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tranquilizers
tranquil,
Buffeted
solitude.
regretfully,
mortified
almanac,
monastic
disciple
Thwart
whirl
ceremonials,
the easiest way to make ourselves healthy is to see that others are healthy, and the easiest way to make ourselves happy is to see that others are happy.
Read only those books which have been written by persons who have had realisation.
Another meditation is given: Think of a space in your heart, and in the midst of that space think that a flame is burning. Think of that flame as your own soul and inside the flame is another effulgent light, and that is the Soul of your soul, God. Meditate upon that in the heart.
“I will drink the ocean,” says the persevering soul, “at my will mountains will crumble up.”
gloomy,
dyspepsia,
dingiest
vilest
w...
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vain,
veil
some people break a wild horse by always keeping his seat on his back.
efficacy
derangement
detachment.
We should put our minds on things; they should not draw our minds to them.
To control the mind you must go deep down into the subconscious mind, classify and arrange in order all the different impressions, thoughts, etc., stored up there, and control them. This is the first step. By the control of the subconscious mind you get control over the conscious.
Meditation is the focusing of the mind on some object. If the mind acquires concentration on one object, it can be so concentrated on any object whatsoever.
trifling
engrossed
“isness”
Disciple:
disparage
votaries
cessation
chastity
Do you see, simply by the observance of strict continence all learning can be mastered in a very short time — one has an unfailing memory of what one hears or knows but once.
austerity.
sermons,
suppress
Kundalini
utter
ruin.
covetousness
dietary,
cogitating
Concentration of the powers of the mind is our only instrument to help us see God. If you know one soul (your own), you know all souls, past, present, and to come. The concentrated mind is a lamp that shows us every corner of the soul.
atheism
