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.They have not properly assimilated and saturated the mind with the thoughts of God.Theyhave not done regular, systematic Sadhana.They have not disciplined the Indriyas perfectly.Theyhave not collected all the outgoing rays of the mind.They have not made the self-determination,  Iwill realise this very second. They have not given the full 100% of the mind or 16 annas of themind their full mind to God.They have not kept an increasing flow of Divine Consciousnesslike the flow of oil (Tailadharavat).You will have to note very carefully whether you remain stationary in the spiritual path evenafter many years of spiritual practice or whether you are progressing.Sometimes, you may godownwards also, if you are not very vigilant and careful, if your Vairagya wanes and if you are slackin meditation.Reaction may set in.Just as the man who foolishly run after two rabbits will not catch hold of any one of them, soalso a meditator who runs after two conflicting thoughts will not get success in any one of the twothoughts.If he has divine thoughts for ten minutes and then worldly conflicting thoughts for thenext ten minutes, he will not succeed in anything, in getting at the Divine Consciousness.You mustrun after one rabbit only with vigour, strength and one-pointedness.You are sure to catch it.Youmust have only divine thoughts at all times.Then you are sure to realise God soon.You must not be too hasty in longing for the fruits at once, when you take to meditation.Haste makes waste.A young lady perambulated an Asvattha tree (Filicus religiosa) 108 times forgetting an offspring and immediately touched her abdomen to see whether there was a child or not.It is simply foolishness.She will have to wait for some months.Even so, if those who read worksdealing with Atma-Jnana and who do take delight therein will not be hasty in longing for the fruitsat once, but will meditate regularly and gradually upon them, then the mind will, by degrees, beripened and, in the end, the endless Atman will be reached; and they will get Atmasakshatkara(Self-realisation).You will have to exert in the beginning to get an equilibrium of mind.Later on, you willhave a habitual balanced state of mind.So is the case with meditation.After some years of practice,meditation becomes habitual.168MIND ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROLCONDITIONS FOR SELF-REALISATIONJust as you saturate water with salt or sugar, you will have to saturate the mind with thoughtsof God and Brahman, with divine glory, Divine Presence with sublime soul-awakening spiritualthoughts.Then only you will always be established in the Divine Consciousness.Before saturatingthe mind with thoughts of Brahman, you will have to assimilate the divine ideas first.Assimilationfirst and then saturation.Then comes realisation, at once, without a moment s delay.Remember thetriplet always:  Assimilation Saturation Realisation.Free yourself from the base thoughts of the mind, the various useless Sankalpas(imaginations).Just as you render the turbid water pure by the addition of clearing nut (strychnospotatorum), so also you will have to make the turbid mind, filled with Vasanas and false Sankalpas,pure by Brahma-Chintana (thinking and reflecting on the Absolute).If the mind constantly dwellson sensual objects, the conception of the reality of the universe will surely increase.If the mindceaselessly thinks of Atman (Absolute), the world appears like a dream.Mark the word  ceaseless.This is important.Then only there will be true illumination.Then only there will be dawn ofspiritual knowledge.The Jnana-Surya (the Sun of Knowledge) will rise in the firmament ofChidakasa (knowledge-space).You will find very often these terms in the Gita:  Ananyachetah  Matchittah Nityayuktah  Manmanah  Ekagramanah  Sarvabhavah. These terms connote that you willhave to give your full mind, entire 100% mind to God.Then only you will have Self-realisation.Even if one ray of mind runs outside, it is impossible to attain God-consciousness.It is the actions of the mind that are truly termed Karmas.True liberation results from thedisenthralment of the mind [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]