and the strongest of them is the ego. In place of surrendering the mind to the Lord, pride and ego make one surrender to all other things except the Lord.
That is why we become restless, because the mind is not at the right
place. The soul inside of us is jumping and telling us, “Hey, mind,
surrender yourself!” but the mind says, “No! I am better off with
my own worries, because that is how I can drag you down
completely.” The soul says, “But this is just an illusion”, because - deep
inside - you know that the Reality is only realised when you surrender
to the Divine Feet; when you realise the mystery of your
incarnation, when you realise your Dharma, your duty here, and achieve
that. Deep inside, each one of you does know about it. It is
not about me saying it; it is about you, yourself, knowing that.
But the mind makes it impossible, because whenever we say: don’t do
something, detach yourself from it, what does the mind do? The mind
gets more active and says “No, no, no. Do it!” But the moment
you do it, you get entangled in it. And then, one will lead to
the other. It will never end! Then, when you look back, you say, “Oops, if I could have
changed it from the beginning, I would have changed it!” How many
times in your life did you take such a decision, and then,
afterwards, you said, “I should have done it differently!” It happens,
doesn´t it?
Monday, January 7, 2013
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