Seekers in the beginning should try to turn their attention away from all sense enjoyments, by remembering the Lord and entering the ‘cave’ within, meaning their mind-intellect equipments. Withdrawing the sense attention from the enchanting objects and redirecting the mind to the greater Reality is one of the antidote for the sensuous excitements. No doubt, in their early days, seekers have no other remedy, available for them. Here Aṣṭāvakra is advising the students who have gained sufficient equipoise in themselves. He says the Liberated in life are never frightened of the sense objects nor
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