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VAGARIES OF THE MIND
If we just look at an ecosystem in nature we see that adaptation and cooperation are the principles that prevail. Order and organization are essential in every natural environment. Master was saying this only in his Fourth Commandment. Implementation of this maxim would ensure good, sensible and balanced administration in human affairs. Robbing, cheating, lying, are not conducive to prosperity, but to unrest and confusion. This is true not only in spiritual matters but applies to mundane matters too. "Seek virtue and wisdom," says Socrates. What does it mean? It means plainly that we should use our "intuition" which is the subtle aspect of our intelligence, the mental gift that allows us to understand the deep aspect of situations and events. We are tended to use impulsivity, brute force, aggression, and revenge but we should let our superior intellect clarify every situation, be detached, be impersonal and do not allow ourselves to be sunk into the mud like an animal! In the yogic and vedantic terminology it means that we should develop Viveka. The mind gives directions to our
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