YOGA VASHISHT
"The poison plant of the world's illusion springs from the mind entangled in sensuous enjoyment.
But it is through mind alone, that the ills of mind can be cured and eradicated.
Those who live in this world without attachment to worldly objects, like a duck in a pond, are the true conquerors of the mind. For what are they—but vermin—those who cling to the objects of the senses, and taste not of the fruit of renunciation?
rid the mind of all thoughts of ego, and fix it on the Soul Supreme, according to the teachings of the Vedas
to attain complete bliss and harmony in life.
"Even as one thorn removes another thorn, so the higher mind of a man,
will remove the impurities from the lower mind of man. To cleanse the
mind of its defilements and desires is the first step .
"When the mind that wavers and flickers like a flame in the wind, is steadied and made one-pointed, as it were, through desirelessness,
by knowing the true nature of your own self, and freeing mind from all worldly entanglements,
U CAN attain to the highest bliss of salvation.
mind, freed from hankerings and longings for the objects of the world, WOULD be merged in God-Consciousness.
Past,present and future become as one, to he who has controlled his mind,and conquered his worldly desires. When all the shining tinsel of the world becomes a mere nothing. then alone is mind conquered.
thoughts of attachment and possession,—that this is mine, that is thine,etc., belong to the realm of the lower mind
When the mind is fully controlled and the desires arising from it are destroyed, then alone comes surcease from pains and afflictions that torment humanity. When the baser passions of the mind are slain, then one attains perfect peace, and becomes, as it were, the fountain head of peace in the world for the salvation of suffering humanity.
"By meditating on the heart, spiritual Wisdom awakens, all doubts vanish, and the mind is contented. This mind of ours, is susceptible to all kinds of influences, hankering after worldly pleasures, and this is the greatest obstacle in the path of salvation. Control your. mind with the thought that these worldly objects are the merest tinsel compared to the liberation which is a veritable treasure-trove of all bliss and happiness.
Then will you be freed from all worldly thoughts of possession and differentiation, arising from an overgrown ego.
"It is indeed hard to find in this world, a mind really free from the snare
of the senses. To control this ever-fluctuating mind and make it one-
pointed is the aim of all meditation . Constant meditation on the One Unchanging Reality of the
Universe, which is God, the Self Supreme. The mind takes on the qualities it meditates upon.
keep within strict control, those tendencies of the mind which incline it toward the baser objects,
"The moment desires and distractions crop up in the mind, they should be weeded out.
The destruction of sensuous desires is akin to the destruction of ignorance.
Constant effort is . see all worldly objects as false and unreal to the core,—
mere illusions, nothing else, like bubbles on the deep."