MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 2066
MAN MUST KNOW HIMSELF
Swami SivanandaMan
does not know himself because he is perpetually drowned in the
sense-world. He must get over his self-wrought delusion through enquiry
and meditation on the nature of the reality. The study of the scriptures
will give him a vision into it, and the guidance of the preceptor will
clear his perception. Purification of the vehicle of perception will
enable him to retain its consciousness. It is a long process. But that
is how you can free yourself from the sufferings of the world. The world
is mind, and suffering is mostly in mind. It is only by shaping your
mind to perceive the world in its true light and your real position in
it, by knowing your inner nature, and disciplining yourself, that you
can conquer the miseries of life. Suffering derived through physical
causes are much leaser than the magnitude of mental suffering. If the
mind can be trained in the light of the nature of things, if it knows
contentment, if it knows how to cultivate the strength of will and take
the initiative to ameliorate one's physical and spiritual poverty, then
suffering in life can be, to a great extent, diminished.
Man does not know himself because he is perpetually drowned in the sense-world. He must get over his self-wrought delusion through enquiry and meditation on the nature of the reality. The study of the scriptures will give him a vision into it, and the guidance of the preceptor will clear his perception. Purification of the vehicle of perception will enable him to retain its consciousness. It is a long process. But that is how you can free yourself from the sufferings of the world. The world is mind, and suffering is mostly in mind. It is only by shaping your mind to perceive the world in its true light and your real position in it, by knowing your inner nature, and disciplining yourself, that you can conquer the miseries of life. Suffering derived through physical causes are much leaser than the magnitude of mental suffering. If the mind can be trained in the light of the nature of things, if it knows contentment, if it knows how to cultivate the strength of will and take the initiative to ameliorate one's physical and spiritual poverty, then suffering in life can be, to a great extent, diminished.
will and take the initiative to ameliorate one's physical and spiritual
poverty, then suffering in life can be, to a great extent, diminished.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
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