Page 58 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 7

SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
that we can choose only such action as may lead us to our goal and not those that detract us from the goal.
Our mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it is open. Closed minds do not realize the Truth and it is only the disciplined mind that can choose correct and proper action on any given situation. I with your permission would like to bring to your kind attention some passages from the scriptures and noble souls to stress the point.
i) When one lacks discrimination
And his mind is undisciplined, the senses Run hither and thither like wild horses.
But they obey the rein like trained horses When one has discrimination and has made The mind one-pointed. Those who lack Discrimination, with little control
Over their thoughts and far from pure,
Reach not the pure state of immortality
But wander from death to death; but those Who have discrimination, with a balanced mind And a pure heart, reach journey's end,
Never again to fall into the jaws of death.
With a discriminating intellect
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