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The situation
described in the previous section is
definitely an unpleasant one, although very
real for most people. But it need not be
like this at all. The first step is to
awaken the intellect, my power of judgement,
which is very simple:-
A WILD HORSE -
With awareness of "I" as a soul, I am
now awake to my real position in the world.
In this conscious state I realize that it is
me that is responsible for controlling my
thoughts and disciplining my mind. The mind
has been compared to a wild horse, one with
such tremendous energy that it races round
and round constantly, never stopping. Day
and night it races on, even in my dreams it
is racing, and so little wonder that it has
become tired. But even then it doesn't know
how to calm it self. I can rest my body by
sitting down, but my mind refuses to slow
down. It only knows how to go on, not even
aware of which direction it should take.
REALIZING - The
moment my intellect realizes I am
non-physically, not a body but a focus of
powerful energy within a body, I am able to
lose this power. With this awareness I have
in my hands the reins with which to tame
these wild horses, my thoughts. Once I am
conscious of the waves I can direct their
flow in this way there is none of the
wastage that has made me so tired.
CHOOSING - I now
become very selective. In this position of
authority over my own desires, I am able to
choose only those thoughts that will lead me
to experience permanent happiness and
contentment, instead of something that is
transitory. In allowing only pure thoughts
to pass into action, my impure SANSKARAS,
that have caused so much upset, gradually
weaken, giving way to pure ones. I even
reach a state in which my very thoughts are
peaceful and deliberate, instead of tense
and anxious.
EFFECT - At
first there is some necessity for a
deliberate control of the mind, but it leads
to a situation where there is complete
transformation. So it isn't merely an
external force of discipline, but my very
nature, my SANSKARAS, are being elevated.
There comes a time when there are only pure
elevated thought bring me happiness and
enable me to give happiness.
With my
intellect awake, and each thought being
evaluated before mistakes can occur, I able
to achieve actual changes in my life, when
before it was impossible.
DEVELOPING A
SANSKARA(Personality) - But I have been
body- conscious for so long, that the
awareness "I the point consciousness, so I
must develop the SANSKARA of teaching
myself. Everyone around me still see me as a
body, and tell me I am body, but I must tell
myself that I am a peaceful soul, invisible,
eternal, and I am simply using my body as
instrument. For as long as I can maintain
this attitude, I will have complete freedom,
and all my actions done in this frame of
mind will inevitably be accurate and
positive.
As I see others
I will begin to see them as souls too, as my
brothers, and I will be able to establish a
relationship of pure love and harmony,
without any personality clashes of any
description interfering at all. All this is
only possible when I am seeing others not as
male or female bodies, but as souls,
non-physical like myself.
This is the
stage of SOUL-CONSCIOUSNESS: TO REMEMBER
THIS IS WHAT I AM, AND THEN USE MY VEHICLE
WITH WISDOM, SEEING EVERYTHING WITH THIRD
EYE OF KNOWLEDGE |
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Let a little
time be spent, now, in total silence,
focussing the thoughts on the centre of the
forehead, on the pinpoint of subtle light
that is the real self and, in this state,
being able to feel energy glowing and
sparkling in that location. When next coming
to a period of activity, it should then be
possible to reach that consciousness within
a few seconds and maintain it.
If possible, let
the room be softly lit. Sit still for a few
minutes in a comfortable, easy position
there is no need for strain. A number of
thoughts are suggested for the mind and
there is then the experience of
soul-consciousness. |
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Turn
your thoughts, your mind, to the self, the
real I, the soul, a point of light…I, the
soul, am a point of light…a tiny point of
energy…I sit in the centre of my
forehead…This is the real I…the real me…my
physical body is but a costume…which I, the
living energy, use…it exists on me to
express my being…through which to express my
personality…Now I realize my true identity…I
have unlocked my prison door…I am now
free…like a bird, can fly once again…I now
emerge true nature, that of peace…I
experience that peace…I become that peace…I
am that peace…I experience my true
nature…that of light…I become that light…I
am that light…I experience my true nature -
that of love…I become that love…I am that
love…Now power is being filled in the
soul…lightness and ease become my nature…now
no longer the slave but the master of this
body…I spread light and peace and purity
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