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VAIRAGYA
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Silence Speaks
must go on with meditation unmindful of the foreign ideas that happen to come to our mind at the time. The flow of ideas is due to the activities of our conscious mind which is never at rest. We are still busy in meditation with our subconscious mind, while our conscious mind is roaming about and forming numerous ideas. Thus we are not the loser in any way. In due course, after sufficient practice, the conscious mind too gets moulded and begins to act in harmony with the subconscious mind. The result thus achieved is deep rooted and lasting, and finally calmness, the characteristic of soul becomes predominant.
What wrong can there be if I advise you not to take anyone into your Consciousness in the sense of a brother, son or daughter, but to go on with your duty with due regard to the position and personality of each? If a thirsty man takes water without an idea of its being water, shall it not quench his thirst? One must actually live up to what he thinks or talks about. You often come across mahatmas and sadhus who,
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