himalayas and who is practicing thought control is
2:42:04
very happy in spite of his poverty. Fewer the thoughts,
2:42:08
greater the mental strength and concentration. Suppose that the average
2:42:12
number of thoughts that pass through your brain within one
2:42:15
hour is one hundred. If you succeed in reducing it
2:42:19
by constant practice of concentration and meditation to ninety, you
2:42:23
have gained ten percent of the power of concentration of mind.
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Every thought that is reduced add strength and peace to
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the mind. Reduction of even one thought will give mental
2:42:34
strength and peace of mind. You may not be able
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to feel this in the beginning, as you do not
2:42:39
possess a subtle intellect, but there is a spiritual thermometer
2:42:42
inside to register the reduction of even a single thought.
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If you reduce one thought, the mental strength that you
2:42:49
have gained by this reduction will help you to reduce
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the second thought easily. Thought energy and sacred thoughts. Thought
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is a finer manifestation of being than ether or energy.
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You think because you share the universal thought. Thought is
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both force and motion. Thought is dynamic. Thought moves. Thought
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decides the future as you think, so you become. Thought
2:43:17
makes a saint or a sinner. Thought can shape a man.
2:43:22
Think that you are Brahmin, and brahmin you become. Sacred
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thoughts generate and sustain divine thoughts. Thoughts of hatred interfere
2:43:31
with the inner harmony of the heart. Every useless thought
2:43:35
is wastage of energy. Useless thoughts are obstacles to spiritual growth.
2:43:41
Every thought must have a definite purpose. Negative evil thoughts
2:43:45
cannot overcome fear. Patience overcomes anger and irritability. Love overcomes hatred,
2:43:53
Purity overcomes lust. Mind is not daily made. In every minute,
2:43:58
it changes its color and shape thoughts that bind. Through
2:44:03
its power of differentiation, mind generates this universe. The expansion
2:44:08
of the mind's thoughts towards sensual objects is bondage. The
2:44:12
abandoning of the thoughts constitutes liberation. The mind creates at
2:44:17
the outset an attachment for the body in sense objects
2:44:20
and binds the man Through this attachment. The attachment is
2:44:24
due to the force of Raja's passions. Purity brings non
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attachment and infuses in the mind discrimination and renunciation. It
2:44:33
is the roji sick passionate mind that causes the ideas
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eye and mind and the difference of body, caste, creed, color,
2:44:41
order of life, et cetera. The poisonous tree of the
2:44:45
maaic illusion grows more and more out of the seed
2:44:47
of the mind's modification or expanded thoughts, in the soil
2:44:51
of the multifarious enjoyments of the world, from pure thoughts
2:44:55
to transcendental experience. Thoughts are of two kinds, thoughts and
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impure thoughts. Desire to do virtuous actions, repetition of sacred mantra, meditation,
2:45:07
study of religious books, et cetera. Is pure thought. A
2:45:12
desire to go to cinema, to hurt others, and to
2:45:14
seek sex relations is impure thought. Impure thoughts should be
2:45:19
destroyed by the increase of pure thoughts, and pure thoughts
2:45:22
also should be given up. In the end, thoughts gain
2:45:26
strength by repetition of sensual enjoyments. Sensual enjoyments leave on
2:45:31
the mind subtle impressions. The real nature of mind is
2:45:35
purity only movement and inertia join satv purity accidentally in
2:45:41
the middle. They can be removed by sodena, spiritual practice
2:45:45
or purificatory practices such as discipline, selfless service, self restraint, tranquility,
2:45:51
repetition of sacred mantra, worship, et cetera. If you develop
2:45:56
the divine qualities, movement and inertia will perish. Then the
2:46:00
mind will be pure, subtle, steady, and one pointed. Then
2:46:05
it will melt in a subtle and visible, homogeneous brahmin.
2:46:08
It will mix with brahmin. Now, just as milk mixed
2:46:11
with milk, water with water, boil with oil. Thoughtless absorption
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in ultimate reality will result. Raja yogic method for thought transcendence.
2:46:22
Substitute pure thoughts for impure thoughts. This method of substitution
2:46:27
will destroy all evil thoughts. This is very easy. This
2:46:32
is the method of Raja yoga. The method of driving
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the thoughts at once by will force or by using
2:46:38
the formula get out Oh evil Thoughts is very taxing.
2:46:42
It is not suitable for ordinary people. It demands tremendous
2:46:47
will power and spiritual strength. You must rise above pure
2:46:51
thoughts and attain the supreme state of thoughtlessness. Only then
2:46:55
can you rest in your own real nature. Only then
2:46:59
will Brahmin be revere field like amuluka fruit in the
2:47:01
palm of your hand. Vidantic technique for thought transcendence. When
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all kinds of useless thoughts and emotions trouble you much,
2:47:10
be indifferent. Say to yourself, who am I feel? I
2:47:15
am not the mind, I am the atman, the all
2:47:19
pervading spirit, purity, truth, consciousness, bliss. How can emotions affect me?
2:47:26
I am unattached, I am witness of these emotions. Nothing
2:47:30
can disturb me. When you repeat these suggestions of vicarous
2:47:34
self realization or vedantic wisdom reflection, the thoughts and emotions
2:47:39
will die by themselves. This is the Jnana wisdom method
2:47:43
of driving out thoughts and emotions and the struggling with
2:47:46
the mind. When any thought arises in the mind, inquire
2:47:50
why has this writty modification or risen? Whom it concerns?
2:47:56
Who am I? All the thoughts will die Eventually, all
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mental activities will cease, The mind will turn inward, it
2:48:06
will rest in aughtman. This is vedantic wisdom spiritual practice.
2:48:11
You will have to persist constantly in the spiritual practice.
2:48:15
Whatever stray thoughts arise. The one thought who am I,
2:48:19
will destroy all other thoughts of worldly nature. That thought
2:48:23
will die by itself, Ego will vanish. Balance. Left is
2:48:28
absolute existence, pure consciousness, transcendental reality, pure consciousness, supreme awareness,
2:48:35
pure ether, which is free from all names and forms,
2:48:38
free from actions, desires, activity, and form, which is peaceful, auspicious,
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nondual nature of reality that is oughtman, that is to
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be known. Chapter ten, The Metaphysics of thought power, thought
2:48:54
power and practical idealism, Part One. Man goes from bad
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to worse in the scale of life. He does not
2:49:02
put his total strength in fit action, so he does
2:49:05
not have the richest return of wisdom. Man is tormented
2:49:08
by imperfections. Grudges are foaming in his mind because his
2:49:13
life is not flowing with right energy. The love of
2:49:16
me is ever ready to accuse the other party. Objects
2:49:20
of the objective world are delicious torments for him. Still,
2:49:24
the man wants to stand on the firm basis of
2:49:27
personal feelings. Torn by his personal passions, he is unable
2:49:31
to establish proper and harmonious relations with others. He is
2:49:36
always seeking his private felicity in every circumstance. Alter of
2:49:41
truth demands the ablations of mental rigidity, harshness, self assertion, eccentricity,
2:49:46
in egoism. Train yourself for that truth which knows no partiality,
2:49:51
no sex, no wandering gleam, O man, There is stain
2:49:56
of error in daily experiences of man. That is why
2:50:00
his life is defaced and disfigured. Men have become vinegar
2:50:04
for each other's eyes by their wrong thoughts. The ice
2:50:07
of ill will is chilling their heart. Men are bound
2:50:11
to each other by every sort of tie, by blood,
2:50:14
by pride, by fear, by hope, by lucre, by lust,
2:50:18
by hate, by admiration, by every circumstance, but not by
2:50:23
spiritual love. This is all due to wrong thoughts. The
2:50:28
wise man makes an island which no flood can overwhelm.
2:50:32
The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind,
2:50:35
but the odor of a wise man travels against the wind.
2:50:38
He pervades every place by his thoughts. He is like
2:50:41
a snowy mountain which can be seen from afar, O man.
2:50:46
If you fill your lamp with water, you will not
2:50:48
be able to dispel the darkness. Feed your lamp with
2:50:52
the oil of right thoughts. Let the right views become
2:50:56
the torch to light your way. Do not seek to
2:50:59
gratify your vanity and self seeking pride. On the brink
2:51:03
of truth. Man is miserably dying. All evil thoughts are
2:51:07
embodied in bad physiognomies. But there is nothing to despair,
2:51:12
because there is never darkness without light. There is always
2:51:15
a sublime answer to every human need. All things are
2:51:19
possible to those who believe in the possibility. Oh man,
2:51:24
raise your sight to right direction and use right laws.
2:51:28
Set in motion positive thoughts. Remember your objective. It is
2:51:34
easy to be diverted into an excursion into sidetracks. A
2:51:38
holy thought is a voice. It speaks when the tongue
2:51:42
is silent. It struggles and comes out of all obstructions serenely,
2:51:46
and no power on the earth can suppress it for
2:51:48
a long period. Oh man, Do not trade in unrealities.
2:51:55
Do not try to embrace happiness in a thousand ways.
2:51:59
The faster you you will follow it, the swifter it
2:52:01
will fly from you. Do not become a thorn for
2:52:04
yourself as well as for others. Change the direction of
2:52:08
your thoughts. Scrutinize your thoughts. Where necessity ends, curiosity begins.
2:52:15
No sooner you are supplied with everything than you sit
2:52:18
down and entertain the thoughts of artificial appetites. That is
2:52:23
why you have crossed the boundary of law. By your
2:52:26
own thoughts, you make or mar your world. Inevitable law
2:52:30
of reaction is such o man, that whatever you will
2:52:34
harbor in the inmost chamber of your heart will shape
2:52:37
itself in your outward life. Chance seems to form the
2:52:40
surface of reality, but deep down thought forces are at work.
2:52:45
Nothing in this universe and in daily behavior, is merely accidental.
2:52:50
So improve your thoughts. Real action is in silent moments.
2:52:56
Purified thought revives the entire manner of life. It tells
2:52:59
the man and quietly you have done thus, but it
2:53:02
were better done some other way. The thoughts you entertain
2:53:05
during the time of reflection, let them not become inaudable
2:53:08
when you are engrossed in daily duties. Arm yourself with
2:53:12
the sublime thoughts. By no other way does one come
2:53:16
directly to the knowledge of truth than through one's own
2:53:19
thinking and experience. Divine thought reduces centuries and makes itself
2:53:24
present through all ages. Entertain divine thoughts. Thought, power and
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practical idealism Part two. Wash off the baser thoughts with
2:53:34
the help of higher thoughts, and when the washing is effected,
2:53:37
cling to neither of them. The present state of your
2:53:40
experience is due to the thinking, feeling, and acting of
2:53:44
incalculable past lives. It cannot be easily got rid of
2:53:48
without prolonged process of thinking of and practice. Thought is
2:53:52
ancestor of action. If you want to improve your actions,
2:53:56
purify your thoughts, become a staunch believer in self reliance
2:54:01
and self effort. You can determine your fate by force
2:54:04
of thoughts. As clouds are the main source of rain,
2:54:08
so the control of one's own thoughts is the source
2:54:11
of durable prosperity. You are yourself your own friend or enemy.
2:54:16
If you will not save yourself by cherishing good thoughts,
2:54:19
there is no other remedy. Mind is the only creator.
2:54:24
Everything is created through the mind. It is absolutely free
2:54:28
in creating a world for itself. Whenever the mind is
2:54:32
referred to as the creator of external objects, it must
2:54:35
be considered as the cosmic mind and a part of
2:54:38
creation by Supreme God. Whenever the mind is referred to
2:54:42
in relation to psychological functions such as love and hatred,
2:54:45
et cetera, it must be considered as the individual mind
2:54:49
and as a part of creation by individual soul. O Man,
2:54:54
The real God lives in your heart, and the only
2:54:56
way to worship the real God residing within the temple
2:54:59
of your body is by your own sublime thoughts. Stop
2:55:03
the psychological functions of your mind, and see value only
2:55:06
in sublime thoughts. The nature of things around you is
2:55:10
as you think it to be. Your life is what
2:55:13
you make it by your thoughts. Thoughts are the bricks
2:55:16
by which you have built the building of your personality.
2:55:19
Thought determines destiny. The world around you is the reflex
2:55:23
of your thoughts. You experience as you think. Your own
2:55:28
imagination plays havoc with you. You have made yourself timid
2:55:32
by entertaining the thoughts of fear. Do not become liberal
2:55:36
in imagination. You are affected by things only in accordance
2:55:41
with your idea about them. The mind sees value only
2:55:44
in that in which it has intense faith. Though all
2:55:48
of you see the same object, every one of you
2:55:50
attached to it different values according to your mental propensities.
2:55:54
You think. Thought is a creative instrument, and man becomes
2:55:59
what he thinks upon character is thought formed. You are
2:56:03
born with what you have thought upon and your present
2:56:06
character is an index of your previous thoughts. You create
2:56:10
your future by your thoughts. Now, if you think nobly,
2:56:13
you will be noble in conduct. If you think basely,
2:56:16
no environment will make you different. Thus, thoughts and actions
2:56:21
are interdependent. Be vigilant and allow only good thoughts in
2:56:25
your mental field. Every one of you have a different
2:56:28
conception of duty, value, enjoyment, and liberation. In accordance with
2:56:33
your different convictions, you strive after your own ideal. You
2:56:38
work in accordance with your long standing and intensified thought
2:56:41
and belief. You accomplish and achieve the object of your
2:56:45
own desire. Do not let your mind become denser and
2:56:49
denser by allowing it to be engrossed in gross forms.
2:56:52
Follow the abstractive process by cherishing the thoughts of virtue.
2:56:57
Your present life has three aspects, physical, mental, and spiritual.
2:57:02
You are tenaciously attached to the physical aspect. Be above
2:57:07
physical sensations and other appetites by cherishing the thoughts that
2:57:10
you are not body alone, that you are residing in
2:57:13
the temple of a body for a short period only.
2:57:16
Be above mental titillations. Subjective action functions in the world
2:57:21
of thought send out a steady stream of thought and
2:57:25
goodwill to all creation. The energizing motive behind every thought
2:57:30
should be service and friendliness. You are sensible of nak
2:57:34
skill and tricks, but there is an overpowering law which
2:57:37
confutes your tricky thoughts and talents. So do not try
2:57:41
to become partial half light. This law constrains everyone to
2:57:45
pass for what he is. His thoughts speak from his
2:57:49
character and not from his tongue. Do not try to
2:57:52
put on an artificial personality. Be genuine and clean in
2:57:56
your thoughts. The stream of thought flows in both directions.
2:58:01
When it is flowing towards good, it makes for freedom
2:58:04
and knowledge. When it is flowing towards the whirlpool of
2:58:08
existence downward towards non discrimination, it is then flowing towards evil.
2:58:14
The thinking faculty reaches its summit in light when it
2:58:17
acts according to ethical rules. You are the center of
2:58:21
individual willing, individual thinking, and individual feeling. The enchantment of
2:58:26
time and place presents before you heavenly scenes which vanish
2:58:29
like optical illusions. You have repeatedly allowed yourself to be
2:58:34
mocked by them. That is why your chest is sawed
2:58:36
by the friction of size. Your discriminative power is dried
2:58:39
up by the fire of knowledge. The spiritual goal is
2:58:43
held before you. How quickly or how slowly you move
2:58:47
towards it will depend on your thoughts. Stand united with
2:58:51
your higher thoughts, you will achieve that goal, which is
2:58:55
bought by many failures. Become a non seeker of personal
2:58:59
ends and claes. Glory. Death will not easily come near
2:59:03
you if you will not wear on your bosom the
2:59:05
necklace of vicious thoughts. The bliss that accrues from the
2:59:08
culture of mind surpasses even the prosperity of the three worlds,
2:59:12
or possession of all kinds of jewels, or acquisition of
2:59:15
high office. Your mind is omnipotent. It is capable of
2:59:20
accomplishing everything as you imagine within your mind. So things
2:59:25
happen forthwith whatever is intensely thought by your mind that
2:59:29
comes to be materialized and affected. Your thought is endowed
2:59:34
with creative power. It can evolve objects from within itself.
2:59:39
It is the only creator. Nothing ever will be created
2:59:43
or recreated except through mind. Thought is the material out
2:59:47
of which things are made. All matter is but materialization
2:59:51
of consciousness. No other being is responsible for what you
2:59:55
acquire as everything is the consequence of your thought, because
2:59:59
of what what ever comes to you in life is
3:00:01
within you. No other agency can bestow favors on you
3:00:06
unless you deserve them. Whatever you get through others is
3:00:10
the outcome of your own thoughts and efforts. There is
3:00:13
nothing in the world which you cannot achieve when your
3:00:15
thoughts are flowing in the right direction. You should neither
3:00:19
become a pessimist nor a misanthrope. Creative power is the
3:00:23
privilege of every mind. Your own efforts, guided by your aspiration,
3:00:28
are the warp and woof of your destiny. Do not
3:00:31
possess a dissipated mind by cherishing weak thoughts. Superficial mind
3:00:36
cannot acquire depth of insight. Control the roving mind by
3:00:41
entertaining one flow of thought. All that is intensely thought
3:00:45
by you will come to you early or late, in
3:00:47
accordance with the effort you have put in to acquire it.
3:00:51
The extent of space, as well as the duration of time,
3:00:53
are relative to your thoughts and emotions. You experience as
3:00:58
you think. If a moment is imagined to be a
3:01:01
long period, it is experienced as such, and vice versa.
3:01:05
The same period of time is experienced as a long
3:01:08
age when you are in trouble, and as a moment
3:01:10
when you are happy. Such is the power of thought
3:01:13
that sweet is experienced as bitter, and vice versa. By
3:01:17
intense thought, you can turn poison into nectar. Think of Mirah.
3:01:23
She turned poison into nectar by her intensified thoughts. You
3:01:27
are surrounded by the forces of antagonism. But if there
3:01:31
are no thoughts of antagonism in you, you can easily
3:01:34
return a blessing for a curse. Thus you can control
3:01:38
all the forces of antagonism. Struggle hard and check the
3:01:42
unwonted mental rush. The world around you is only what
3:01:45
you believe it to be. Your perceptions are colored by
3:01:49
your thoughts. Your mind perceives and continues to perceive the
3:01:53
things in that very form in which it imagines it
3:01:56
to be. With full faith. Pierce through the steel armor
3:01:59
of bias thoughts and try to see the divinity in
3:02:02
every object. It is by thought alone that you get
3:02:05
into delusion, undergo the experience of birth and death, are
3:02:09
bound in the world, and become released from it. All
3:02:12
your states of happiness or misery in heaven or hell
3:02:16
are effects of your own thoughts. Early or late in
3:02:19
this life or lives to come, all your passing thoughts
3:02:22
will be realized. So discriminate nicely. Your present state has
3:02:28
been willed by your thoughts. You can change the present
3:02:32
state into another by your own thoughts. If you believe
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that you are separate from the absolute, you are so.
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If you think yourself to be Brahmin, you are so.
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You limit yourself by your thoughts. With each divine thought,
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the mind rends the thin rinds of the visible and
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finite and comes out into eternity. But you are so
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negligent about your mental factory thought. Power and Practical Idealism
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Part three. Your destiny is mapped out by your thoughts.
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You have only that much power as you imagine you have.
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The world around you is as you have willed it
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to be. You are living in an infinite ocean of
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power and cheerfulness, but you appropriate only so much from
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it as you think, believe, and imagine. Due to certain propensities,
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you cherish certain thoughts, and you allow your mind to foment.
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But by discrimination you can easily give up the fantasy
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of mind. The limit of your thought is the limit
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of your possibilities. Your circumstances and environments are the materialization
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of your thoughts. The world experience rises or falls in
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accordance with your thoughts. Whatever thought is cherished by you
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in the world will be ultimately realized. Whatever a pure
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mind strongly believes something to be that it soon becomes.
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Your thoughts are powerful in proportion to your intensity, depth,
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and warmth. They become so when they are being constantly
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cherished over and over again. Constant thinking, desiring or imagining
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of the same idea contributes much to the materialization of
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that idea. Develop a pure mind, and whatever objects and
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worlds you wish to get, you will gain those objects
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and worlds. It is true that every thought you think
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has its corresponding effect on the whole or some part
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of human anatomy. The physical body is realized to be
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subtle by means of constant meditation on its being. So
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the mental or subtle body becomes physical when it is
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repeatedly imagined. The secret of success is constant and repeated effort.
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Develop strong determination. It is an important factor which will
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contribute to the realization of your thoughts. There is nobody
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who will be able to withstand the power of your
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determined mind, you can realize everything. Your body is your
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objectified thought. When your thoughts change, the body will also change.
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The mind cre dates the body from the material of
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your own thoughts. Thought is a force that can change, transform,
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or at least modify almost anything in the human system.
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The disorder and disharmony of the physical body is called
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a physical disease, and the conflict of the mind is
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called a mental disease. Both of them have their ultimate
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root in ignorance and can be cured only by the
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knowledge of reality. When you worry about the experiences of
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the world, a depressing mental disturbance originates in your mind.
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By the effect of mental disturbance, the smooth and regular
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flow of vital currents is disturbed. When the vital currents
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flow improperly, the knadi's energy channels within the body become disorganized.
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Some of them get more vital energy and some get less.
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Thus the whole system becomes out of order. In this way,
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mental disharmony is the cause of physical diseases, which can
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be cured only by removing the cause. Every depressing and
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disturbing thoughts that enters your brain has a depressing effect
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on every cell of your body and tends to produce disease.
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All negative thoughts are forerunners of disease, and they are
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messengers of death. If you want to live long and
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lead a sensible and healthy life, cherish good thoughts. Subtle
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and powerful are influences of the thoughts in building and
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rebuilding of your body. Be vigilant practically. All diseases, with
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their sufferings, have their origin in perverted mental and emotional
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states and conditions. Restoration of mental harmony is absolutely necessary
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for you. Purify your thoughts by performing noble actions and
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by association with wise ones. When your thoughts are purified,
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the vital currents will begin to flow properly and will
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clean the whole system. Every good thought stimulates the heart,
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improves the digestive system, and promotes the normal action of
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every gland. Contentment is another name for the harmony of
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the mind. When your thought thoughts do not wander to
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this or that object, and when you feel self satisfied,
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you are in a state of joy, which is unique.
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If you are happy within, everything appears good and pleasing
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to you. Thoughts are the main source of your cheerfulness.
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Purify your thoughts, all troubles will be cured. If you
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are cherishing peaceful thoughts, the whole world will appear cool.
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But if negative thoughts have spread their kingdom, then the
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world will seem to be a hot furnace. No circumstance
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compels you to cherish evil thoughts. Do not ruin yourself
3:07:33
by your imagination of fate. It has no reality of
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its own. Thought is able to reveal reality. Propelled by
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right thoughts, the wise man is able to come out
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of most dangerous situations. The whole reality is present in
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its full potency everywhere, so whatever is intensely thought of
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anywhere can be experienced there. The essential nature of all
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objects is thoughts. Materiality is a wrong idea. As snow
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melts in water through heat, so mind becomes settled through
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the practice of right vision and positive thoughts. The real
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action is thought only. It is really mental and not physical.
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The physical action is only an external expression of the
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real action, which is vibration of volition in the mind.
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Your physical activities are only the various sides of mental activities.
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As the beauty of a tree increases immensely in the
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spring season, so also your strength, your intellect, and the
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luster will increase in proportion to your positive thoughts. Thoughts
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of the wise men are entirely different from the thoughts
3:08:39
of ordinary people. You are liberated in proportion to your
3:08:43
thoughts of indifference to the world. When thoughts of purity
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emanate around you, eternal law begins to support you. You
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are aware of your thoughts. You only know what has
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come to pass in your own experience. In every one
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of you, separately, has there risen the world of the
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experience of the world. You have got a limited mind,
3:09:04
which is subject to various types of modes and circumstances.
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Some thought seeds. True knowledge is spiritual consciousness. It is
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awareness of one's real nature. Knowledge means right discernment or
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correct evaluation, wisdom, and a perfect understanding of one's self
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and of others. Right thought results in right action and
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right life. Beauty is essentially spiritual. Real beauty lies in
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one's heart. It is in one's character. Beauty dwells in purity,
3:09:38
Beauty shines in virtues. Love is a refined, innate sense
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of oneness with the entire creation. Love is self denial, selflessness.
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Love is sacredness of heart. Love is unrestrained good will, mercy, compassion,
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and tolerance. Love is absence of sensuality. The body is
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not everything. There is something which is vitally important which
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dwells in the body. It is the spirit of man.
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Though identical with the cosmic spirit, it is individualized by
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the karmas of the individual's soul. The body passes away,
3:10:17
the spirit lives. The individuality of the spirit is there.
3:10:21
As long as the body lasts, than it ought to
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return back to and dissolve itself in its original source, unless,
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of course, it is drawn back by its associated karmas
3:10:31
into another embodiment in order to reap them. Everything posseth away.
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Nothing ever is to accompany man except his karmas when
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the body is cast off. Hence, as long as man lives,
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he should live amicably with love and good will towards all,
3:10:47
hurting no one in any manner, coveting no worldly riches,
3:10:51
with more of kindness and mental charity, forgiveness and tolerance,
3:10:55
with detachment to mundane objects, and dissociation of the ego
3:10:59
from one's action, while taking care to acquire no new karmas,
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as one works out the already accomplished ones. With a
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little of contentment, discrimination, devotion to God and self surrender
3:11:11
to his will, with a little of detachment and non
3:11:13
expectation of anything from anyone. With an attitude of prayerfulness
3:11:17
and abiding by the dictates of one's conscience, with unshakable
3:11:20
faith in one's spiritual principles and code of conduct and evaluation,
3:11:24
life becomes easier, worthier, and happier. If you have difficulties,
3:11:30
you should look to the cause first. The real troubled
3:11:33
lies in ignoring the cause. If the cause is remedied,
3:11:37
difficulties become less or rather accidental. The world is a
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great school where people are given ample opportunities to mend
3:11:45
and mold themselves into better individuals. No one is born perfect.
3:11:51
There are possibilities for everyone to improve one's self. Trials
3:11:55
and difficulties ought to make one a better individual, rather
3:11:58
than create complexes and can strict the mind and heart.
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Take shelter in great and noble thoughts, and obtain perfection.
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Guru's grace is always with the disciple, unreserved and unconditioned.
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It depends, however, on the self, discipline, faith and purity
3:12:15
of the disciple whether to make use of this grace
3:12:17
or not. Guru resides in the hearts of his disciples.
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Some are aware of this and some are not. The
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living presence of the Guru within is the best asset
3:12:28
of the disciple. Chapter eleven. Thought power for God realization.
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Life an interplay of thoughts. The thought that you hold
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will manifest in your life. If you are courageous, cheerful, compassionate, tolerant,
3:12:45
and kind, then these qualities will manifest in your physical life.
3:12:49
The only impurity of the mind is base thought and desire.
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Guard your good thoughts as an alert watchman guards the treasury.
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When there is not that I thought, then there will
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be no other thing. Thought. Life is an interplay of thoughts.
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Duality ceases when the mind stops its function. Thinking is
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bound by the time factor. Thinking must cease. Then alone
3:13:13
you will attain the timeless. Be still, Let all the
3:13:17
waves of thought subside. In that stillness. When the mind melts,
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there shines the self effulgent otman, the pure consciousness. Watch
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the mind, watch the thoughts. Pursue serenity. Make your heart
3:13:33
a fitting abode for the Lord. Thought results in spiritual experience.
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The molten gold which is poured into a crucible assumes
3:13:42
the shape of the crucible. Even so the mind assumes
3:13:46
the form of the object which it pervades. The mind
3:13:50
assumes the shape of any object it intensely thinks upon.
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If it thinks of an orange, it assumes the shape
3:13:56
of an orange. If it thinks of Lord Chrishnan, it
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assumes the form of Lord Krishna. You must train the
3:14:04
mind properly and give it proper pure food for assimilation.
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Have a pure background of thought or mental image. The
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same thoughts which are entertained by the man during the
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day occupy his mind during dream. Also, if you have
3:14:19
purity and concentration, you can make the mind assume any
3:14:22
state you like. If you think of mercy, your whole
3:14:26
being will be saturated with mercy. If you think of peace,
3:14:30
the whole being will be pervaded with peace. It is
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the mental state or attitude that determines the nature of
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an action and brings its fruits. You may embrace your
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mother or sister, or your wife. The action is the same,
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but the mental state is different. Watch your state, ideas
3:14:48
and feelings always. Your state should always be pure. You
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should always entertain Brahma state of the universal spirit. Watch
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the state during the meditation. You need not watch the
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breath the thoughts you create in your mind, and the
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images you form in your daily life will help you
3:15:07
in making what you are or what you want to become.
3:15:11
If you constantly think of Lord Krishna, you will become
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identical with the Lord. You will abide in Him forever
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thoughts of God. Your mind must be empty of all
3:15:22
worldly thoughts. It must be filled with thoughts of God
3:15:26
and with nothing else. Keep your mind filled with good, divine, sublime,
3:15:31
lofty thoughts, so that there will be no room for
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evil thoughts. Never speak any unnecessary word, Never allow any
3:15:39
unnecessary or vain thought to occupy your mind. Divine thoughts
3:15:44
for freedom from diseases. The best medicine or panacea for
3:15:48
all diseases and for keeping good health is the entertaining
3:15:52
of divine thoughts. The waves released by divine thoughts, by
3:15:56
praising of God, repetition of sacred mantra, and regular metaieation
3:16:00
will electrify, rejuvenate, vivify, energize the cells, tissues, nerves. Another
3:16:07
cheap and potent drug is to keep oneself always joyful
3:16:10
and cheerful. Study guided daily one or two chapters with meaning.
3:16:16
Keep yourself fully occupied, which is a remedy to keep
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off thoughts of worldliness. Fill the mind with purity and
3:16:23
enjoy wonderful health and peace. Obtain an association with the wise.
3:16:28
Cultivate faith, serenity, truthfulness, courage, mercy, devotion, love, cheerfulness, confidence,
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divine thought in divine virtues. Allow the mind to run
3:16:40
in the spiritual direction in divine grooves. Your mind will
3:16:44
be peaceful and generate harmonious vibrations. You will enjoy excellent
3:16:49
mental health and have no physical disease. Thought culture, by
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knowledge and devotion. Sit in a solitary place and watch
3:16:57
your thoughts carefully. Allow the monkey mind to jump in
3:17:01
its own way for some time. After some time, it
3:17:04
will climb down. It will become quiet. Be a Sakshi
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observer or witness of the menagerie of various thoughts in
3:17:12
the eternal circus or show. Become a spectator of the
3:17:16
mental bioscopic film. Do not identify with the thoughts. Take
3:17:22
an indifferent attitude. All thoughts will die by themselves, one
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by one. Repeat mentally, Oh am I am Sakshi observer?
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Who am I I am? Thoughtless? Otman? I have nothing
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to do with these false mental pictures and thoughts. Let
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them roll on. I have no concern with them. All
3:17:44
thoughts will perish. The mind will perish like the geless lamp.
3:17:49
Fix the mind on the form of Lord Hari or
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Lord Shiva, or Lord Krishna or your Guru, or any
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saint like Lord Buddha or Lord Jesus. Again and again,
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try to call this mann image of the picture. All
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thoughts will die. This is another method, the method of
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bactas thoughts and yoga practice of mental quietude. Sit peacefully, discriminate,
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dissociate yourself from thoughts and a mind which is the
3:18:17
thinking principle or entity. Identify yourself with the innermost self
3:18:22
and stand as a silent witness or sakshi. Gradually, all
3:18:27
thoughts will die by themselves. You will become one with
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the supreme Self or Parabrahman. Continue the practice of mental quietude.
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It does require, doubtless a direct effort to annihilate the mind.
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You should annihilate the mental impressions first. Then alone you
3:18:45
will be able to do the Sodnas spiritual practice of
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mental quiet vigorously without producing a tenuation of subtle desires
3:18:53
and attractions. No mental quiet or annihilation of the mind
3:18:57
is possible. Winning friends by practice of yoga, win friends,
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and influence people. This Dale Carnegie principle is but a
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leaf out of the ancient Indian volume on psycho Spiritual Science.
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Practice yoga, the entire world will worship you. You will
3:19:15
unconsciously attract to yourself every living being, even gods, will
3:19:18
be at your beck and call, even among wild beasts
3:19:22
and bloody brutes. You will win friends, serve all love,
3:19:26
all unfold your inner powers through the practice of raja yoga.
3:19:31
Through the control and conquest of thought power. Through the
3:19:34
practice of yoga, you can make the whole humanity and
3:19:37
all living beings members of your own family. Through the
3:19:41
practice of yoga, you can overcome all difficulties and can
3:19:44
eradicate all weaknesses. Through the practice of yoga, pain can
3:19:49
be transmuted into bliss, death into immortality, sorrow into joy,
3:19:53
failure into success, and sickness into perfect health. Therefore, practice
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yoga diligently the yogic state of thoughtlessness. Generally, there is
3:20:04
no genuine spiritual awakening in students. There is mere curiosity
3:20:09
for getting some psychic or yogic powers. That student is
3:20:13
far from God as long as he retains some hidden
3:20:16
desires for spiritual powers. Strictly observe the ethical rules. Transform
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the worldly nature. First, if you become absolutely desireless, absolutely thoughtless,
3:20:29
absolutely fritiless. If the mental fluctuations are destroyed in Totokundalini
3:20:34
will ascend by itself without effort. Through the force of purity,
3:20:39
remove the dross of mind. You will yourself get help
3:20:42
and answer from within. Yogi of the developed thought power.
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The yogi who has developed his powers of thoughts has
3:20:50
a magnetic and charming personality. Those who come in contact
3:20:54
with him are much influenced by his sweet voice, powerful speech,
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lustrous eyes, brilliant complexion, strong healthy body, good behavior, virtuous qualities,
3:21:04
and divine nature. People derive joy, peace and strength from him.
3:21:10
They are inspired by his speech and get elevation of
3:21:13
mind by mere contact with him. Thought moves. Thought is
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a great force. A yogi or sage can purify the
3:21:22
whole world with his powerful thoughts. Though he remains in
3:21:25
a solitary cave in the Himalayas, it is not necessary
3:21:29
that he should appear on the platform and deliver lectures
3:21:31
and discourses to help the people. Satva purity is intense activity,
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the wheel that revolves very rapidly, appears to be at rest.
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So is safa purity, So is a Safic pure man.
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Thought boats to infinite strength. Life is a journey from
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impurity to purity, from hatred to cosmic love, from death
3:21:54
to immortality, from imperfection to perfection, from slavery to freedom,
3:21:59
from diversity to unity, from ignorance to eternal wisdom, from
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pain to eternal bliss, from weakness to infinite strength. Let
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every thought take you nearer the Lord, Every thought further
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your evolution. Chapter twelve, Thought Power for a New Civilization.
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Pure thoughts and their impact on the world. The Western
3:22:20
psychologists and occultists lay great emphasis and stress on the
3:22:24
purity of thoughts. Thought culture is an exact science. One
3:22:29
should cultivate right thinking and should drive out all sorts
3:22:32
of vain and worldly thoughts. He who entertains evil thoughts
3:22:37
causes great harm unto himself and to the world at large.
3:22:41
He pollutes the thought world. His evil thoughts enter the
3:22:44
minds of others who live at a long distance. Because
3:22:47
thought moves with a tremendous lightning speed. Evil thoughts are
3:22:51
the direct cause for all sorts of diseases. All diseases
3:22:56
take their origin at first from an impure thought. Who
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entertains good, sublime and divine thoughts does immense good unto
3:23:04
himself and to the world. Also, he can radiate joy, hope, solace,
3:23:09
and peace to his friends who live at a distance.
3:23:12
Thought power for worldwel Karma is action and also the
3:23:16
law of cause and effect. All kingdoms below the human
3:23:21
kingdom are mindless. Therefore they cannot generate thoughts. Further, they
3:23:27
have no idea of right and wrong, what ought to
3:23:29
be done and what ought not to be done, and
3:23:31
so they cannot create karma. Thoughts are solid things, more
3:23:35
solid than a lump of sugar candy. They have tremendous
3:23:39
force or power. Utilize this thought power carefully. It can
3:23:44
serve you nicely in a variety of ways. But do
3:23:48
not misuse this power at random. If you misuse this power,
3:23:52
you will have quick downfall or a terrible reaction. Utilize
3:23:57
it to help others. Thought power for cultivation of courage
3:24:01
and love. Destroy ruthlessly the fear thoughts, selfish thoughts, the
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hate thoughts, lustful thoughts, and other morbid negative thoughts. These
3:24:11
evil thoughts induce weakness, disease, disharmony, depression, and despair. Cultivate
3:24:17
positive thoughts such as mercy, courage, love, and purity. The
3:24:22
negative thoughts will die by themselves. Try this and feel
3:24:27
your strength. Pure thoughts will infuse in you a new
3:24:30
exalted life. Sublime divine thoughts produce tremendous influence in the
3:24:35
mind and drive away evil thoughts and change the mental substance.
3:24:40
Mind is wholly changed into light by entertaining divine thoughts
3:24:44
thought power for an ideal life. Entertain loftiest thoughts. Your
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character will be exalted. Your life will be noble and ideal.
3:24:55
But different people have different mental backgrounds. People very in
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their capacities mental and intellectual, and in physical and mental
3:25:04
strength to do things. Therefore, each of you should have
3:25:07
an ideal which is suited to your temperament, your capacity,
3:25:11
and realize it with great enthusiasm and dynamic action. The
3:25:15
ideal of one person will not suit another. If one
3:25:19
keeps an ideal that he cannot realize, an ideal that
3:25:22
is beyond his reach and capacity, he will get disappointment.
3:25:26
He will give up his effort and become inactive. You
3:25:29
should have your own ideal you may realize at this
3:25:33
moment or after ten years with faltering steps. It does
3:25:37
not matter much. Everyone should endeavor his or her level
3:25:41
best to live up to this ideal. Your whole energy, nerve, force,
3:25:45
and will must be put in the realization of the ideal.
3:25:49
You can chalk out your own ideal yourself, according to
3:25:52
your own standard. If you are unable to do this,
3:25:55
have your guide and he will select for you the
3:25:57
ideal that is suitable to your capacity and standard. One
3:26:01
should not treat a man who has a low ideal
3:26:04
with contempt. He may be a baby soul who is
3:26:08
just crawling now in his moral or spiritual path. Your
3:26:12
duty is to help him in all possible ways in
3:26:14
the realization or accomplishment of his ideal. You should give
3:26:18
him all sorts of encouragement in his sincere endeavor to
3:26:21
live up to his own highest ideal. It is highly
3:26:25
deplorable to note that the vast majority of persons have
3:26:28
no ideal at all. Even educated persons do not cherish
3:26:32
any ideal. They lead an aimless life, and therefore are
3:26:36
drifted hither and thither like a piece of straw. They
3:26:40
make no progress in life. Is this not a very
3:26:43
sad plight? Highly lamentable? Indeed, it is very difficult to
3:26:48
get a human birth, and yet people do not realize
3:26:51
the importance of keeping up an ideal and living up
3:26:53
to the ideal. The idea of meat, drink and be
3:26:57
merry is adopted by the epicureans, the gluttons, and rich people.
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This school of thoughts has countless followers, and the number
3:27:06
is increasing by leaps and bounds daily. This is the
3:27:09
ideal of the demon king. This is the ideal of
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demons and anti gods. This ideal will lead a man
3:27:17
to the dark region of misery and sorrow. Blessed is
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the man who elevates his thoughts, keeps up an ideal,
3:27:23
and struggles hard to live up to his own ideal,
3:27:26
for he will soon attain God consciousness, thought energy for
3:27:30
service and spiritual progress. Even as energy is wasted in
3:27:35
idle talk and gossiping, so also energy is wasted in
3:27:38
entertaining useless thoughts. Therefore, you should not waste even a
3:27:43
single thought. Do not waste even an iota of energy
3:27:47
in useless thinking. Conserve all mental energy. Utilize it for
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higher spiritual purposes in divine contemplation, contemplation on brama and brama,
3:27:58
in query self realization, conserve all thought energy and utilize
3:28:02
it from meditation and helpful service to humanity. Drive away
3:28:07
from your mind all unnecessary, useless and obnoxious thoughts. Useless
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thoughts impede your spiritual growth. Obnoxious thoughts are stumbling blocks
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to spiritual advancement. You are away from God when you
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entertain useless thoughts. Substitute thoughts of God. Entertain only thoughts
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that are helpful and useful. Useful thoughts are the stepping
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stones to spiritual growth and progress. Do not allow the
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mind to run into the old grooves and have its
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own ways and habits. Be on the careful watch. Help
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the world by good thoughts. Like attracts like. If you
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entertain an evil thought, that thought attracts all sorts of
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evil thoughts from other people. You pass on those thoughts
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to others. Also, thought moves. Thought is a living, dynamic force.
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Thought is a thing. If you allow your mind to
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dwell on a sublime thought, this thought will attract good
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thoughts from others. You pass on that good thought to others.
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You pollute the world with your bad thoughts. Thought power
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and the conditions of a new civilization. Thought makes man.
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Man makes civilization. There is a powerful thought force behind
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every great event in life and in the history of
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the world, behind all discoveries and inventions, behind all religions
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and philosophies, behind all life saving or life destroying devices,
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is thought. Thought is expressed in words and executed in deeds.
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Word is the handmade of thought, and deed is the
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end result. Hence the saying, as you think, so you become.
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How to build a new civilization by generating a new
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thought force. How to build a civilization that will ensure
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the peace of mankind, the price prosperity of society, the
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salvation of the individual, by generating a thought force that
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will invariably result in man enjoying peace of mind that
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will instill in his heart the divine virtues of compassion,
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of service to his fellow men, love of God, and
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of an intense desire to realize Him. If but a
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fraction of the wealth and the time spent on wasteful
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pursuits and destructive activities is devoted to the creation of
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a good thought, there will be a new civilization right now.
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Atomic and hydrogen bombs ICBM and a host of other
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inventions drive mankind inevitably to destruction. They waste your wealth
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they destroy your neighbors. They pollute the atmosphere of the
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whole world, and generate fear, hatred, and suspicion in your heart.
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The mind is unbalanced and the body is subjected to diseases.
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Stop this trend. Promote research in spirituality, in religion, in
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all the good things of life. Support the philosophers and saints,
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the real benefactors of mankind. Encourage them in their study
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of religion, researches in ancient spiritual literature, and the projection
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of a great thought force for the good. Ban all
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literature that pollutes the thoughts of the young. Flood the
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young brain with healthy thoughts, ideas, and ideals. The man
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who commits murder, the man who steals your purse, the
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man who cheats you. Law punishes him, but this crime
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is insignificant when compared to the crime committed by the
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wicked intellectual who instills a wicked idea into the mind
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of youth. He is the author of many murders that
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take place on earth. He steals your greatest wealth viz. Wisdom.
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He cheats you by presenting you with poison in the
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name of sweet elixir. The law of the new civilization
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will deal very severely with such Azurich demonic beings. The
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new Civilization will give every encouragement to those who wish
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to study philosophy, religion, and spiritual thought. It will make
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their study compulsory in schools and colleges. It will award
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scholarships to students of philosophy. It will confer prizes and
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titles on those who conduct researches in religion and philosophy.
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The deepest urgent man, the spiritual urge, will be given
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the fullest scope to realize its goal. The fruits of
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the new civilization are well worth all that everybody can
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do towards building it up. In the new civilization, man
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will want to lead a righteous life. He will be
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eager to serve his fellow beings and share with them
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what he has. He will love all, realizing that his
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own self dwells in all. He will be devoted to
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the welfare of all beings. What an ideal society it
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will be, where people share with others all that they
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possess and will serve everybody. Where will be the need
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for taxes and duties in such a society in which
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every one will voluntarily work for all? Where is the
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need for police and the army. When people are devoted
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to virtue, this then is the ideal towards this end,
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Let everyone strive to generate a thought force. May God
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bless you all.