Your worst enemy is inside you and so is your best friend
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Your enemy is inside you –
& so is your friend
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The mysterious mindJohn Milton: “The mind is a universe
and can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
A J Iyer refused to study the mind because “it has no locus”
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Three-level model of the self
The body: our visible material covering that we feed and dress.
The mind: the subtle material mechanism that interfaces between the soul and the gross material body.
The soul: the essence of who we are
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Difference bet soul & mindThe soul is the root of consciousness, whereasThe mind is the route of consciousness
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The Ventriloquist The mind makes us its show.Stop it before it shifts from the second person voice to the first person voice.
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Trajectory to tragedy (Gita 2.62-63)
Contemplation (dhyana)Attraction (sanga)Obsession (kama)Irritation (krodha)
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Trajectory to tragedy (Gita 2.62-63)
Delusion (sammoha)Oblivion (smriti-vibhrama)Stupefaction (buddhi-nasha)Self-destruction (pranashyati)
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The inner seer is a coach, not a critic
Krishna’s purpose is not to catch us when we do wrong; it is to catch us when we fall
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Catch the mind before the mind catches you
Observation – distance yourself from the mind Meditation – connect yourself with higher spiritual reality